u do no that pinecone is full of seed!!just get perliteSo I stumbled upon this while researching something else. It sounds like a great idea for me because I move my plants throughout the summer, pinecone would make the pots a little bit lighter. Has anyone done this in there outdoor pots? My only worry would be the cones being to acidic once the roots get down there and less soil volume. I be curious of other growers thoughts on this
If you bake them at 300 degrees for an hour you're good
I've done the inch or so of perlite at the bottom before and always seem to have a little bit of green alge at the end of flowering. I didn't really like the looks of that even though my plants all finished great.
Mix the perlite evenly in your pot. I would not use the pine cones in any way, just my opinion. Good luck and blessings
Ok that was a great article, and convincing. So I've decided not to put anything in the bottom for drainage as I have always done in years past. So since I'm planning on transplanting my clones this week. Bottom half of six 5 gallon buckets filled with roots org Greenfield's wi lil extra perlite and top half with ffhf, and I'll run with that this summer outside. Peace all and thanks for all your feedback
Bingo! Before I got to this post I'd planned to link to a similar paper. Just like the one about water droplets creating mini magnifying glasses and burning leaves, this old clunker of a myth just won't go away.