How much perilite do i add to soil with none
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I have 1.5 cubic ft. So how man gallons of perilite do you think
Lordhooha
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Dude vos just told you 20-30% percent so for five gallon buckets use enough to fill the bucket about 1/3 then fill the bucket with soil and mix it. Also what sort of soil you using that has none. Any decent soil has perlite in it already.
Im starting with fresh soil from compost pile. Sized it up with a 1.5 cf bag
natureboygrower
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I like the perlite with the big chunks in it.they make different sizes fyi.also,if you use too much,it will work it's way to the top.
natureboygrower
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I would also lighten that up a bit with a soil conditioner if you're using straight compost.I like happy frog for a soil conditioner.peat,humus,worm castings,bat guano all in one.so 1/3 compost,1/3 happy frog,1/3 perlite.
good luck bro
good luck bro
Budzbuddha
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Also get PLAIN PERLITE ... Not that MG perlite infused with fertilizer.
Most nurseries ( garden supply stores ) have big bags ( 25/40 lb. ).
Most nurseries ( garden supply stores ) have big bags ( 25/40 lb. ).
Lordhooha
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Yah some folks like the chunky stuff I prefer the smaller stuff. Simply for the fact I feel it most evenly aerates the soil.
Lordhooha
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For cheap as hell too.
natureboygrower
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I like to think the bigger stuff breaks the soil up a bit more and doesn't seem to work it's way up to the top(so I can add less).but that also may have happened because I added too much that particular grow.
lio lacidem
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If you are growing In straight compost besides perlite you should be mixing a decent amount of dolomite lime in there.
bryan oconner
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Yes please always measure your dirt with teaspoons make us a you tube video .I want to learn too
It does. The chunky stuff has less surface area than the smaller and just doesn't work as well.
It's also fairly recent, I guess to go with the "chunky" trend of everything. Does LOOK like it would work better, till you do an actual side by side.
*I* run ~40% in my mixes, making them from scratch for over 40 years.
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idfuckmyplants
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30% is what my mix contains ...
So do 2 cups soil to every cup of perlite and 1/3 of your mix will be perlite ...aka 33.3% lol
So do 2 cups soil to every cup of perlite and 1/3 of your mix will be perlite ...aka 33.3% lol
I agree with this. I was told 50/50 at first. So thats what i did and at the end of the cycle i found that i was throwing away perlite because a lot had settled to the top and it was almost like a full layer of snow floating on the top of every water/feed. When i cropped i checked out of curiousity and there was still plenty throughout the medium, so i felt as if i had wasted A good 20/30% of the perlite i put in.