Hoya Blog — soil mix

I came across a pretty good Youtube video on potting mix.  The quick summary is to use sphagnum moss on the bottom with a little sphagnum connecting to the middle of the potting mix.  Then use bark or bark and perlite for the rest.  He uses a net pot.  Using this mix in his experiment so far has yielded really good results.  In his climate, he waters every 4 to 6 days and hasn't experienced any root rot.  If you feel like experimenting, I think this is a good technique.   The channel is Basie Plants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0xWBvSdS4o&t=590s

There a lot of different potting mixes for hoyas.  You can get as complex or as simple as you want.  A safe potting mix based on my experience would be: 25% - 50% organic (peat, potting mix, coir) 50% - 75% in organic (pumice, perlite, lava rock, charcoal (usually 5%) bark, turface, etc) You would use more organic in the mix if you grow your plants in a dry and hot environment and less organic mix otherwise.  It also depends on if you're an overwaterer or underwaterer.  I'm an overwaterer so I like 25% coir to 75% inorganic mix.   I...