MegaSuiter
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Never said I had any success in Perlite. I stated I have had successful grows. Prior. This is my first go with straight Perlite.
I was going to post my experience, but then I saw one of the replies above and got the fuckits. 5.2-5.5 worked a treat for me in the perlite hempy tubs. Until the root aphids came and threw a bitch party.straight perlite in a hempy...
the roots will support the plant with a little time but you'll have to watch it as it matures because the entire bucket will want to fall over when it drys out a bit
i'd use the stakes also
you may also want to run your nutrients at a ph of 5.3 because of the minimal cec
fwiw
Gnat nix will keep the population way down. I just watered in some Insect Frass Tea and they hated it, so that's another option. But I've used gnat nix for years, they may technically still be there, but looking at my sticky traps (which I keep around to monitor the population) you can tell there's no gnat orgy going on in any of my pots. Even using the air pots, which I expected to be gnat-gnat city trick lolJust had some gnat problems in 1 gallon hempy/ perlite containers...it was staying too wet!...found tons of gnats ...any tips for the next round?