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Perlite Size Matters???
Tremojemstarted grow question a year ago
Anyone ever use Chunky perlite? For example Mother Earth's #3 or #4. Typically it is sized as the following...fine, medium, course and super course.
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Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question a year ago
i've used teh super chunk stuff before...
i did not like it... yeah, base 1-2" can be fine if you do that... in fact teh chunky stuff is probably better for that. i think it's too much obstruction to roots as well as not as effective impoving dainage, while still taking up same sapce ("lbs for lbs" so to speak))
you can easily crunch it up a bit... doesn't take much force to break it down slightly... not that i think it is woth the effort. splitting hairs, but i wasn't a fan of the super coarse stuff.. What i used was #4. I think the stuff that comes in teh premixed mothe earth is a bit too small.. so you know.. fuck it, lol. still prefer convenience relative to small pecentages.
Lewd101answered grow question a year ago
The big perlite seems to work slightly better, some have said it's harder to mix in the soil but the amount of O2 the bigger perlite provides the rhyzosphere is much greater then granulated perlite allowing the roots to uptake neuts better, rather making the neuts more available. Hope this helps!
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Ezzjaybruhanswered grow question a year ago
Yeah I mean I’d recommend probably the 3 being course. I use the 4 (super course) for actually filling an inch or so on the bottom of the container. But they seem too big to mix into the actual medium well.. but definitely recommend the larger than the smaller
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CULTIVATORFROGanswered grow question a year ago
Hola !!! Para mi es mejo la perlita mas gruesa, proporciona mas aireacion a la tierra. Suerte
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