- Orchid Potting Mix, Phalaenopsis Dark Classic Orchid Mix (Junior Bag) - Hand Blended in The USA

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).

The best orchid repotting medium to use. It is high quality and sustainable for the orchids and their root system. Enough moss and bark to provide strength to the plant.

its good and chunky

This is a good mix if you are dealing with a lot of humidity in your home. I have been watering my orchids once a week using this mixture during the summer months. Now that fall is in full swing and the heat is on at times I will be adding sphagnum moss to the top part of the mix. That will help hold moisture in for a couple of days longer. There is not much moss in this mix so it may not work for you if you are in a very dry area. The other Repotme mixture may work better in areas of low humidity since it contains more moss The quality of the ingredients in this mixture is excellent. You just need to choose which mixture you need according to your particular climate.

The only way to go. Missorchid has lots of tips for this. I have very happy orchids. Helps prevent root rot.

I want to say I had to return this. BUT. It was my fault. Somehow I ordered these wrong Orchid mix. This particular mix is made up mostly of coconut stuff, it does have a good amount of the gravel type stuff as well. It absorbs and holds water like nothing I’ve ever seen. So it may work for some people and their set ups. But for what I have it wouldn’t. This was a good sized bag too! I will continue to order from these guys because their Orchid potting mix is perfect! Price is okay. Super chunky.

This was my 1st tike reporting an orchid. I thought I should go with a good trusted brand of potting medium. I know others who use the brand but no this mix specifically. Well first I would say probably better off ordering from the manufacturer website as they guarantee freshness and that it will be moist upon arrival. This was extremely dry my guess becuase it sat a long time. So that can be fixed by the soaking the orchid in the pot in the medium after replanting. It was clean no bugs or anything there shouldn't be. Plenty of mix to repot 2 5.5 to 6 inch pots. I personally won't ever use this particular medium again as I found the peices to be to large and not easy to work with etc. Again i am new this as well so take my experience lightly. I broke many of the roots reporting I blame the large chunky mix but could be I didn't know what I was doing?

Perfect for new plants

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 !

expensive but good quality. delivered rather quickly

i think its expensive, but cheaper than if i were to buy from their website since it costs almost 80$ for shipping... and without counting the conversion rate between US and CAN dollar... but this potting mix so far is the best i tried so far. will try molly's next time to compare since it seems cheaper than repotme! for this mini bag size, i was able to fill in my 3 orchid pots: 1x4" and 2x5" (meshpot with holes). before i never changed the moss they come with when i buy orchid. which now i do, because its not good for the roots as they need to breathe air and not be kept damped. with this new system,i realize i have to bathe my orchids twice a week but they are better than ever. so, idk if it's the combo of growing lights, pots with holes, adequate potting mix and slow fertilizer, but my orchids never been better. and i have tried for so long grow orchids for many years. but now, instead of one of them getting a second blooming, i now have my first keiki on the way (2 leaves at the moment). I'm delighted!

Big price for small product volume

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.