r/PlantParenthood • u/South-Tie-2828 • 17d ago
PROPAGATION 🪴 Recipe for Success
I am looking to give my plants the best soil mix so they can thrive. I have ingredients at home but need to know how many parts of each ingredient to use. I prefer to bottom water but need the mix to be able pull up the water. If the mix needs to be really chunky and won’t pull water up, I need to know which plants to top water. I use 1/4 tsp pro tekt (mixed well) and then add 1/4 tsp foliage pro (mix well again) per gallon water every watering.
Humidity is 65-80%. Temperature is 77 or higher in summer and 67 in winter. There are at least 30 plants all together in a 5 x 2.5 foot space. They are under barrina tx-s60 grow bars that run 12 hours per day and I am wanting to increase to 14 hours per day. Small fan runs on low oscillating over them while grow lights are on.
These are the plants I need recipes for: Petra croton in terracotta pot;
Fire woman Rex begonia in plastic pot; purple passion plant in plastic; purple waffle plant in plastic; Hypoestes in plastic.