Spider Plant, Pothos and Christmas Cactus Growing So Full They Burst the Pot, All Thanks to This Kind of Soil

Spider plant, pothos and Christmas cactus are flowers that many gardening enthusiasts love to grow, but during care you often run into slow-growing branches and leaves. Other people's plants grow so full they burst the pot, while your own grow thin and yellow. What exactly is the reason?

Actually, the reason spider plant, pothos and Christmas cactus grow slowly, apart from temperature and environment, is most importantly the soil. Soil is the foundation on which all kinds of plants depend for survival, and it is also the key to strong versus poor growth. Besides being loose and breathable, the soil must also be fertile, high in organic matter, and complete in all kinds of nutrients. But many gardening enthusiasts cannot tell what soil is good and what soil is unsuitable, and most of the time they go by their own feeling, which often leads to poor growth of the flowers kept at home.

The soil that spider plant, pothos and Christmas cactus like best is fertile sandy soil, but such soil is hard to find, so when caring for them it is best to mix it yourself, and mixing is very simple: go to the mountains and find some leaf mold, then find some river sand, add an appropriate amount of bone meal, and it is done. If you cannot find leaf mold, you can buy a little worm castings at the flower market, and after bringing it home mix in half river sand and an appropriate amount of bone meal. This kind of soil can not only be used to grow spider plant, pothos and Christmas cactus, but is also excellent soil for growing any flower.

This mixed soil has good breathability, complete nutrients, will not cause the soil to compact over a long time, and is simple and trouble-free. Where we are, basically every household grows flowers, and the soil used for growing flowers is all leaf mold or worm castings plus a little sand and bone meal. Every household's flowers grow lush with abundant blooms. The spider plant, pothos and Christmas cactus I grew myself with this soil have all burst their pots. This soil needs to be changed once every 2-3 years, so as to avoid nutrient loss affecting their growth.