Exo Terra Plantation Soil, 8 Qt (8.8 L) – 100% Natural Terrarium Substrate | Increases Humidity, Stimulates Digging & Burrowing | Ideal for Natural Terrarium Setups & Live Plants
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Exo Terra Plantation Soil is a premium, 100% natural substrate designed to enhance your terrarium setup. Ideal for reptiles, amphibians, and live plants, this soil helps maintain optimal humidity levels, creating a perfect environment for humidity-loving species. It also promotes natural digging and burrowing behaviors, which are essential for the well-being of many reptiles and amphibians. Rich in nutrients, it supports healthy plant growth, making it perfect for natural terrariums or bioactive setups. Whether you’re setting up a desert, rainforest, or tropical habitat, Exo Terra Plantation Soil is the ideal substrate for a thriving ecosystem.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 0.2 x 8 x 4 inches; 1.34 Pounds
Manufacturer recommended age : 1 month and up
Item model number : Plantation Soil
Date First Available : July 17, 2008
Manufacturer : Rolf C. Hagen (USA) Corp.
ASIN : B001B5DIQG
Country of Origin : Sri Lanka
100% Natural Substrate: Exo Terra Plantation Soil is a high-quality, 100% natural substrate perfect for creating a realistic, healthy habitat for reptiles, amphibians, and plants
Ideal for Humid Terrariums: This substrate helps maintain ideal humidity levels in your terrarium, making it perfect for humidity-loving reptiles and amphibians
Stimulates Natural Behavior: Encourages natural digging and burrowing behaviors, providing mental and physical enrichment for your pets
Perfect for Live Plants: Rich in nutrients, this substrate supports healthy plant growth, making it ideal for creating a thriving, natural terrarium ecosystem
Generous Size: The 8 Qt (8.8 L) bag provides ample coverage for small to medium-sized terrariums, giving your pets and plants the space they need to flourish
Customers say
Customers find the terrarium soil to be of good quality and appreciate its size, with one mentioning it’s perfect for a typical 10-gallon tank. The soil’s moisture retention and functionality receive mixed feedback – while some say it holds moisture well and works great for crested gecko cages, others report it never absorbs water and consider it useless. Moreover, the product’s durability is mixed, with customers noting it’s hard as a brick and takes days to break apart in water.
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13 reviews for Exo Terra Plantation Soil, 8 Qt (8.8 L) – 100% Natural Terrarium Substrate | Increases Humidity, Stimulates Digging & Burrowing | Ideal for Natural Terrarium Setups & Live Plants
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Rolling Thunder –
Lots of soil in a brick.
This is good soil and there is a lot of it per brick. It really expands. It’s good to store, compact and dry. Overall useful.Though, it is pretty difficult to break up. I spent over an hour breaking it up, so I imagine you could get around that by soaking it for several hours before messing with it. Still, the brick is pretty dense. It worked for my purposes but it takes some work to prepare.
TP –
Makes alot of soil
Great for the bearded dragon aquarium
Zlivity7 –
Iâll Not Buy Any Other. Very Happy.
My Brazilian Rainbow Boa loves this. When she was little, she especially loved tunneling down into it. I recommend a good 3or 4 inches of depth at least or more if tunneling. It really holds moisture and helps to keep the humidity high enough for her. Itâs easily transferable, so be mindful when taking things out of the tank, as it will get on you and the floor. But itâs great value as you can scoop out waste and it stay pretty clean. If it gets too dry you can always revive it with water. I mix some with Forest Floor for my Python and although he doesnât need high humidity, he does need some & this works very well. Iâve tried other brands and gotten springtails each time. (Makes me itchy just remembering) so Iâm not doing that again. This is clean and inexpensive and lasts and lasts. Very happy.
Ryan Cormier –
Bad Batch
Do not but soil from this seller. Bought five of these and none of them soaked up any water even after a few days submerged. Was only able to get a refund for 1 out of the defective 5. Waste of money
Bri –
Plan for more than 30 minutes…
I bought this for a snail terrarium and watched lots of videos on online of people using this product and I think overall my experience was a lot different. All the videos I watched people just put it in water and it started to expand…and thatâs exactly what the instructions say to do, just put the block in water and in 30 minutes it will expand. But my block did not expand within 30 minutes so I started to poke at it and then an hour passed and nothing. So I literally had to shred the block with scissors and continuously pour water directly onto it and here I am 2 hours in with just about 1/3 of the block turned into usable soil. The soil is just fine but the instructions made it seem so simple… so just something to note, plan for more than 30 minutes
Tabbitha Arthur –
Perfect
Great product: packaged, arrived and functioned exactly as expected.
Marcellus –
My lil guy
Loves his new soil he is always digging .
ERose –
Will not buy this from Amazon again
This was for my leopard geckos. It is not fine, there is a great deal of long tough fibers.
Marina Aurora –
ottimo
MF –
It’s very good coco soil. Not too stringy like I was afraid it might be. My rats had no issues with it. I was pleasantly surprised at the quantity it gave once it fully absorbed the water. I couldn’t even make it fit in my biggest tupperware I had.I’d say it gives about the same of a 8.8l sac of dirt. Which is plenty. I did notice the price went from 8$cad to 12.58$cad but for the quantity it gives and the quality I’m not complaining.
jean paul –
le cocopeat est super bon pour la germination d’exotiques
Fullarton-Ward –
I use this for my Giant African Land Snails and to repot my various types of houseplant. Absolutely brilliant, if you put peas in the soil they will grow in the tank for your snails too. Of course, don’t put other types of plant in their tank. Stays clean, very absorbent and the snails love it. The brick makes a fair but once it’s made you can dry it or leave it in a pot and use as needed.As for my plants, they all grow well. I have a ginseng tree, a monstera, and two citrus trees in this soil and they’re all healthy. If you use it for houseplants it will require nutrients added. Do not add plant nutrients to a snail/pet tank.
Client d’Amazon –
Efficace mais attention à bien l émietter. Ãa met plus de temps que prévu à absorber l eau