in regard to a 'hempy bucket'

Hello, im just trying to figure out a couple of things, I got some perlite today and some Vermiculite, im trying to get the right mix ready and how to prep it sorted.

3 parts perlite 1 part Vermiculite - This is silly, but im not sure if that means add 3 parts of perlite first then 1 part on top without mixing the two(as much as possible), or just toss it together and mix it up and so forth, or would there be a order when dealing with the two?

Second of all, if i have germinated seeds, do i need to sprout these in say coca and wait till a perticular point before transplanting ?

This perlite stuff feels like foam or polystiering (spelling - i know its lazy..) is this correct?

If i have to place these in the coca(which is my first thought) is it possible to get away with a little container?(3cm across the top, and 5.5cm's deap - its a multi tray, i doubt this is big enough right?)

feel free to refer me to already written content that will answer these questions for me

say your using 1 measuring cup, get a trash bag,very important this dust is poison,put 3 cups of perlite in ,then 1 cup of vermiculite twist closed then shake up. BTW i keep my moms in straight perlite it really dosent matter about the ratio so dont sweat it .and you can put your sprouts straight in your mix.

pilgram said:

say your using 1 measuring cup, get a trash bag,very important this dust is poison,put 3 cups of perlite in ,then 1 cup of vermiculite twist closed then shake up. BTW i keep my moms in straight perlite it really dosent matter about the ratio so dont sweat it .and you can put your sprouts straight in your mix.

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im experimenting with one of my new moms. shes in 100% perlite. can you give me any info ill need to know about this? it appears to be staying moist for quite some time. shes still small though.

and that shits poison? i unloaded two [4cu ft] bags of this a couple months ago. all at onceand i was breathing in that dust [heavily] for at least 45 minutes straight.

yes both are akin to asbestos and are carcinoginic,allmy moms are potted in perlite and sit in pie trays that i top off with water every other day ive got two moms that are 3 years old,just trim roots and repot twice a year.

so you dont let it dry out ever? there is always water in the tray?

rzza said:

so you dont let it dry out ever? there is always water in the tray?

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the tray is 1 inch deep and it drys out every other day its just enugh to get plenty of fresh oxygen.

ok thanks

Sorry guys was off the PC for a little while.

Thank you very much for the reply's very informative, i went ahead and used 3parts Perlite and 1part Vermiculite, it seems to be near dry every day, or every second day, I put nutes in on a couple of them and started to get a bit of nute burn( 0.5ml of the stuff in two waterings(recommendation is 5ml) So had to preform a bit of a flush. Its it quite normal to be over PH Downing your water to say 5.3 in order to have the run off at 5.9 ? Or is this standard with hempys ? My soil trials seem to be keeping a stable run off

perlite is not a manmade polymer. Its a kind of rock.
It should crumble to dust when you press it.