Quote Originally Posted by veggii
any other organic stuuf can use inplace of perlite, opie?
certainly nothing as light, but there are a lot of things you can mix with your soil to help it get air.

pumice or expanded clay, though the latter will retain more moisture, so don't use with much vermiculite, if any. Also there is crude perlite, which is not expanded and more the color of soil. Don't know where to find it.