Houseplants need microbes!!
Most of the potting soils your houseplants come in has been sterilized. They also don't have access to fresh microbes and they have a very finite amount of nutrients available to them. Once those microbes and nutrients have been used up, you are left with dead hydrophobic soil.
How do we fix this?
Supplement your soils microbes by giving all your houseplant Earth Medicine living microbes every 4-6 weeks. This will keep your soil fed and healthy and your plants happy and pushing out new growth all year long.