Quote Originally Posted by Prodaytrader
Anyone else doing a coco/perlite mix? What ratio? 30% perlite perhaps? Any advantage over straight coco? Why not straight perlite if it's so great instead of coco? I'm planning on pouring play sand across the top inch. I'm pretty sure this will work.
I am about to harvest my first crop in coco. I run the nutrients to waste. I have a few with perlite of various ratios, and some of them with no perlite to figure out the best mixture. I have decided to run just coco in the future. I don't see the point of having the nutes running through the pots any faster than necessary. It just wastes more nutrients. Actually, I think coco is great just the way it is. If you want to make nutes flow a bit faster, you might consider mixing it with coco chips.

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