thats what i was afraid of.....i mean when i water them it drains out of the bottom but yeah it does take a long time for the soil to dry out.....from walmart or home depot what do you think id the beststuff i can get....should i use miracle gro perlite? or is it too many nutrients
I use MG perlite from home depot...it doesn't really have much for nutrients...i think its like a dusting on it or something...
I am using MG Organic Garden Soil(does not contain time release nutes...just regular organic nutes) + perlite at about a 4:1 ratio of soil
erlite. I've noticed with this combination in 5 gallon buckets it drains too much and doesn't retain moisture well...so I'm having to water at LEAST every 2 days, if not every day at times...so I think for this soil+perlite combo I'll have to do a 6:1 ratio next time. I've used other generic potting soils as well...just stay away from "top soil" unless you have a full set of nutrients including micro/macro nutrients as topsoil doesn't have shit in it for nutes...
The issue with people and miracle grow is the amount of people who have burned their plants from the time released nutes...water it too much it releases all the nutes and BAM...burned plant