Soil for a Chinese evergreen

Soil for a Chinese evergreen

1. 01

   Best soil mix

   Use a loose houseplant mix that holds some moisture while still draining freely. Indoor Aglaonema belongs in a draining medium rather than dense or permanently wet soil.

   Use a container with drainage holes and avoid a mix that stays waterlogged. Excess moisture and poor drainage can lead to root decline or rot in Aglaonema.

2. 02

   Match the mix to the pot and setting

   This page is for Aglaonema commutatum forms kept as indoor container plants, including Ribbon Aglaonema. Cultivar foliage and light can change how quickly the mix dries.

3. 03

   Soil pH

   You do not need to aim for a pH number with this indoor mix. Do not add acidifying or liming products based on a number copied from another houseplant.

4. 04

   When soil alone is not the problem

   Use mix texture and drainage as the boundaries, not a fixed ratio, pH test range, pot depth or cultivar-by-cultivar root-zone preference. Keep the species or cultivar label visible when a plant is sold only as Chinese evergreen.