Coconut husk chips These are approximately 20mm pieces of chopped coconut husk which are perfect for both orchids and anthuriums giving your plants plenty of drainage and air circulation. Its EC levels are safe to use and has more water holding ability compared to gravel. These are sold in 20L plastic bags
Rice husk personal favorite for SSO’s anthuriums! Rice husk is great for drainage and aeration. These are sold in large flour sacks.
Crush metal (gravel) Approximately 20mm pieces of blasted rock that is jagged. Try not to mix this up with river gravel. This media holds almost no water and has large aerated spaces. Perfect for true epiphytic plants like orchids! This is also very useful during the wet summer months when there are heavy afternoon thunderstorms every day. Also, very economical as this media lasts forever. These are sold in 15L bags