Perlite question

[OmegaVermelho]

high all growers, i can´t afford to order perlite (the shipping its to expensive for me at the moment), around here garden centers just dont sell it (most even asked me what perlite was), my question is pretty simple can i use expanded clay insted in my soil mix????

or even better ...... what would be an ideal soil mix????


Peace and happy growing :D

[GaGrown]

composted cow manure and Pro Mix Potting soil.Perilite and Vermiculite are bad for your lungs if the given the chance to dry out can become airborne and settle on your bud and you breathe it in as well.It's fine if ya keep it damp.

Ga Grown

[latewood]

walmart sells perlite for 3 bucks a bag

a nice mix I made; Available at walmart
bag schultz Orchid mix for every 1/2 bag of perlite and peatmoss...great drainage, and healthy roots. or

2 bags orchid mix...one bag peat moss...one bag of perlite.

yes, you can use expanded clay...you can also buy a bag of lava rock at walmart...take it home...wrap in it several layers of plastic...and beat the crap out of it to crumble it up. It works great! The idea is too have something porous to hold a little nutrient. Most of all to allow good drainage, and oxygen in the root area. does this answer your question?

lw

[Binzhoubum]

Latewood-

So you are saying that a soil mix designed for growing orchids is also good for growing other things? Would an orchid liquid or powder fertilizer also be good for growing other things?

best,

宾州bum

[orangeman]

walmart sells perlite for 3 bucks a bag

a nice mix I made; Available at walmart
bag schultz Orchid mix for every 1/2 bag of perlite and peatmoss...great drainage, and healthy roots. or

2 bags orchid mix...one bag peat moss...one bag of perlite.

yes, you can use expanded clay...you can also buy a bag of lava rock at walmart...take it home...wrap in it several layers of plastic...and beat the crap out of it to crumble it up. It works great! The idea is too have something porous to hold a little nutrient. Most of all to allow good drainage, and oxygen in the root area. does this answer your question?

lw

Wal-Mart sells perlite? In which section? Those Wal-Marts that has gardening areas or do they sell it inside of their stores?

[SeedlessOne]

Wal-Mart sells perlite? In which section? Those Wal-Marts that has gardening areas or do they sell it inside of their stores?
Garden section at walmart
any where that has a garden section most likely will sell perlite...except K-mart

[Jdog7000]

Use Foxfarm and other MJ products.
These products were made for growing MJ.
So why waist your time with crappy soil.
Or OK soil.
Nothing beats Fox Farm.
Order it off the net.

[orangeman]

Use Foxfarm and other MJ products.
These products were made for growing MJ.
So why waist your time with crappy soil.
Or OK soil.
Nothing beats Fox Farm.
Order it off the net.

I've been looking for a good soil for marijuana, give me a link to order this soil from :)...and which types of soil what I use of FoxFarm for young seedlings and vegetative? Also should I buy the nutes that Fox Farm offers?

[OmegaVermelho]

Use Foxfarm and other MJ products.
These products were made for growing MJ.
So why waist your time with crappy soil.
Or OK soil.
Nothing beats Fox Farm.
Order it off the net.


i googled it and i only found US hydro companies that sell it, once again i´m stuck with the same prob the shipping is 2 times more expensie then the stuff itself...well anyway tks jdog

[Psychonaut28]

You should use a soilless mix (Peat, verm, perlite) and use all of fox farms liquid nutes like i do. I use grow big for veg, then i use tiger bloom and big bloom for early-mid flower, and at the end i use cha ching. I supplement these with Liquid karma, and that new stuff I just started using called Sweet (big write up about it in high times this month). My buds are sugary, like someone dusted them with sugar, and fat, and very pungent smelling. I vent the air to the outside, and my house still stinks! lol. peace.