Guides for Planting

Molly's Orchid Mix, a bark-based soilless blend for epiphytic orchids

Best Orchid Potting Mix: What Orchids Actually ...

Quick answer The best orchid mix is chunky, bark-based and fast-draining. Not soil. Most cultivated orchids are epiphytes whose roots grip bark in open air, so a dense medium suffocates...

Best Orchid Potting Mix: What Orchids Actually ...

Quick answer The best orchid mix is chunky, bark-based and fast-draining. Not soil. Most cultivated orchids are epiphytes whose roots grip bark in open air, so a dense medium suffocates...

Bark, coco chips and perlite, the airy mix a snake plant cutting should be potted into

Snake Plant (Sansevieria) Propagation: 4 Method...

Four ways to propagate snake plants: water rooting, soil rooting, rhizome division, and pup separation. Pros, cons, and which preserves variegation.

Snake Plant (Sansevieria) Propagation: 4 Method...

Four ways to propagate snake plants: water rooting, soil rooting, rhizome division, and pup separation. Pros, cons, and which preserves variegation.

Pumice, the gritty mineral substrate an aloe pup should be potted into

How to Propagate Aloe Vera: 3 Methods That Actu...

The three methods for propagating aloe vera: pup separation (easiest), division (for multi-stem plants), and why leaf cuttings rarely work.

How to Propagate Aloe Vera: 3 Methods That Actu...

The three methods for propagating aloe vera: pup separation (easiest), division (for multi-stem plants), and why leaf cuttings rarely work.

A tropical houseplant potted in Molly's Aroid Mix

How to Propagate Money Tree (Pachira) From Cutt...

Step-by-step guide to propagating money trees from stem cuttings, with water and soil rooting methods compared.

How to Propagate Money Tree (Pachira) From Cutt...

Step-by-step guide to propagating money trees from stem cuttings, with water and soil rooting methods compared.

Akadama, the Japanese volcanic clay used in gritty succulent and bonsai mixes

Why Succulents Need Gritty Soil (And What Happe...

How succulent roots breathe, what gritty mix actually is, and why standard potting soil silently kills succulents over weeks.

Why Succulents Need Gritty Soil (And What Happe...

How succulent roots breathe, what gritty mix actually is, and why standard potting soil silently kills succulents over weeks.

Molly's Succulent & Cactus Mix, a gritty mineral blend

Succulent Care for Beginners: Light, Water, Soi...

The four things that actually matter for succulent care, plus the most common beginner mistakes and how to avoid them.

Succulent Care for Beginners: Light, Water, Soi...

The four things that actually matter for succulent care, plus the most common beginner mistakes and how to avoid them.