Miracle grow perlite

ForThousandsOfYrs

Active Member

Oct 31, 2021

• #1

I just got some perlite but I know miracle Gro isn’t the best option but it’s the only option I have other than ordering it online but I was wondering as bad as this product is could I rinse the perlite before I add it to soil? Or would the fertilizer on the perlite still be fused even if I rinse?

 

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Lenin1917

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Oct 31, 2021

• #2

I would just rinse it, should be fine. Wear a mask though, that shits dusty af and horrible for your lungs

 

hotrodharley

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Oct 31, 2021

• #3

Lenin1917 said:

I would just rinse it, should be fine. Wear a mask though, that shits dusty af and horrible for your lungs

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Saw a question about using pumice instead. Mos def rinse the living hell out of that stuff. I’ll stick to perlite.

 

ForThousandsOfYrs

Active Member

Oct 31, 2021

• #4

Yeah right after I read y’all’s reply’s I started rinsing right away I might use this whole day today to rinse this perlite out just to be safe for to use tomorrow

 

Lenin1917

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Oct 31, 2021

• #5

hotrodharley said:

Saw a question about using pumice instead. Mos def rinse the living hell out of that stuff. I’ll stick to perlite.

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I like Pumice. Doesn’t float to the top when you’re watering.

 

Gemtree

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Oct 31, 2021

• #6

It's like .01% fertilizer. Just a marketing tactic

 

ForThousandsOfYrs

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Oct 31, 2021

• #7

buckaclark said:

A true warrior never challanges his greatest opponent head on...He simply waits for nightfall and floods his lowlands like water..........

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My defense is unpregnable my offense is pregnable I’m gonna hit him so hard -Tike Myson

 

ForThousandsOfYrs

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Oct 31, 2021

• #8

Would tap water be fine to use to wash off this dang ol mg perlite?

 

buckaclark

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Oct 31, 2021

• #9

Yessir your tapwater will be just fine.

 

buckaclark

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Oct 31, 2021

• #10

part of trusting yourself is trusting where you came from.and that water stems from the same earth

 

buckaclark

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Oct 31, 2021

• #11

in growing there will be a running learning process. its anavoidable

 

speedwell68

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Nov 1, 2021

• #12

I'd just use it as is. It is just regular perlite in a Miracle Grow bag. I bought a huge bag from Amazon, it worked out super cheap and lasts for years. If you don't want to buy it online. Look up local builder's merchants or DIY places, it is used as cavity wall insulation and is really cheap.

 

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MichiganGrows44

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Dec 11, 2023

• #13

Why are people afraid of miracle grow Perlite??? It's perlite.

 

Fallguy111

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Dec 11, 2023

• #14

Used it many times and never rinsed. I typically wait for fall and get the big bags on sale. Scooped up the big bags of perlite for 6$ at Menards (they did have taped up holes but can’t beat the price

 

Fangthane

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Dec 11, 2023

• #15

I've only used the MG perlite once, way back in my second grow, but don't recall any issues from it. If anything, my plants stayed nice and green longer than they did on my first run.

 

madvillian420

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Dec 11, 2023

• #16

MichiganGrows44 said:

Why are people afraid of miracle grow Perlite??? It's perlite.

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Not sure if its still is, but unless labeled to be without it, MG perlite used to have time release nutes sprayed on it. Often the concentrations and time release "schedule" of Miracle grow products isnt ideal for cannabis.

That being said, some folks use it without issue and some have terrible results they blame on the nutes. Id suspect some strains tolerate it better than others. If youre organic like me you might be wary of anything added to your amendments.

 

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Roguedawg

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Dec 11, 2023

• #17

It has a tiny amount of osmocote mixed with it, and I mean a tiny amount. It will be fine to use. Usually it has been handled so roughly that it is dust is the only thing wrong it.

 

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ec121

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Dec 11, 2023

• #18

MichiganGrows44 said:

Why are people afraid of miracle grow Perlite??? It's perlite.

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This is the second MG perlite thread that is over two years old that you bumped today. MG perlite is shit, but it's not going to kill your plants. Bumping one old thread would have been fine if you really couldn't control the urge to bump one, but why bump two old threads?