Aussie Growers Thread

giglewigle

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Kinda thinking of getting the hose on thing and feeding it a bucket of water every day of megacrop then maybe that would get me there to a harvest or I wanna top the fuck out of it n keep it short first thing I need to take care of the bugs C154FC9D-E189-43C1-8123-5B869D53F20F.jpeg
 

ruby fruit

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What purpose does adding perlite to coco have?
Latest high times has a gd informative article on using coco and perlite mixed in and also the pros and cons of using perlite stand alone and with other medium like perlite etc. I read the article a few days ago but until I read it again after work I dont really wanna guess on it my memory isn't flash
That's where I read about the DE rocks and using coco
 

giglewigle

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You know it's gunna be like another 6 months right? You can't pump nutes for a week and pull an elbow haha
I no that’s why I was thinking of of topping em or idk I’m ready to just leave em tjere n water keep,watered I said feed em cuse there’s fuck all nutes in there probably the tomatoes are getting blossom end rot or idk maybe it’s just the weed is out competing them idk fuck the whole thing at this point probably just gunna pull em all At this point I mean iv been at this for like 3 years still can’t seem to get in a harvest 8 think I’m kidding my self if I’m thinking I’m ever gunna be a grower
 

ruby fruit

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But it IS added for drainage purposes too isn’t it?
If its needed for drainage in coco alone rocks or something similar at the bottom of the pot is recommended
Coco should not need anything for drainage but in your case cos of the DE used maybe it will help.
I add it to soil cos it adds airflow AND drainage solutions
If I'm wrong here someone can correct me
 

ruby fruit

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Perlite reduces the amount of water a medium will hold.
It doesn't create void space unless particle size is the consistent.
That's why people like hydroton -- all the same size.
Venus has used DE powder and it clogged up the medium this is why I suggested some form of perlite etc
 
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