Cactus, Succulents, and Worm Castings

We recently received a message from a customer who shared pictures of their son’s cactus after being fed our castings a couple of times last year and this year. They were very excited and attributed the plants vigor and beautiful flower display to the addition of our worm castings. We love hearing from and seeing real world results of our castings in your gardens indoors and outdoors. Our Soil Foodies are the Best!!!
 
Customers have asked us several times if castings would benefit their succulents or cactus. The answer is a resounding YES. Cactus and succulents need lots of drainage to keep their roots healthy but like all plants they need NPK as well as micronutrients and healthy microbes to thrive.
 
Worm castings are balanced in NPK, chuck full of micronutrients, best source of beneficial soil microbiology, moisture retaining and slow releasing, contain the enzyme chitanese which break down insect exoskeletons-an effective insect repellent, and provide much more awesomeness
for all of your plants.
 
We use our castings on all of our plants including cactus succulents.
 
CACTUS AND SUCCULENT POTTING MIX RECIPIE
 
  • 1 Part Sand: We recommend using horticultural sand or aquarium sand because standard play sand clumps together due to smoother edges on the sand grains. Horticultural and aquarium sand grains have rougher more jagged edges that won’t clump easily which make them a better choice for drainage
  • 1 Part Pearlite
  • 1/2 Part Coconut Coir
  • 1/2 Part Soil Food worm castings