I seen some people say they use ubsurdly large pot sizes in some cases, like 400gallons, in other tutorials ive read the final transplant should be into a 5gal pot.
The reason i ask is soil costs.
400galons is 1600litres.. Perlite costs 6 for about 5L. The soil mix should be atleast 20% perlite ... that would mean i need 320 litres of perlite ! thats 360 just for perlite.
Im a first time grower, and i am not spending this much on soil, my primary concern is just that the grow works.
I was thinking i could probally do 10gallons/40litres.. how does this sound?
Another concern is that it turns out i cannot buy peat moss here (or worm castings fyi) However I live near a bog in ireland. Can/should i use the natural soil from here in my potting mix or should i just go store potting soil+perlite? I was going to go 40%potting compost 40% peat moss 20% perlite before finding out my hardware store does not sell peat moss,
Multipurpose compost is also available.
So what should i do, go out, dig up some bog, cut out the roots of grass and vegetation, and try to use some of that aswell, or just go with perlite and compost?
Experienced words appreciated, i just want to get this started asap now, i got my perlite and a little seedling propagator, some small pots and theres some multipurpose compost or a tomato grow bag around, for potting soil though ill have to wait a few days to go into town and buy some.
The reason i ask is soil costs.
400galons is 1600litres.. Perlite costs 6 for about 5L. The soil mix should be atleast 20% perlite ... that would mean i need 320 litres of perlite ! thats 360 just for perlite.
Im a first time grower, and i am not spending this much on soil, my primary concern is just that the grow works.
I was thinking i could probally do 10gallons/40litres.. how does this sound?
Another concern is that it turns out i cannot buy peat moss here (or worm castings fyi) However I live near a bog in ireland. Can/should i use the natural soil from here in my potting mix or should i just go store potting soil+perlite? I was going to go 40%potting compost 40% peat moss 20% perlite before finding out my hardware store does not sell peat moss,
Multipurpose compost is also available.
So what should i do, go out, dig up some bog, cut out the roots of grass and vegetation, and try to use some of that aswell, or just go with perlite and compost?
Experienced words appreciated, i just want to get this started asap now, i got my perlite and a little seedling propagator, some small pots and theres some multipurpose compost or a tomato grow bag around, for potting soil though ill have to wait a few days to go into town and buy some.
