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question about my newly acquired schefflera(umbrella tree)?

what kind of soil do i use for a schefflera? i had one before that i put in some bonsai soil that was basically kinda like regular potting soil. peat moss, all that stuff. and yeah. it died. my friend has one thats in a soil primarily, if not exclusively, made of lava rocks and its thriving. my question is this. what kind of soil do scheffleras require? i do have a dry non-organic mix that are usually used for evergreen bonsais i guess. right now though, its in some kind of potting soil mix and it seems to have a lot of perlite in it or something. so what kinda of soil would you suggest i put my schefflera in? right now, i have a bag of miracle gro moisture control that im scared of using on my new plants because it has fertilizer in it.

Miraclegro soil is all I use for my potted plants. It won’t hurt your scheffy at all. Peat moss holds water for a long time, very easy to overwater and kill plants – probably what happened to your other schef. They thrive on neglect, cuttings will root in water.

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