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Product Description
Three Keys to Growing Orchids Successfully
Select a high quality, free draining mix
Selecting a mix that is high quality and drains freely is key to growing orchids successfully. Mixes made with low quality ingredients can break down quickly, eventually leading to root rot. Some may even come with harmful bugs in the mix.
Selecting a good quality mix provides a solid foundation for a good growing environment.
Choose a pot with great drainage
Choose a pot that allows light to the root zone but also drains well. One of the most common reasons orchids die is due to over-watering.
Sometimes, over-watering isn't the growers fault but actually the pots. If a pot doesn't drain well, water will collect at the roots and eventually turn them brown and mushy.
Those brown and mushy roots are called root rot and spell disaster for your orchid if conditions don't change.
Check out our slotted orchid pots for an example of an ideal orchid pot.
Fertilize your orchid with a fertilizer designed for orchids
Think of fertilizer as food. It's impossible for an orchid to perform its best without being fed.
By selecting a fertilizer designed for orchids (weak and urea free), you can keep your orchid happy for years to come.
Our FEED ME! MSU is the gold standard for orchid fertilizers, so if you're in need of fertilizer check it out!
Why our mixes are different.
Our focus has always been offering the highest possible quality to our wonderful customers. When you buy a rePotme mix, you know that you are getting something hand-crafted, using the finest ingredients from all over the world.
Have you seen our Slotted Orchid Pots?
No matter how great your mix is, it won't matter if your pot has poor drainage.
You may know that we designed and created a 6" diameter slot pot and introduced it several months ago. That 6" pot was so well received by our fine customers that we have now created a family of 48 of them, including the 3", 4" and 5" to join that 6" diameter one. These pots are each terrific for Orchids, African Violets and all plants that need great drainage and airflow to their root systems. Innovation and beauty are in each and every pot!
These are wonderful pots for maximum drainage and airflow. Perfect for all orchid types (and other houseplants too) with no worries about excessive mix leaking out of side slots because the slots are just the right size to contain potting material. With 46 slots around and beneath the pot, you can be sure your orchid will enjoy uniform moisture levels throughout the potting mix. That's important to help prevent trouble caused by too much moisture at the root zone.
Did you remember to feed your orchid?
Our FEED ME! MSU fertilizer if the gold standard when it comes to orchid fertilizer. In fact, it is the gold standard for most houseplants because it is gentle and urea free.
We are proud to offer our customers the authentic famous fertilizer formulations studied at Michigan State University (MSU). Remember, fertilizing your orchid is an essential piece of orchid care. Each FEED ME! fertilizer comes with an instruction sheet and couldn't be easier to use!
Winifred
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2025
Really nice mix of bark - moss. Great for orchids
Mary Elizabeth
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2025
This is the soil you want if you have orchids. Contains everything in specific amounts that will keep your plants thriving and blooming for years to come. Please don’t get that orchid at Home Depot in the pink bag. It is useless. Go for the real thing and give your precious orchids a comfy place to grow
G.Adams
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
Great potting mix. Orchids love it. repotme products are the best.
Zig
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
I used this potting mix to re-pot my orchids that were staying way to soggy in their mix. They were looking very sickly. It's only been a few weeks, I seen no new growth yet, but they are hanging in there. Overall I'd say they will make it, happier for sure in they new breathable mix. Thank you rePotame.
kerry
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2025
Arrived as described and on time - thank you, seller!
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on January 22, 2025
expensive but good quality. delivered rather quickly
DSSW
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2024
I repotted my orchid with this mix about 2.5 weeks ago & the plant seems to be doing well. I researched this topic which led me to their website video. I was expecting the mix to be a bit moist but it was very dry - maybe because it was older (?) since I went through Amazon. Also there was very little of the "spongy" ingredient, much less than had been in the previous pot. Too early to give a 5 star rating.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2024
This orchid mix is hard to fit between the roots. Almost all of it is large pieces and very little moss. No small pieces to fill in some of the gaps, which are many with such large pieces. Mix was very dry (not moist), contrary to a recommendation from MissOrchidGirl.
Frank
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2024
This substrate is very chunky and comes very dry and clean. It will not make a mess when repotting, and is probably one of the best options for plants that need a lot of aeration in their substrate.There is a tiny bit of sphagnum moss in this, but I don’t think it’s enough to make any noticeable difference tbh. It’s very sparse. But regardless, I like this. It’s very chunky and even though I haven’t had anything planted in it for more than a week, I can tell that it’s going to be very hard to overwater and it’s going to be highly aerated. If you want to have a little more water retention just buy a little block of sphagnum moss (a little block of that stuff creates a TON of wet moss), or if you want to fill in the open space between the chunks you could use some perlite, or even some Aroid mix. See my second picture for what the majority of this product looks like.It’s difficult to pot an orchid with this if you’ve never done it before. In hindsight I would say to wet this product first, so that it has some weight to it, which will help to keep the plant upright. Otherwise you’ll have to continuously hold the plant up or stake it to keep it upright will filling the pot. It’s extremely light and blocky when dry.So I like everything about this stuff, nothing I mentioned is a negative to me (just trying to be helpful by pointing it out everything I can think of), but there is one negative; it seems expensive for what you get. For the mini bag, I was able to repot two orchids from 4” pots to one of each 5” and 6” pots, but I had to use a bunch of sphagnum moss, perlite and even some of the drier material from my Aroid Mix to fill the pots. It wasn’t enough for the two pots alone, at $20. I’m guessing the mini bag would fill about 1-1.5 pots which are 5-6” typical height pots. If you have repot multiple plants or you’re using large pots, you’re going to need a lot more than just the 2 quart mini bag (a quart is about 1 liter, it’s a little less, but remember this is very chunky stuff so a volume measurement isn’t super helpful because you’re cramming it all together in a pot much more than it is when it’s sitting loosely in the bag).
Lynn Wit
Reviewed in Canada on July 29, 2021
Big price for small product volume
2983Shopper
Reviewed in Canada on March 30, 2021
Excellent product. Very thick, and held up well so far. I would purchase this again. For a single orchid this size bag was great! Good value for the money !
Papiorek
Reviewed in Canada on January 3, 2021
I love the product itself but the seller charges way more then the rePot me company. I bought mini bag for $32.08 & price at rePotme is $14.95 . I’m in Canada so can’t get orchid mix from rePotme right now because of COVID. I thought the bag I was buying was medium sized. This is not a bad review because I should have read more carefully before ordering..I just don’t appreciate paying more then double for small bag.
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