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Tropical Aroid Mix #8 (Tree Fern, Coco Husk, Orchiata, Perlite, Charcoal, Worm Castings, Biochar) Mix 100 These vendors are blending theThis is a heavy duty, long cycle structural tropical substrate that sits between canopy and forest floor, but leans terrestrialhemiepiphytic, not true epiphytic, which makes it an ideal aroid mix! Think buttress roots at the base of large tropical treeswhere bark, fiber, mineral rubble, and decomposing organic matter coexist. This mix is engineered for large plants, long pot life, and nutrient buffering, not speed, lightness, or frequent repotting.