Care Guides
Five plant-care guides written from real customer questions. Each one covers what trips most growers up, what to do instead, and how Molly's potting mix fits into the answer.
Orchid Care →
Watering, light, repotting, and reblooming for phalaenopsis, dendrobium, and friends. Why epiphytes need an airy substrate, not soil.
Succulent & Cactus Care →
Drainage, dormancy, and the gritty mix philosophy. The single change that prevents most root rot.
Soil & Substrate Basics →
Why soilless mixes outperform garden soil for indoor growing. Aeration, water retention, and what each ingredient actually does.
Propagation →
Stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, water vs. substrate rooting, and when to pot up. The mistakes that kill cuttings before they callous.
Flowers & Container Gardening →
Annuals, perennials, and edibles in pots. How to mix amendments into our base substrate for hungry feeders.
What our mixes are designed for
- Aroid Mix — tropical houseplants: monstera, philodendron, pothos, anthurium
- Succulent Mix — gritty, drainage-first: succulents, cacti, bonsai
- Orchid Mix — bark-heavy, airy: phals, cattleyas, dendrobiums, oncidiums
