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In 5+ yrs of growing, I've alwaysnadded at least 30% perlite per bag. Ive never seen, nor heard of any issues using perlite.
Thanks everyone i was pretty sure he was full of it or wanting my grow to fail so i have to keep spending big bycks at dispensaries.70/30 perlite hydroton here no problems
Thanks for tip.How does fungus grow out of minerals? Btw tell him if he has mushrooms growing that would actually mean his soil life is booming....thats bad to him?
We use mushroom compost in organics...sparingly of course as its quite high in salt to achieve fungal life....
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Vermiculite retains too much moisture and it will make your soil stay wet too long.
Exactly...thats the goal of a no till gardener. If I actually grew a shroom i would be posting pics.We use vimerculite in our shroomery substrate mixed with coco coir. Not sure why this grower says he has mushroom problems unless their are spores in his substrate and his substrate is super clean.and even then that's a good thing. Maybe he was talking about Blue mould? But if a.mushroom ever grew out of my pots I'd be a happy camper
Rice hulls is a damn good replacement for perlite. Thank Sea Maiden for that one.I have tried to find a replacement for perlite mostly because it floats and it is very white. It does what it’s supposed to. Our plants need air and lots of drainage. I also use NADA 8822 oil dry which retains some moisture/nutrients but also provides drainage and air. It’s like Turface. A small amount of local coarse sand or small sharp gravel is added also. I run close to 50% drainage with LEDs and ran about 35% with HID lights.
The whole point is to add extra oxygen to a soil so the grower doesnt drown the plant... i have used it and not used in the past ... im not using it now.I talked to a professional grower that supplies to dispensaries.
I told him i was starting a medicinal grow and i was going in tge direction of
Coco
Perlite
And General Hydroponics nutes.
He almost exploded when i said perlite or Vermiculite. He said he never used them because they set up a fungus infestation. Yes he said mushrooms.
I see all of these vids on YouTube where they use 20-30% perlite.
Could someone give me the straight scoop?
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