{"product_id":"soil-care-pack","title":"The Soil Care Pack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepotting isn't always the answer.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sometimes a plant is alive but underwhelming — growth has slowed, the colour has gone flat, and the mix it's sitting in has been there a while. Potting mix doesn't so much wear out as go tired: the structure collapses and the microbial activity drops away. Soil \u0026amp; Microbe Booster puts life back into what's already in the pot. The other two are the same routine as the Essentials Pack: feed the roots, keep the leaves clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-top: 1em;\"\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIndoor Plant Food (100ml)\u003c\/strong\u003e – Built for foliage, and built for the whole shelf: monstera, pothos, peace lily, rubber plant, ZZ, ferns and palms. A complete liquid feed with nitrogen, potassium, a full set of trace elements and New Zealand seaweed extract. 1ml per litre, every second watering, and one bottle makes up to 100L. No fish in it: vegan-friendly and almost completely odourless.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNeem Oil Leaf Shine (245ml)\u003c\/strong\u003e – Cold-pressed neem seed oil, pre-mixed and ready to use. No measuring, no mixing, and it keeps for twelve months. Lifts the dust and brings back the leaf's natural gloss, with no silicone, no wax and no artificial shine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Microbe Booster (500ml)\u003c\/strong\u003e – Biochar and black soldier fly frass, in a glass jar. The frass brings microbes and nutrients — around 240 million colony forming units per gram — while the biochar gives that biology somewhere to live and helps the mix hold water and nutrients between waterings. Stir it through at repotting, or scratch it into the surface of a pot that isn't ready for repotting. Australian made, and fine to use year round.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 0.5em;\"\u003ePlant Food and Neem Oil made in Melbourne by horticulturalists who started out hand-bottling this stuff at local markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-top: 1em;\"\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlants that are alive but underwhelming — slow growth, flat colour, mix that's been in the pot a while.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAroids, ficus and other hungry plants sitting in older mix.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollections in the \"I've had these a while, now what?\" phase.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who wants to support the whole root zone, not just keep increasing the feed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 2px solid #154e45; padding: 20px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; background-color: #d0debb; border-radius: 5px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eThe middle of the Method\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 10px 0;\"\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theplantrunner.com\/blogs\/the-plant-runner-blog\/plant-care-why-most-plant-problems-get-diagnosed-backwards\"\u003ePlant Runner Method\u003c\/a\u003e runs light, water, mix, feed — in that order. Mix is usually something you do rather than something you buy: choose a decent one, and repot when the plant has outgrown it. But there's a long gap between \u003cem\u003ethis mix is tired\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ethis plant needs repotting\u003c\/em\u003e, and that gap is where most indoor plants actually live. The booster is for that gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeed every second watering\u003c\/strong\u003e while your plants are growing, easing back through the cooler months. Work a little booster into the mix around the root zone, then water with the plant food — you're feeding the plant and the soil life that keeps nutrients cycling. Wipe the leaves when you can see or feel dust building up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Plant Runner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45744305471714,"sku":"PRB-900-S1","price":39.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2570\/3310\/files\/PlantRunner_BoosterBundle_2048x2048_47e0b674-8e44-4359-9b2a-71c1a21a818b.png?v=1749796070","url":"https:\/\/theplantrunner.com\/products\/soil-care-pack","provider":"The Plant Runner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}