Ariocarpus and Astrophytum juvenile soil (Not for separate sale), fills 3" pot
FOR ADD-ON PURCHASES ONLY!If you buy a cactus from me, you can purchase bags of this, as well. THIS IS ONLY AN ADD-ON FOR PURCHASES of a plant from me. I'm not interested in going into the soil selling business, so if you buy a bag of soil from me without an accompanying plant...you're just eating up my time...so don't do it, ok?When I include this bag of soil in your box, it will probably bump it up in shipping costs. Probably not as much as you paid when you added this bag to your purchase, so of course I'll refund any extra $$ you paid when I box and calculate the shipping costs of your plant (and soil). It's all about the post office charges, and not me.What exactly is this?????I breed a lot of Ariocarpus and Astrophytum. This is the mix that I use for my juvenile Ariocarpus and Astrophytum--as well as any of the cacti that have large tuberous root systems and that are very susceptible to root root, but that like some water retention. I have three types of soil mixes that I use for Ariocarpus and Astrophytum. 1) My seedling mix is made by blending, 50:50, a mix of commercially available Supersoil with an aggregate mix of fine gravel, pumice, and coarse horticultural sand. (This also works great with Echinopsis of all ages.) This soil mix is listed separately.2) My juvenile soil mix is made by blending, about 3:1, my seedling mix with my mature mix (described next).3) My mature mix is made by blending, about 4:3, the two components of pumice and crushed granite (described below). This soil mix is listed separately in my eBay store.--Horticultural pumice, also available as Dry-Stall. (For god's sake, not Stall-Dry!)--Crushed and washed granite. This is NOT decomposed granite, but is rather simply crushed granite. This stuff gives great drainage, but adds weight which ensures the pot is not likely to topple.If you're thinking that you can make these mixes yourself, and not have to pay me....THAT'S TOTALLY cool and maybe the point. But if you don't want to source the materials, and you want to buy soil from me to go with the plant you bought from me....that's totally cool, too. In the sale photos, I have pics of all the components for your viewing pleasure. The baby mix is the last soil image, without a name tag. I also included some photos from my growing area. The Astrophytum juveniles are (mostly) in the juvenile mix, while the mature Ariocarpus are in the inorganic mix.For each bag you buy, I will scoop out of my planting bin enough soil mix to fill a 3" square plastic horticultural pot. Is this THE BEST cactus mix ever?????Don't be silly.So look, everyone has their own special, favorite blend of planting medium for their plants. And what is best for one person might not be best for another--it depends upon your humidity, temperature, etc etc etc. So I'm not going to tell you that my planting mix is "the best." BUT if you want to use the stuff that I do, I'll pull a bag of this out of my planting bin and send it to you.Incidentally, I use the phrase "baby mix" instead of "s@@dling mix" because sometimes the eBay bots incorrectly flag any listing that has that s-word, as an unacceptable listing for god knows why.
Specifications
| All Returns Accepted | ReturnsNotAccepted |
| Brand | Handmade |
| Type | Custom mix |
| MPN | 001 |
FOR ADD-ON PURCHASES ONLY!If you buy a cactus from me, you can purchase bags of this, as well. THIS IS ONLY AN ADD-ON FOR PURCHASES of a plant from me. I'm not interested in going into the soil selling business, so if you buy a bag of soil from me without an accompanying plant...you're just eating up my time...so don't do it, ok?When I include this bag of soil in your box, it will probably bump it up in shipping costs. Probably not as much as you paid when you added this bag to your purchase, so of course I'll refund any extra $$ you paid when I box and calculate the shipping costs of your plant (and soil). It's all about the post office charges, and not me.What exactly is this?????I breed a lot of Ariocarpus and Astrophytum. This is the mix that I use for my juvenile Ariocarpus and Astrophytum--as well as any of the cacti that have large tuberous root systems and that are very susceptible to root root, but that like some water retention. I have three types of soil mixes that I use for Ariocarpus and Astrophytum. 1) My seedling mix is made by blending, 50:50, a mix of commercially available Supersoil with an aggregate mix of fine gravel, pumice, and coarse horticultural sand. (This also works great with Echinopsis of all ages.) This soil mix is listed separately.2) My juvenile soil mix is made by blending, about 3:1, my seedling mix with my mature mix (described next).3) My mature mix is made by blending, about 4:3, the two components of pumice and crushed granite (described below). This soil mix is listed separately in my eBay store.--Horticultural pumice, also available as Dry-Stall. (For god's sake, not Stall-Dry!)--Crushed and washed granite. This is NOT decomposed granite, but is rather simply crushed granite. This stuff gives great drainage, but adds weight which ensures the pot is not likely to topple.If you're thinking that you can make these mixes yourself, and not have to pay me....THAT'S TOTALLY cool and maybe the point. But if you don't want to source the materials, and you want to buy soil from me to go with the plant you bought from me....that's totally cool, too. In the sale photos, I have pics of all the components for your viewing pleasure. The baby mix is the last soil image, without a name tag. I also included some photos from my growing area. The Astrophytum juveniles are (mostly) in the juvenile mix, while the mature Ariocarpus are in the inorganic mix.For each bag you buy, I will scoop out of my planting bin enough soil mix to fill a 3" square plastic horticultural pot. Is this THE BEST cactus mix ever?????Don't be silly.So look, everyone has their own special, favorite blend of planting medium for their plants. And what is best for one person might not be best for another--it depends upon your humidity, temperature, etc etc etc. So I'm not going to tell you that my planting mix is "the best." BUT if you want to use the stuff that I do, I'll pull a bag of this out of my planting bin and send it to you.Incidentally, I use the phrase "baby mix" instead of "s@@dling mix" because sometimes the eBay bots incorrectly flag any listing that has that s-word, as an unacceptable listing for god knows why.
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