We're pretty good at killing indoor plants, but gradually are building up a small collection of “survivors”… like some sort of abusive cult for rugged plants.

• Bathroom Windowsill - all repotted 2025-05-05 in various slightly adjusted high-drainage mixes
  • 1x pot Spathiphyllum Diamond Varigated “Peace Lilly” (the label says non-flowering but it flowered, lol) (Skylark Rad)
  • 3x pot (x2 plants each) Ceropegia woodii “String of Hearts” (Skylark Rad)
  • 1x pot Tradescantia Mix (Skylark Rad)
  • 2x pot (x1 + x2 plants) Radermachera “China Doll Plant” - had a scale bug infestation (Skylark Rad)
  • 1x pot Maranta leu “Lemon Lime” - no leaves left 2025-05-05, will it survive… (Skylark Rad)
  • 1x pot Asparagus plumosus “Asparagus Fern” - these remind Yvan of nanna (Skylark Rad)
  • 1x pot Asparagus densiflorus “Emerald Feather Fern” (Skylark Rad)
• Bedroom Courtyard Window
  • The Immortal Dracena We Haven't Killed For Years
• Study Window
  • Various succulents
    • 11x small B&Q pots
    • 1x Echeveria “Topsy Turvey” - homebase rescue
    • 1x Sempervivum “Cobweb” - cute webby allotment rescue
    • 1x Echevaria “Rosea” (bought North Norfolk nursery next to Eric's)
    • 1x Echevaria “Ghost” (bought North Norfolk nursery next to Eric's)
    • 1x Echevaria “Ruffle” (bought North Norfolk nursery next to Eric's)
  • Many spider plants, origin: Duration Miranda's place
  • Tradescantia Zebrina “Purple” - several propogated, Skylark Rad purchase
  • Tradescantia Zebrina “Silver Sicilian”, local market purchase

There is very much mildly conflicting information online about succulent soil mixes; the key thing they tend to agree on is there is a large amount of grit and/or perlite (or pumice/etc) in the mix. It is also generally considered the case that they prefer a pH on the slightly acid side (down to 5.5) and thus also prefer watering with rainwater rather than our very hard tap water.

Based on various sources on t'Internet we're going to try potting on any succulents with:

• 1 Part bog-standard (“B&Q “verve” or similar) ericaceous compost
• 1 Part coir
• 1 Part grit
• 2 parts perlite

Thus effectively 2:3 organic:inorganic ratio, or 40% organic, 50% inorganic.

I will also mix a “scatter” of a general slow release fertiliser into this.

We will hopefully remember to soak them with an indoor plant feed at least 3 times in a year (Spring, Summer, Autumn)… it may be worth thinking about a special feed for this (more PK, less N?)

And we will endeavour to always use rainwater for these, so long as we have some in the waterbutts (written on a hot dry sunny early May day where we almost cannot remember when it last rained… Norfolk can be a bit of a bloody desert.)

• Tradescantia Hub

We shelter these over the winder:

• Citrus - use this potting mix:
  • Lemon
  • Lime
  • Orange
• Szechuan Peppercorn
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