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Lightening Soil - Coco Coir or Perlite?
BladeCutterstarted grow question 5 years ago
I think my soil is a bit heavy and could have better drainage. Should I add more perlite or some coco coir for my next garden? My base is Biobizz Light-Mix. I'm thinking of supplementing it with 10%-15% of perlite or coco coir. Does this sound good or should I do something else?
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Shagrathanswered grow question 5 years ago
Yes I think perlite is recommended to add to soil when growing cannabis and almost does it and commercial soil mixes most often have it too.
Coco will retain lots of moisture so I would suggest either soil/perlite or go hydro and use 100% coco
MadeInGermanyanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hey :-) very nice plant 😍👍if you add perlite your substrate in this case coco will be even wetter :-) i always do without perlite, dear gieser but have better control for it 😁🙏🏻
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