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tropical potting mix ingredients Molly's Aroid Mix for Monstera & PhiloQuick answer: what is Molly's Aroid Mix? For: Monstera, Philodendron, Pothos, Anthurium, Alocasia, Syngonium, and every other aroid in the houseplant family. What's in it: chunky fir bark, coco coir, perlite, horticultural charcoal, worm castings. No peat moss, no soil. Why it works: aroids evolved as epiphytes on rainforest trees. Their roots want air pockets, not packed dirt. Regular potting soil suffocates them. How long it lasts: 12 18 months in
Quick answer: what is Molly's Aroid Mix?
- For: Monstera, Philodendron, Pothos, Anthurium, Alocasia, Syngonium, and every other aroid in the houseplant family.
- What's in it: chunky fir bark, coco coir, perlite, horticultural charcoal, worm castings. No peat moss, no soil.
- Why it works: aroids evolved as epiphytes on rainforest trees. Their roots want air pockets, not packed dirt. Regular potting soil suffocates them.
- How long it lasts: 12-18 months in the pot before it needs refreshing. Roughly double the lifespan of standard soil-based mixes.
- Ready to use straight from the bag. No mixing, no DIY, no rinsing.
More plant-specific guidance: Best soil for Monstera, Do orchids need soil?, Potting soil vs potting mix.
Aroids fail in regular potting soil because the soil compacts, holds water, and starves roots of air. Standard "tropical houseplant soil" is too dense for plants like Monstera, Philodendron, and Anthurium that evolved as epiphytes on rainforest trees. They want chunky, fast-draining, air-pocketed substrate, exactly what soil isn't.
Molly's Aroid Mix is engineered for that gap. A blend of orchid bark, perlite, coir, and horticultural charcoal that drains within seconds, holds humidity instead of water, and resists compaction even after months of watering.
What's in the bag
- Orchid bark (chunky): the structural backbone. Air pockets and slow decay mean roots can breathe and grip without rot.
- Coarse horticultural perlite: the drainage workhorse. Stops water from pooling at the root zone.
- Coir fiber and chips: retains the right amount of moisture without becoming soggy. Replaces peat, which compacts.
- Expanded clay (LECA): wicks moisture upward so roots get humidity, not standing water.
- Horticultural charcoal: filters salts and impurities, keeps the mix sweet through repeated watering.
- Worm castings: a slow-release nutrient base. Plants get nitrogen on demand, not in a flush.
- Beneficial microbes (Bacillus pumilus, Rhizophagus irregularis): mycorrhizae extend the root system; bacteria suppress soil-borne pathogens.
- Calcitic + dolomitic limestone: buffers pH to the slightly acidic range aroids prefer (5.8 to 6.5).
20+ organic and mineral ingredients in total. No commercial synthetic fertilizers, low peat content (blended with coconut coir to reduce overall peat usage).
Plants this is for
Designed for aroids and tropical foliage plants: Monstera (especially variegated cultivars that need maximum aeration), Philodendron, Anthurium, Pothos, Alocasia, Aglaonema, Calathea, Syngonium, ZZ plant, Sansevieria, Fiddle Leaf Fig, Palm, Hoya. Anything that wants chunky, fast-draining, humidity-retaining substrate.
Not for: succulents and cacti (use Molly's Succulent Mix) or orchids (use Molly's Orchid Mix).
How to repot
- Choose a pot 1 to 2 inches wider than the current root ball, with drainage holes. Aroids do not want to be over-potted.
- Remove the plant from its current container. Gently shake off old soil from the root system. If the old substrate has compacted into a brick, soak briefly to loosen.
- Add a layer of fresh mix to the bottom of the new pot, about 1 inch thick.
- Position the plant at the same depth it was growing before, then fill around the roots with mix. Tap the pot gently to settle, but do not press down hard. The mix should stay airy.
- Water thoroughly once. Let it drain. Do not water again until the top inch feels dry to touch.
FAQ
Can I mix this with regular potting soil?
You can, but you defeat the purpose. The reason this mix works is its chunkiness and drainage. Adding standard soil compacts the air pockets and brings back the over-watering risk. If you're trying to make a bag stretch further, mix it 1:1 with extra perlite or bark, not soil.
How often do I water with this mix?
Less often than you'd water in regular soil. Most aroids in this mix want watering every 7 to 14 days indoors. Always check the top inch with your finger first. The mix dries from the top down, so the surface drying does not necessarily mean the root zone is dry.
Will this mix work for orchids?
No. Orchids want pure bark with charcoal and almost no organic matter. The aroid mix has too much coir and microbe activity for an orchid's epiphytic root system. Use Molly's Orchid Mix for orchids.
Is the mix already fertilized?
It contains worm castings and beneficial microbes that release nutrients slowly, but no synthetic fertilizer. After the first 2 to 3 months, supplement with a balanced liquid fertilizer (NPK around 3-1-2 for aroids, diluted to half-strength) every 2 to 4 weeks during the growing season.
UPC: 628942910210. Packaged in a heat-sealed resealable bag.
Related care guide
Why our Aroid Mix is built for tropicals.
Plant-specific soil guides
Best soil for Monstera · Philodendron · Pothos · Snake plants · ZZ plants · Fiddle leaf figs
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★★★★★ 4
Nice monitor
I have had this for a little over 2 years. The only problem that has occurred a few times is that the PC display screen goes blank. I don't know the origin of this problem but it seems to be in the monitor. If I use the monitor controls, I can view the monitor settings and eventually the PC display resumes. It has happened only a few times over the 2 years. Also, the screen control buttons are a little difficult use because they are underneath the screen and cannot be seen. Just have to go by feel. Otherwise a very nice monitor.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Worth the hefty price tag
After considering OLED for a while and waiting for the price to drop, I finally decided to try this when on sale. I had very high expectations and was fully prepared to refund at the first sign of trouble.
Lets start with the cons in my experience.
1. After setting up the monitor and looking through the settings, trying to turn the RGB LEDs on worked... for the most part. The lights on the back worked fine, on the front there are two zones that are supposed to light up also, but only one of them worked. After doing some searching apparently a simple firmware update or downgrade can fix this, so it is not a hardware issue but a software one. I do not need LEDs on a monitor anyway, especially an OLED that has those nice true blacks, so I don't want anything on to distract my eye. I turned the LEDs off completely and never card to change firmware just to be able to turn them on again.
2. The first day I setup the monitor, tested it a bit, then went to bed. The following day I turned on the monitor and after a few hours of using it I closed all my programs and went to desktop (which is a true black single color background). To my surprise the LEDs were still on, the screen looked no different from my other non OLED screens. After digging through various settings and power cycling the monitor a few times I decided to contact support. I explained my issue and got transfer once or twice through Samsung support chat before finally getting through to help. The first thing that I was asked to do was unplug the power cord that runs from the adapter box to the monitor, not from the wall to the adapter box, and not power cycling using the button on the monitor. After waiting about a minute and plugging it back in the black were true black again and I felt like an idiot. The important takeaway here is that the box will run some power to the screen even if the screen is of, so if you need to power cycle make sure you unplug the screen. After doing the reset once my pixels have remained true black where they should and have not been an issue since.
Before we get to the pros is want to mention settings. There are quite a few settings of which most are helpful, just about anything you would want to change you can. The only problem is that with so many settings it can be hard to find what you're looking for sometimes. So far this is one of my only monitors to not change settings ever after setup, I have had ASUS and ACER monitors before that both will occasionally change a setting if a certain game launches or if the hdmi/vda/dp gets unplugged.
Finally we have the pros.
1. OLED monitor at a PC desktop form factor. This thing looks great, it is great to watch movies and videos on, and colorful and cinematic games look amazing, I have never seen a non OLED come anywhere close it is not even the same ballgame. I have had TN VA and IPS displays before and IMO all three of those look far more similar to each other than to this.
2. Responsiveness and Refresh rate. 240hz is incredibly solid for modern gaming, not as bug of jump from 60 to 144 or even 120, but still noticeable. Due to the OLED tech the overall screen response time is insane, it isn't as simple as the 1ms, 0.5ms or 0.1ms that you see advertised on these monitor pages, if you look into it in depth, this monitor has a response time that is about 2x faster then the next best non OLED gaming monitor, and that monitor is even 360hz! What does this meant though? Blur essentially does not exist on this monitor, comparing to 144hz, 165, and 60hz, when setting this monitors refresh rate to match, it is significantly clearer and less blurry. At 240hz even taking a still image with a high fps camera it is hard to detect or extremely minimal, where my VA 165hz displays at least 5 clearly visible ghosted images at once just with my phone camera.
To summarize, this monitor I expected to be good but not worth the price tag, but after quite some use it has completely blown me away and I am definitely keeping it. The only monitor jump that has been as noticeable as jumping from non OLED to OLED is the jump from 60-144hz.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2023
★★★★★ 3
Too compromised for the price
HDR:
Windows 10/11 report 1015nits peak brightness which is its real peak luminance.
Quantum HDR2000 is a fabricated specification unique to Samsung. In real content (games/movies) it is no where near capable of 2000nits and instead barely produces over 800nits peak brightness for 10% highlight. The 2000nit figure comes from best case scenario - 10% test slide used by calibrators and reviewers to measure luminance. The monitor detects such a scenario and temporarily boosts brightness so that they can publish impressive brightness figures. Yes this is essentially cheating and Samsung has been called out recently for the same "trick" on their TV's.
Samsung could have opted to have the monitors HDR performance certified by VESA but chose not to in favor of their own marketing favorable terminology. In reality the monitor is some where between VESA DisplayHDR600 and DisplayHDR1000 due to a combination of Samsung severely limiting brightness for the sake of preventing blooming alongside possibly preventing the backlight from being overdriven to manage thermals.
Scanlines:
The monitor displays horizontal scanlines at its maximum 4K 240hz refresh rate. This is a limitation of the display driver or scaler and has been present on all 1440p+ 240hz Samsung monitors dating back to the original G7. This is not a software/firmware issue as the original G7 and Neo G9 still suffer from it to this day after over a dozen firmware updates between the two.
Dropping down to 120hz rids you of scanlines but then you have to ask, why did I buy a 240hz display? A compromise is using a custom resolution/refresh rate of 165hz but then you have to ask yourself, why didn't I save $200 and purchase the Neo G7 instead? Anything above 165hz and the scanlines get very noticeable.
Anti Reflective Coating:
The Neo G8 uses a completely different AR coating compared to the Neo G7. Its extremely thick/hazy and has a sparkly sheen to it and as a result is a huge detriment to clarity.
HDMI 2.1:
As of right now the monitors HDMI 2.1 ports are either broken due to a firmware mishap or not full bandwidth HDMI 2.1 ports. 4K 120hz is the max possible refresh rate using an HDMI 2.1 capable GPU and even that can be finicky at times. DSC should make 4K 240hz possible just like the Displayport 1.4 port but its just not working correctly at the moment.
Curve:
The curve is non uniform and extremely aggressive at the center while flattening at the sides. It results in a very odd almost crease like presentation dead center and takes quite a bit of adjustment. I understand the 1000R curve is done to compensate for the VA panels poor viewing angles but its just too much for desktop/productivity and warps everything you're looking at. 1800R or 1500R max would be ideal although I wish Samsung would ditch this obsession with curves and just give us flat panels.
Neo G7 vs Neo G8:
So why buy the Neo G8? Well there really is no reason unless you enjoy horizontal scanlines at 240hz. The Neo G7 has the same HDR brightness (1015nits reported to Windows), gets you 165hz scanline free without having to fiddle with custom resolutions, uses a more traditional matte anti glare coating and as of writing this review appears to have the same HDMI 2.1 limitation.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2022
★★★★★ 5
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW! And why people have issues with this Monitor, It's their fault.
Got mine today! Great packaging, no dead pixels! LOOKS AWESOME!
This is what you need to know before buying this Monitor! Please read SO YOU KNOW! It will also help you with any other monitor, video card, or cables.
This is a 4K 240Hz Monitor! There are 3 different versions of this Monitor in the user manual, and Samsung has never been great on literature to know what you need to push this monitor to its full potential. I read the 4-star reviews for this Monitor first. In there, I read about a guy who was getting tearing and replaced the DP (Display Port) cable to a 16K cable. I want to explain this to educate people and help.
The base refresh rate for any resolution is 60Hz, so let's do the math backwards to fully understand. 16K at 60Hz = 8K at 120Hz = 4K at 240Hz = 2K at 480Hz
Since not only Samsung, but every corporation tries to save money, the other 2 monitors in the user's guide doesn't require a 16K cable. Since I'm sure they all have the same packaging, there's no reason to believe the supplied DP (Display Port) cable is 16K. In Fact, I can see nothing on the cable that says so. However, I spent $6 for a 10' 16k cable delivered with the Monitor.
This is the most important thing to know once you have your 16K DP (Display Port) cable. To push 16K your device (Video Card) has to have DP (Display Port) 2.1
AMD was on top of the ball on this and uses DP (Display Port) 2.1 for its RX 7000 series and up. I use a RX 7900XTX, so I'm covered. Nvidia used DP (Display Port) 1.4 on their RTX 4000 series cards to save money and charge you way too much! Nvidia implemented DP 2.1 on their RTX 5000 series cards. I don't know for INTEL cards; I would search the specs. I've read reviews from RTX 4000 people, and I can only assume that they don't understand that Nvidia DLSS has to be a factor, they aren't aware that their video cards can't push a true 4K at 240Hz.
The last thing to add is the Dimensions that Samsung Provides! Yes, its 27" tall! But it's a telescopic stand, I only have 20.5" clearance, and it fits nice. I think it could go down to 19".
Power Color Hellhound RX 7900 XTX
AMD 9950 X3D
Asus Rog Strix X870E-E Gaming Wi-Fi
32GB G.Skill Royal Neo at 8000Mhz
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Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Music and video editing. This thing works.
Size: 49-1, Size: 49-1
49" curved. It's a good monitor. Confirmed resolution is 5K. I had never heard of ZZA before but the reviews were good and the price was decent. Honestly, I did not expect too much. Well, this monitor is well packaged, easy to handle and use, built nicely. The screen has a matte low-reflection surface and looks smooth. Tested with Ableton, DaVinci, WOW, Zoom, and a few others. Instantly improved my workflow by displaying longer timelines in music and video. Games like WOW are very immersive, but it takes a few hours to get used to. Once you get into it, it might be had to go back to a normal flatscreen. Overall, it's worth the money. ZZA is evidently taking this very seriously with a decent design and a solid feel. Would recommend.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2026
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