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Base Mix

Base Mix

Base Mix A balanced, everyday growing mix designed to give your houseplants a healthy foundation from the roots up. Hand blended in Yorkshire using premium peat-based potting mi...

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Select a Plant To find your perfect custom mix

Begonia

Your 10L Recipe

🟠 4L — Base Mix
🟣 2L — Coco Coir
🟡 2L — Perlite
🩷 1L — Orchid Bark
⚪ 1L — Worm Castings

Why This Mix?

-Supports fine, delicate roots
-Holds consistent moisture
-Provides essential airflow
-Helps prevent heavy, compacted soil

Perfect for: Rex, Cane, Angel Wing, Maculata and other tropical Begonias.

Anthurium

Your 10L Recipe

🩷 3L — Orchid Bark
🟠 2L — Base Mix
🟡 1L — Perlite
🔴 1L — LECA
🟣 1L — Coco Coir
⚫ 1L — Biochar
⚪ 1L — Worm Castings

Why This Mix?

-Excellent root aeration
-Retains moisture without becoming soggy
-Chunky structure encourages healthy root growth
-Fast draining to reduce waterlogging

Perfect for: Clarinervium, Crystallinum, Warocqueanum, Veitchii, Luxurians and other tropical Anthuriums.

Alocasia

Your 10L Recipe

🟢 3L — Sphagnum Moss
🔴 3L — LECA
🟠 2L — Base Mix
🟡 1L — Perlite
⚪ 1L — Worm Castings

Why This Mix?

-Sphagnum provides excellent moisture retention
-LECA creates large air pockets and drainage
-Keeps the root zone open and oxygenated
-Worm castings provide a gentle nutrient boost
-Particularly suited to Alocasia’s thick, fleshy roots

Perfect for: Frydek, Dragon Scale, Silver Dragon, Black Velvet, Cuprea, Jacklyn and other Alocasia varieties.

Calathea

Your 10L Recipe

🟠 4L — Base Mix
🟣 2L — Coco Coir
🟢 2L — Sphagnum Moss
🟡 1L — Perlite
⚪ 1L — Worm Castings

Why This Mix?

-Holds consistent moisture around the roots
-Coco & sphagnum help prevent rapid drying
-Perlite keeps the mix light and aerated
-Worm castings provide gentle organic nutrition
-Soft, fine structure suited to Calathea roots

Perfect for: Calathea, Goeppertia, Maranta, Ctenanthe and Stromanthe.

Ficus

Your 10L Recipe

🟠 4L — Base Mix
🩷 2L — Orchid Bark
🟡 2L — Perlite
🟣 1L — Coco Coir
⚪ 1L — Worm Castings

Why This Mix?

-Excellent airflow around the roots
-Holds moisture without becoming waterlogged
- Worm castings provide gentle organic nutrition
-Bark & perlite create long-lasting structure
-Balanced for strong, established root systems

Perfect for: Ficus elastica, Ficus lyrata, Ficus benjamina, Ficus Audrey and other indoor Ficus varieties.

Syngonium

Your 10L Recipe

🟠 3L — Base Mix
🩷 2L — Orchid Bark
🟣 2L — Coco Coir
🟡 1L — Perlite
⚪ 1L — Worm Castings
⚫ 1L — Biochar

Why This Mix?

-Holds consistent moisture without staying soggy
-Bark & perlite provide excellent root aeration
-Worm castings provide gentle organic nutrition
-Coco helps maintain even moisture
-Biochar helps maintain an open, structured growing medium

Perfect for: Syngonium Albo, Aurea, Mojito, Milk Confetti, Red Spot Tricolor and other Syngonium varieties.

Hoya

Your 10L Recipe

🩷 4L — Orchid Bark
🟠 2L — Base Mix
🔴 1L — LECA
🟣 1L — Coco Coir
🟡 1L — Perlite
⚫ 1L — Biochar

Why This Mix?

-Extra airflow around Hoya roots
-Higher bark content creates an epiphytic-style structure
-Coco provides some moisture retention without making the mix heavy
-LECA increases drainage and creates larger air pockets
-Biochar keeps the mix open and structured

Fern

Your 10L Recipe

🟠 4L — Base Mix
🟢 2L — Sphagnum Moss
🟣 2L — Coco Coir
🟡 1L — Perlite
⚪ 1L — Worm Castings

Why This Mix?

-Excellent moisture retention
-Sphagnum helps maintain consistent humidity around the roots
-Perlite keeps the finer mix aerated
-Coco retains moisture without making the mix overly heavy
-Worm castings provide gentle organic nutrition

Perfect for: Boston Fern, Maidenhair, Bird’s Nest, Blue Star, Button Fern and many other tropical indoor ferns.

Peperomia

Your 10L Recipe

🟠 4L — Base Mix
🟡 2L — Perlite
🩷 2L — Orchid Bark
🟣 1L — Coco Coir
⚫ 1L — Biochar

Why This Mix?

-Plenty of airflow around delicate roots
-Holds some moisture without remaining saturated
-Extra perlite improves drainage
-Bark creates a loose, open structure
-Biochar helps keep the growing medium structured

Monstera & Philodendrons

Our Pre-Made Chunky Mix is already perfectly suitable for Monstera & Philodendron and can be used straight from the tub.

Prefer to mix your own?

Your 10L Recipe

🟠 3L — Base Mix
🩷 2L — Orchid Bark
🔴 1L — LECA
🟡 1L — Perlite
🟣 1L — Coco Coir
1L — Worm Castings
1L — Biochar

Why This Mix?

- Creates excellent airflow around the roots
- Balances moisture retention with fast drainage
- Bark & LECA create an open, chunky structure
- Worm castings provide gentle organic nutrition
- Helps prevent compaction around larger root systems

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