With all the scary leaf issues in the world, your plants need a fierce grandma to protect them and keep them gorgeous. Enter: Don't Mess With Grandma, a blend of essential oils that keep your plants looking their best!

About:

Don’t Mess With Grandma is our proprietary essential oil-powered foliage spray that combats many common leaf issues.  Find out more about the ingredients with our handy info page.

How to use:

Spray plant 1 to 3 times a week when you bring a new plant home to combat issues that arise during transition from grower to home environment. In the case of new leaf issues, use product several times and be sure to address any low light or improper watering concerns that may be stressing your plant. 

Product should not cause photosensitivity, but as with any liquid foliage product, take care when putting plants in direct sun or under grow lights, as droplets of water can magnify light rays.

During use, spray both front and back of all leaves as well as stems and soil surface.

Be sure to keep this and all essential oil products away from cats. More info here.

Sizes:

8oz ready-to-use sprayer
4oz concentrated refill (makes twenty-four 8oz bottles, a $432 value!)
Combo pack: 4oz concentrate plus 8oz RTU sprayer

If you're looking for a cheaper alternative to fancy soil but still want all that OHP fabulousness for your plants, check out this kit. It will take the guesswork out of soil mixing - just mix EVERYTHING inside the box with a 1-cubic-foot bag of standard potting soil from your local garden center, and you're good to go! This will make at least 15 gallons of incredible soil.

I recommend coco coir-based soils, as peat will eventually repel water and compact. Also, please be careful with your soil choice as we cannot be responsible for fungus gnats or other issues that can be present in mass-produced bagged soils from garden centers.

This blend was designed specifically for the anthurium aficionado.  This mix started with a TON of science - studies from growers and scientists about what anthuriums like, how they do in cultivation, and lots of little tweaks to meet their needs. I took that info and adapted it to our indoor growing environments to make a soil that's the answer to your anthurium woes.

This soil is:

• seriously chunky and porous
• loaded with air pockets
• holds just the right amount of water
• loaded with goodies: insect frass, seed and veg meals, mycorrhizal inoculant, extra rock dusts, and more!

PLEASE NOTE: this blend may hold less water than you're accustomed to from Oh Happy Dirt. Also, the 'weight method' of testing for moisture won't work due to how heavy the soil is. Please test for moisture with the back of a finger/knuckle against the holes in the bottom of the pot (or against the soil surface for small pots). Cool to the touch = damp, typically. Please check your pots twice as frequently as you're used to until you become accustomed to the new soil.

(If you're not trying to be fancy, we also like our Tropical Climber, Turbo, or Rainforest Floor blend for anthuriums (though you may want to mix in our Fluff It! drainage booster, or even 50/50 Turbo and Treehouse). The special blend of ingredients makes Anthurium Delirium more expensive, but we totally get wanting to keep things simple - this is permission to use any of these blends 💚)

(It's us. We're b*tches.)

This blend was designed specifically for the hoya aficionado. Complete with tree fern fiber, coco, vermiculite, and charcoal for a chunky mix that sucks up water but maintains a jillion air pockets. It's absolutely loaded with goodies for your hoya babies, too: insect frass, seed and veg meals, mycorrhizal inoculant, rock dusts, and more!

If you're not trying to be fancy, we also like our Tropical Climber blend for hoyas. The tree fern fiber makes this one more expensive, and it also has additional tasties. But we totally get wanting to keep things simple - this is permission to use either blend <3 

A semi-DIY kit for your bonsai trees, this mix is designed to be used in small quantities, so it holds extra water and is stuffed to the brim with goodness. Use the included pumice to adjust moisture retention or as a decorative top dressing.

Kit includes soil and pumice in the following amounts:

Generous quart: 1 'quart' of soil (~6 cups) plus small package pumice (~1.5 cups)
2-gallon: 2 gallons soil, 2 generous quarts pumice
10gallon bulk: 10 gallons soil, ~2 gallons pumice

Additional pumice can be ordered here.

How to use: for tropical bonsais or trees in extremely small pots, use this blend by itself. For bonsais that require less water or prefer a rockier soil, add pumice. INDOORS: For conifers, I like to use 1 part pumice for every 2 to 3 parts soil. For ficus and other tropicals, I use the soil straight, or add 1 part pumice for ever 4 to 5 parts soil.

Please be aware that a bonsai that lives outside will require more water than an indoor plant, and mix accordingly.

One of our favorite soil ingredients, this blend of premium insect frass can be used just like worm castings. Superior to worm castings, insect frass contains chitin and has no chance of carrying fungus gnats.

Available in select states.

If you're forcing bulbs inside through winter and spring, this is the dirt for you. Formulated with added drainage to keep bulbs happy and a super-rich blend to allow you to keep your bulbs in relatively small pots without sacrificing plant size.

Contains coco, pumice, Pinus radiata bark fines, vermiculite, and fine charcoal with our special blend of bug poo, seed and veg meals, rock dusts, and mycorrhizal inoculant.

Looking for individual seed meals or other ingredients?  Buy in bulk here!

Bulk seed meals sold by the cup (8oz by volume).  Pricing per cup decreases when purchasing multiple cups - more purchased = larger discount. Mix and match okay!

Buy 2-3, get 10% off

Buy 4-5, get 25% off

Buy 6 or more, get 35% off

Please note: these don't come with instructions for use (yet - I'll build a page eventually) and may have a handwritten label, may be packed in a random bag, etc, depending on how much you order. Compostable bags will be used where possible. 

Why? Because keeping pre-labeled bags in stock takes work and space, and I'm trying to keep the price down for you! :)

These are our favorite bypass pruners! Full tang steel construction (the metal runs all the way down the handle, which makes a sturdier, long-lasting tool), rosewood handles (gorgeous!), strong spring action, and a clip to store them safely closed.

Bypass pruners are a must for taking cuttings or pruning your plants. Other types of pruners will crush stem tissue, damaging cells and causing longer propagation time. Bypass pruners make a clean cut, leaving healthy tissue that's ready to root!

Includes alcohol wipes: use between plants to minimize chance of spreading pests or diseases :)

Warning: sharp. Store in closed, latched position. Keep out of reach of children and pets.

Are you going on vacation, or just tired of watering your plants so much? 

We've got your solution!

Simply place one of our CHUG Mats into a deep saucer, then put your plant (in a nursery pot) on top! Water the plant as usual, then pour water into the saucer to 1-2mm above the level of the Mat. This special material will allow your plant to wick up water as needed, while preventing excess water from saturating the soil! Can be slightly 'fluffed' to increase depth of reservoir. Can increase time between watering up to 3x!

Sizing:

6" nursery pot: use 5" Mat and 7" saucer
8" nursery pot: use 8" Mat (cut to size) and 9" saucer
10" nursery pot: use 8" Mat and 11" saucer

Please note that our new shipment are irregular-shaped clay pebbles. These are not round, and may be grey or red. Why? I decided to bring y’all a way lower price!

Expanded clay pebbles for use as a standalone hydroponic or semi-hydro substrate. Useful to anchor plants that live in vases and provide weight.

We do NOT recommend this for use in your soil mix due to the rounded shape and fine pores. It does not help much with drainage. If you're looking for something to increase weight and drainage we recommend pumice or lava rock. Just looking for drainage? Check out our rice hulls and coco chips :)

Similar to bark chips, coco chips are a superior product for many applications. They absorb a bit of water, are more lightweight (smaller carbon footprint), and can create air pockets better than bark as well. Created from a waste product of the coconut industry that is typically sent to a landfill.

A natural byproduct of the coconut industry, coco coir is an ideal growing medium for plants. The natural pH is between 6-6.8, great for most plants. Also, it is hydroscopic, which means it actively attracts and holds water. Peat moss repels water when it dries out unless a wetting agent is added. 

This shredded coco coir. We also offer compressed coco cookies.

Use this natural coco shell soil scoop when repotting or mixing soil. We love these scoops because they're minimally processed and completely plastic-free! They're also a great size for pouring soil around a root ball without spilling it all over the place :)

Scoops have a sanded bottom and can be used as a cute little planter or in a terrarium. They'll sit flat on a surface. Please note: due to the cutting tool used, some scoops are cut slightly unevenly. This does not affect the utility of the scoop.

Some scoops are arrived cracked - if you don't mind, get half price!

Size: about as large as my hand (size L glove). Approx 4.5-6" across. Our new scoops are cut long-ways, so they are oblong instead of perfectly round. Hoping to update photos soon - bear with me, this is mostly a one-woman operation :)

A natural byproduct of the coconut industry, coco coir is an ideal growing medium for plants. The natural pH is between 6-6.8, great for most plants. Also, it is hydroscopic, which means it actively attracts and holds water. Peat moss repels water when it dries out unless a wetting agent is added. 

These cookies and bricks are convenient and compressed for light, easy shipping and storage. We also offer shredded, hydrated coco coir.

Rehydrated volume: 4 to 6 cups per cookie or 2.5 to 4 gallons per brick

Sold loose (no bag)