somhow i have been hearing water gells increase airation im asumin perlight wont hurt thow as for native soil ur right just gets expensive if ur doing a entier whole with coco husk there is alot of pine were i am so the ph is far to acidic lime is a must
Yes, it is expensive, but it's worth it. Bigger holes=bigger plants=more bud. Unless you live in an area with amazing soil, for best results you are gonna want to dig holes. In most wooded areas, at best your topsoil layer is like what? Maybe 4-6"? I didn't want to do it either my first time and I paid for it in the end. I planted in 2 cycles last summer. Even though the 2nd cycle I put out was 3 weeks after the first, the plants in the 2nd cycle had much bigger holes with sunshine mix and I yielded almost double. At the end of the season, I dug up the roots and they hardly penetrated the surrounding soil. It was almost like growing in a bucket in a sense. My soil is rocky and has quite a bit of clay, so you might do a little better depending on your local soil, but I really doubt you'll do much better.
Look at it this way. If you put out month old clones or seedling in mid may in gigantic holes, you can yield between 1/2-1lb per plant. A bale of promix or sunshine mix runs around $30-35 dollars depending on where you live. You can get 3 holes out of one bale if you push it, but 2 holes per bale is probably better. So, at 3 holes per bale we are talking like $10 per plant. Thats not that much considering the time and effort that goes into guerilla style growing. To me, it's a no brainer, that's the easy part. The hard part is 1) getting those gigantic bales out the bush and 2) actually growing the plants successfully without getting ripped, eaten by animals, disease, bugs, wind, etc. That's why we put plants/clones out that are at least 3-4 weeks old. When they are small, they are very vulnerable. You'll have to look into the volumes of coco though. The bales of promix or sunshine mix are compressed to 3.8 cu ft, but break down to almost 7 cu ft. That's a good bit of top notch soil for $35. Plus, you don't really don't need to add any extra perlite to either of them. You can if you want, but I don't see the need. They come ph balanced with lime, but it wouldn't hurt to add a little extra. Like I said, I never used coco, but I would imagine it is similar to peat, so you'll probably want to add some perlite. Also, like sodalite said, both coco and promix and sunshine mix don't have nutes, so you'll have to feed them either when you water them or with some quality time released nutes, or both.
