#I'm always amazed when someone posts 'can someone identify this plant' and immediately there are so many answers

[chimchiri]

What potting soil do you use? Im trying to start my own plant collection and im not sure what i should get/what is reliable

I'm making my own! I've learned from my best friend. And apparently most people, upon reading about potting soil, make their own. I know the store bought I got had quite some fungus gnats (hope that's the correct translation for those small flies).

If you've got nodes or a small offset plants, you should just use appropriate soil (like coconut soil swelling tabs). But yes, for bigger baby plants or regular plants I've got my own. (Mind you these are the items I can get locally from Switzerland/Germany - not sure if they're called different at other places)

It's estimated 1:1:1 coconut soil (which you need to let swell up in water) like this

perlite like this (make sure it's for plants and NOT used for housing/wall isolation)

and pine bark, 0-7 mm size, like this

And just mix it all together. Buuuut I gotta say I'm still a newb to houseplants. I definitely recommend doing your own research (there are tons of youtubers). I can also recommend the r/housplants subreddit - the folks there are super nice and helpful. They've also got a wiki with lots of info. I'm sure you'll find what you need there!