Potting Media

Used as an additive to mixes, hardwood charcoal helps keep the mix 'sweet'.

This coco-husk comes in nugget-like chips similar to fir bark. Available packaged in ready to use bags or in a 10 pound compressed block. (1 compressed block yields approximately 2 1/2 cu. Ft.) Coco Husk Chips are great potting media for most of orchids. We find many indoor growers are especially fond of coco husk as a potting media due to it's ability to hold moisture better than traditional bark media. The brand we use is high quality, economically feasible, eco-friendly and OMRI listed for...

Coir is compressed, ground, coconut fiber. (Note: A Bale is equal to about 7-8 Coir Bricks) Soaking a brick in a couple gallons of water (ideally with some added Superthrive or Dyna Grow KLN) and the media will fluff up to make a good growing media for many plants.Coco Coir is great for water holding capacity yet these materials also provide plenty of aeration and drainage. ...

Our drainage netting is another product from Joshua Roth Limited. This flexible, plasticized fabric is used by bonsai growers to seal drainage holes in the bottom of bonsai planters and has many similar uses for orchid growers as well. It is impervious to most solvents, is mildew and fungus resistant, and provides good support and drainage. Use in the bottom of many clay and plastic pots, or if trimmed accordingly can be used to reduce the opening in many baskets as well.Color brownApproximate...

GROW!T Horticultural Clay Pebbles are a lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA) made from 100% natural clay. They are clean, pH stable, and offer great aeration and drainage in hydroponics, especially in flood and drain, deep water culture, and drip feed systems. Due to their unique structure and ability to cover a large surface area, GROW!T Horticultural Clay Pellets offer the ideal environment to foster beneficial bacterial growth around the root zone, leading to naturally healthier...

This mix contains Medium Fir Bark, Charcoal and Sponge-rock. This is the perfect all purpose blend which we recommend to use for Cattleya, Dendrobium, Oncidiums and more.

Fine Sphagnum Moss combined with Fine Fir Bark, Perlite and Charcoal makes this mix great for Paphs and Phrags, Masdevalias and small rooted orchids, as well as seedlings or those being grown in small pots.

This is shredded particles of tree fern. It consists of fluffy bits and small twigs - most under 2". This new style of tree fern fiber is quite long-lasting and is used by itself. It distributes water evenly throughout the pot and among the root system of your orchid. Phals love it, along with cymbidiums, encyclias and oncidiums. Surely other types of orchids will thrive in this media also.This is NOT the traditional tree fern product historically used in the orchid industry - this is a new...

You’ve heard all the stories and now we have it here at Kelley’s Korner Orchid Supplies!Orchiata is a unique, sustainable orchid growing media produced from the finest quality, 100% pure New Zealand Pinus radiata bark. Pinus radiata is sourced from renewable, manmade forests ensuring availability into the future.A unique production process allows Orchiata to hold water and nutrients on the outside layer of each chip, as well as creating a slightly rough surface that is perfect for roots to...

Ground-up calcium particles which is a useful growing mix additive for some orchids. Fine grade: more grit & less fines than "flour".(Priced per lb.)

Fine, primarily peat-based mix. This is the "HP", or High Porosity formula for increased aeration and less water retention. This media can be combined with other ingredients such as fir bark, diatomite, perlite, etc. to create an endless variety of unique mixes to suit any need. Great for use with terrestrials. Please Note: Be sure to watch your watering as too much water can easily cause the medium to stay too wet.

We sell Rexius Orchid Fir Bark which is a cleaner heat-treated Douglas Fir specialty bark that has been processed by high grading and sizing to the highest standards of orchid growers. Made in America. Fir Bark is a classic growing medium and an ingredient in many orchid growing mixes.

This is the finest quality Sphagnum available. Many use it exclusively for moist-loving plants while others incorporate it with other ingredients into custom mixes. Soak before using.

PLEASE NOTE: AT THIS TIME WE ONLY HAVE CLASSIC STRAND - WHICH IS 12-15 INCHES LONG, NOT PREMIER WHICH IS 18 INCHES LONG. SAME 5A QUALITY, JUST SHORTER. WE HOPE TO RESTOCK THE LONGER PRODUCT AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. In addition to our long fiber moss we offer this “Premier Strand” New Zealand moss. There are many varieties of moss offered as AAAAA or 5A moss. Ours is the Besgrow Spagmoss “Premier Strand”. It is a premium commercial grade, Sphagnum cristatum; with lengths of 400mm+ to allow for...

Sponge Rock is commonly referred to as perlite, and has a wide range of applications that will always be in demand. Clean and lightweight, this material can be incorporated into your favorite orchid growing media. Used to improve the drainage and aeration of growing media, Sponge Rock is a porous, lightweight, expanded volcanic rock. Its high porosity makes it a good aggregate in potting and germination mixes. Crystal-white, super-coarse grade perlite. "Medium" size ranges from 1/16"- 1/4"...