Tag: substrate

All the articles with the tag "substrate".

• Perlite vs Pumice: Which One Should You Actually Buy?

  13 Jul, 2026

  Perlite vs pumice: same aeration job, different weight, lifespan, and behavior in the pot. The mechanism, when each wins, swap ratios, and what to buy.

• Bottom Watering Plants: When It Helps, When It Hurts

  22 Jun, 2026

  How to bottom water plants, how long to soak, and when it backfires. Houseplants and container veg, the salt-flush rule, and which mixes wick.

• How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats in Houseplants

  2 Jun, 2026

  Get rid of fungus gnats by drying the substrate breeding layer and killing larvae with Bti or peroxide. Sticky traps alone never work.

• Perched Water Table: What It Is, When It Matters, What Actually Drains a Pot

  Updated: 21 Jul, 2026

  Perched water table mechanics, when a drainage layer helps or harms (Rowe 2025), and what actually drains a pot. Substrate-by-substrate.