hey ppl im starting to grow a soil plant, i bought perlite and soil but the soil has no peat in it am i correct in doing this? peat free soil???? good or bad?:confused:
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hey ppl im starting to grow a soil plant, i bought perlite and soil but the soil has no peat in it am i correct in doing this? peat free soil???? good or bad?:confused:
it dosent matter peat moss is just usually acidic and will change ph of soil
it'll work, but you should have at least 50% peat for a nice airy soil to allow oxegen to the roots.
cheers,
Peat moss is for holding water and thats it...not airation.
He's talking about perlite...I'll post a resi[pe:stoned:
Our soil (1)... 55% sphagnum peat moss, 40% perlite and 5% bone meal.Or 50%/45%/5%:thumbsup:
This is ideal for an organic grow.
But can be used with chem nutes.
The idea is your in control of ph and nute supply...
no pre mixed nutes.
Is that soil sterile? Does it have macronutrients?
If you bought a soil with nutes/ferts in it then you could just add peat to it also. I use formula Schultz Orchid Mix 70%, because it has excellent drainage,
20% perlite and 10% peat moss...I spread my moss on the top, to hold water there a little longer, because of the excellent drainage characteristics of Orchid Mix...
some people say to mix soil and perlite 50/50 for drainage...so you see, there are alot of ways, but you need to choose a happy medium for you based on light temps, what base soil you are using, and , of course, strain...goodluck
In the end, it is widely believed that the 3 key ingredients are some type of soil, perlite, and peat moss...
ok sweet well its peat free soil so i will buy some peat and add it into the top layer of the pot? i have perlite so it will be 50/50 soil/perlite with top layer peat to hold the water more???????????????? thanx for the replys guys much help!!! i have gen-x nutes and ph up/down so i will just add the nutes like my hydro just do the diffrent math for the nutes and water???
i dont know what strain my seeds are :( so for the first few grows its seeds i was given over 100!
i know there crap probably! i will buy good seeds when im more skilled in the art of growing ( dont wanna waste 50 quid!!!) lol
What about the rocks on top?Latewood
I love that idea.
My mix:
60% Potting soil
15% Perlite
10% Building sand
10% Worm castings
5% Pre-mix
Thats a good mix
What exactly is worm castings?Quote:
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