Hi, There are many detailed threads on this forum about soil. Just do a search for soil,gritty mix, pumice, perlite, chicken grit, cactus mix, Lechuza Pon etc. You should be able to find what will work for you, based on which ingredients are available in your area.

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Thank you!!

I am very partial to Lechuza Pon.

I make my own. I mix

50% pumice

25% potting soil

25% compost (optional, can replace this with potting soil)

Works great, drains well.

For my cacti I use a gritty mix which is 50/50 grit and perlite. For my succulents I use 40/60 BlackGold soil and perlite.

It depends on temperature, humidity, light, and other factors to what will work for you though. If it's pretty hot where you live a more water-retaining soil will be good. But if it's humid where you are I suggest some kind of gritty mix.

Second the Black Gold if you want a bagged ready made mix. Also I love pumice for cuttings and smaller succulents. For others, I like gritty mix, sometimes just pure gravel.

My favorite is bark and perlite mix, maybe with a touch of peat or coir.

so many options!

For my succulents I use 50% pumice, 30% potting soil/ EB stone cactus soil, and 20 % of either pea gravel, horticulture charcoal, perlite, decomposed granite, or 1/4" silica stones. It really depends on what I have access too when I'm mixing my soil. For my lithops and lophophora I use equal parts pumice, and Hort charcoal. I have granite out croppings all over my property and large quartz crystals the size of small boulders that are scattered about. I would love to collect some of the quarts chips for my next lithop since I recent read they some of them grow in crushed Quartz in Africa.

Has anyone else noticed that Black Gold succulent mix is pretty inconsistent from bag to bag? My first 2 bags of Black Gold were perfect with a higher ratio of bark and perlite to peat moss.... but the most recent bag I bought is almost 90% peat moss and very very little bark or perlite. Either someone messed up and put their normal potting soil in a succulent soil bag, or I just got a poorly mixed batch.

Tony: my last bag of CG was pretty mediocre as well. The first two were chock full of pumice. This last bag, not so much.

Next time I get a bag, I am going to squeeze it and feel around for the bigger particles before purchasing it. It may be a luck of the draw thing.

even still, it's pretty good for succulents, even without amendments. I use it when I just can't be bothered with a custom mix, and it always performs well.

As_NJ I've also used pure pumice in my mixed pots. I've only had them in pure pumice for a couple months so I don't have a long term assessment of it though.

Thanks everyone!