Perlite % in soil
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Nitro1990
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I currently do that with my mix 20/30%coco. With soil and perlite makes a light and fluffy soil and It takes 2/3 days to dry so I can water/nutes my next grow ill be going 40perlite 40 coco and 20 soil and use standard soil nutes
Cobnobuler
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I use 30/35 % perlite in FFOF. I would think with 600 or 1000 watt lights drying out sure shouldn't be a problem unless humidity is high as fuck.
I'm goin into my 3rd year of growing in soil now and I have to admit I'm intrigued by the coir idea. One of these days I'm gonna try it. I'm always happy with the quality of the bud I get, but the overall yield....not so much.
I use 2-400 watt lights and the height of my growroom is only about 6 feet from floor to ceiling so I can only veg for so long.
Anyway I usually pull somewhere around 2 oz per plant with about 6 plants per run. 90 grams is the highest yield I've ever gotten and thats not typical at all for me.
I'm goin into my 3rd year of growing in soil now and I have to admit I'm intrigued by the coir idea. One of these days I'm gonna try it. I'm always happy with the quality of the bud I get, but the overall yield....not so much.
I use 2-400 watt lights and the height of my growroom is only about 6 feet from floor to ceiling so I can only veg for so long.
Anyway I usually pull somewhere around 2 oz per plant with about 6 plants per run. 90 grams is the highest yield I've ever gotten and thats not typical at all for me.
JonnyAppleSeed420
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Once you actually get over that stigma of HYDRO you will kick yourself...I did! My thoughts exactly but once I saw a few different set ups I realized that it was for me and have not looked back since. I now service over a dozen gardens and there is only one running soil in my total route. I think he is running 50/50 with a topper of hydrotons JAS
RIKNSTEIN
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I haven't tried Hydro or Coco...yet...but I found the best soil right here on these pages, it's https://www.rollitup.org/organics/539844-subs-supersoil.html and the perlite IMHO depends on what "you" need...like this, I use a 50/50 mix of supersoil and perlite cause I like to water more and it dries faster so they get plenty of air to their roots also, but if you don't have the time to take care of them like that you may consider less perlite...my buddy swears by his 30% perlite in the same mix, but he's also gone because of his work for 2 or 3 days at a time, so he waters less but retains more...me I water every 3rd day my mix drains "really well"..lol..so the 1st day they're wet, the 2nd they're dry and the 3rd I water again, kinda like a bubbler brings fresh water constantly to your roots...same idea in soil, for me, I may be wrong, but it's working good so far, I get 6 ounces + off of each plant....so it's opinoin, and need, you'll find what works best for you after a run or two...good luck and welcome to RIU...and I'll put up a few pics to let you see what subs supersoil and a 50/50 perlite mix does for me, this is just my 3rd grow BTW...
.....good luck whatever you do...
.....good luck whatever you do...Blackberry Smoke
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Very nice buds!! Do you get by without nutes using Supersoil and 50% perlite?
Nitro1990
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Yeah I know hydro is so much better and all that stuff but growing isn't legal in the uk and I don't fancie going out spending how ever much on ph meters and all the other stuff involved to have it all seized by police
I totally agree with hydro and coco but atm I don't want to spend the £ to loose it where as soil is a few £ for 100l and my nutes are like £5 every year that's why I run with some coir in my mix
I do intend to try a coir test with coir and perlite with soil nutes not hydro nutes and see how it goes and if it works ill go full coir with soil nutes
JonnyAppleSeed420
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Nitro... everyone's situation is a little different and well in the end your right its our asses hanging out there and some decisions must be made for safety sake. Smart thinking and planning I think. Good Luck to you...JAS