Anyone got advice?

I have 7 outdoor seedlings that are a couple weeks old in styrofoam cups, 100% potting soil with holes poked in the bottom, no ferts and i water thoroughly then wait a while(few days) until they're as light as they were when they were dry, then I repeat. I am planning on transplanting soon into 1 gallon pots with a perlite/rich compost mixture. I will be finishing in 3 gallon pots so I must transplant again and perlite always seems to make the soil very shaky and loose, hard to stay in a clump. So,

What amount of perlite do you recommend putting in these pots to have adequate drainage and still have a tight enough mix to avoid everything falling apart when I pull the babies out to put in their final 3 gallon pots?

any advice appreciated

30% works great

I go 25% peat...25% perilite....50% potting soil....just another system.

Have a good grow!:thumbsup:

When growing in small cups you should not use perlite unless you can tend to them like... like... shit.... like

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Well you need to keep a very close eye on small cups cause they dry out fast...

Small cups dry out very very fast and perlite is not necessary... perlite is for aeration....

a 20% perlite 80% soil mix in a 1-5 galloin pot is GOOD..

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hey man - if its worth your time & effort invested, why not also invest in a good grow book, it'll answer all your questions and then some. You'll be glad you invested in yourself and your garden. Its also easier to look it up in a book instead of waiting for someone to maybe tell you the right thing on a web site. You can find reviews of the books before you select one. I liked Jorge Cervantes book the best out of the five that I bought. :rasta:

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Originally Posted by david zap

hey man - if its worth your time & effort invested, why not also invest in a good grow book, it'll answer all your questions and then some. You'll be glad you invested in yourself and your garden. Its also easier to look it up in a book instead of waiting for someone to maybe tell you the right thing on a web site. You can find reviews of the books before you select one. I liked Jorge Cervantes book the best out of the five that I bought. :rasta:

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BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!

get TWO books!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and a DVD of course

: )

:) Thank you but I have grown before, just never had to transplant and I actually do have 2 books, lol. Just a little question for anyone who has experience with this specific topic...