Hi All,
I've doing some research on improving the soil mix for my succulents and have ran into a lot of different suggestions. Everything from things like pumice, perlite to things that I haven't even heard of. Like chicken grit, turface, NAPA 8822, etc.
Can someone explain what these are used for (as in what's used for improving aeration and drainage vs what's used as top dressing)? And also what the typical cost is for them?
I've just been using some regular succulent and cacti soil from Home Depot and added some perlite to it. But I've noticed that the soil mix tends to become hydrophobic after a little while, so I am looking to change it.
From what I can tell, pumice is hard to find on the East coast, so that might not be an option for me. I haven't been able to find Turface either but I can get 25 lb bags of both NAPA 8822 (www.napaonline.com/en/p/NFN8822) and chicken grit (www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/manna-pro-poultry-grit-25-lb) for about $10 each. That seems like a fairly good price.
Any other sources/products that I should be looking at? Would prefer to stay on the cheaper side, if possible.
Also would any of these products help with traditional houseplants too?
