How I Mix My House Plant Soil

@theeplantedbean

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Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil

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The video provides a practical, DIY solution to a common houseplant owner problem (mixing soil) with clear, actionable steps and readily available products. The creator's personal touch and "measure with your heart" advice make it relatable and less intimidating for beginners.

Summary

The creator demonstrates how to mix a custom houseplant soil blend using Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil, perlite, and orchid bark. She emphasizes mixing by feel rather than precise measurements and shows the final airy and fluffy mixture ready for repotting plants.

Structure

1Introduction and store location
2Adding Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil
3Adding perlite
4Adding orchid bark
5

Original caption

Let’s make some house plant mix together! I use equal parts soil, perlite and small orchid bark. You can use this soil for almost all your indoor house plants! #wakeforest #PlantTok #houseplants #plantcaretips #plantcare

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Product placement

Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil: it ACTS as a base for houseplant soil mix. Removing it would change what happens in the video. Orchid Bark: it ACTS as an ingredient in houseplant soil mix. Removing it would change what happens in the video.

On-screen text

How I Mix My House Plant Soil plant Wake Forest today some got of the gonna it have back and is Tru my Trusty bin soil we restock because is little first use of Soil: Fox Farm Ocean Forest that bag on add your choice of perlite size grade the grades don't ones the perlite bag here add your choice of perlite size and go Give it a lil' mix mix SEVERAL DAYS LATER several later we done probably last about so on to was at me long here the obviously little but mixture and airy use 99% here and it to plants

Transcript

My name is Sarah and I own a house plant store in Wake Forest, North Carolina. And today we are going to make some soil. I get asked a lot what type of soil I use here at the shop. So finally I'm gonna show you how I do it. Okay, we have moved to the back of the store and is this my trusty bin of soil. So we're gonna go ahead and restock this because she is looking a little low. First, we're gonna go ahead and use two bags of Fox Farm soil. I like the one that is in the blue bag with the little fishes on it. I do not really measure. I just measure with my heart. So do what's best for you and your house plants and that's all that matters. Next, we're gonna go ahead and add some perlite in here. I do not know what grade I like. The tinier grades. I don't like the big chunky ones. I feel like they just get in the way. So I like to use the finer perlite. And yes, this whole bag is going in here. Okay, now I'm gonna go ahead and add some orchid bark. I personally like the smaller kind of orchid bark versus the larger orchid bark. I feel like it mixes better in the soil. And yes, this whole bag is also going in here. Okay, now I'm gonna go ahead and give it a little mix. Okay, we are done. Probably this will last me about, so depending on how many plants I want to repot. If this was at home, it would probably last me a very, very long time here. But being at the store, I tend to obviously repot a little bit more than I would at home. But this is my mixture and it's nice and fluffy and airy. I use this on like 99% of my plants here at the shop. And now that it's all set, it is finally time to repot some plants.