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Tenielle Jordison

How to make your own cactus potting mix – an easy DIY to give your desert houseplants a happy home

Make your own cactus potting mix.

There's no doubt watching your houseplants grow bigger brings a sense of pride, knowing you've successfully nurtured them and they're growing healthily. However, this can lead to plants eventually outgrowing their current planter, requiring you to repot them and give them a new home.

The best potting soil for indoor plants varies between types of plants, due to their differing needs, so you can't just use the same growing medium for all plants. Repotting a cactus requires a different type of mix than repotting a monstera, for example.

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