No need to buy succulent soil mix - dig some soil from outside and mix this in, and you'll fill 10 pots without spending a cent

Naturally growing succulents

Succulents originally grow in relatively barren environments and have no demands for rich, thick soil

The succulents below are all in wild environments

Naturally growing succulents are actually this tenacious

What soil to use for home-grown succulents

But if we want to grow more beautiful succulents, of course we need slightly richer soil. The ready-to-buy specialty soils on the market are shown below:

Doesn't it look complicated? Don't worry, Huahua is here to teach everyone a few simple soil-mixing methods, without spending a single cent

Leaf mold

Leaf mold is a common soil around us and can replace coir soil. It's rich in all kinds of nutrients and fully meets the various nutritional needs of succulents!

There's plenty of leaf mold under the trees by the roadside, though it looks like it has quite a lot of debris. We can bag up the finer soil, mix in a little sand, and use it for growing succulents.

Outdoor soil contains insect eggs and bacteria, so you can sun it thoroughly to sterilize it. Best to spray it with a carbendazim solution or insecticide.

Coal cinder soil

Burnt coal briquettes have many uses. Just crush them with your foot, then wet the cinders with water (best to use a carbendazim solution to wet them, which can disinfect and sterilize), then let them dry in the sun to make them finer. Add a little kitchen waste to boost nutrients - peanut shells or meat bones both work.

After that, dry it in the sun and crush it a bit more, and it's ready to use. When potting, you can add some coarse sand and coal cinders to keep the environment loose and airy - succulents like it even more.

Eggshell soil

Flower lovers who can't find leaf mold or coal cinders don't need to worry either - eggshells can also be added to ordinary garden soil to serve as nutrient soil

Crush the eggshells and place them at the bottom of the pot, or mix the crushed eggshells into ordinary soil - aren't the succulents plump?

For succulents that are already established, you can also toss in a bit of crushed eggshell. While supplementing nutrients, it can prevent snails and slugs from invading.

As shown, the sharp crushed eggshells can cut snails

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