sundanz wrote:where do you get Coir? Would Home depot or Lowes have it?

I went to Home Depot as one of my stops, and they said they didn't carry it. Unless only stores in certain regions carry it.

Thank you both very much! that helped a lot

Alright, so I am going to make it with the materials I have found. Which includes top soil, Perlite, cactus mix and aquarium gravel (have a bucket left over from when I had fish specifically to use for my plants). I threw one part of everything in and will hope for the best. I really needed to re-po...

Thank you both very very much! It has been very confusing with all the info on different soil mixtures :) I didn't have much luck at the hardware store today, so I should probably see if there is a gardening center around here! They literally didn't have anything on my list... I ended up buying mira...

So I am on my mission today to get potting materials for my new cacti/succulents. I already have extra sand on hand because I keep hermit crabs. I also have available some Miracle Gro Potting Mix sitting around. Would this be good for the soil part of the mix? It says .21-.07-.14, I'm guessing for t...

So pretty!

Hi there! I just picked up some knew plants and am trying to figure out which ones I have so I can research their care :) Any suggestions/advice is awesome! Let me know if any additional pictures will help. Here are the ones I believe are succulents: 1. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/SoulLo...

Hi there! I just picked up some knew plants and am trying to figure out which ones I have so I can research their care :) Any suggestions/advice is awesome! Let me know if any additional pictures will help. Here are the ones I believe are cacti: 1. (the flower is a fake one glued on, I believe): htt...

So I just bought some little cactus plants at my work. I used to have one or two when I kept plants while younger and I decided to start up again. :D If anyone has any care expertise they would like to share, that would be awesome. As well as letting me know what the plants I have are called (I will...