What ratio's do you use for soil, perlite, ext.?

Hey RIU, I was wondering what ratios you guys use with Soil and Perlite and all that jazz? Maybe you just use straight soil and have good results, tell me what you used and what kind of results you got! Any and all advice is welcome!

i use fox farm ocean floor it is premixed with perlite but if you do wanna mix your self it i would use 25% perlite to 75% soil

Thanks for your input Blazed! Im gonna go get soil tonight. it looks like most people use and love Fox Farm Ocean Floor so i will probably go with that

its great for all stages of growth and the plants love it

I use close to 40% perlite, but I also make my own mix.

Wet

15%, kind of light by many growers preferences
but seems to work just fine

One of my most successful grows was in 100% perlite

Thanks guys! really 100%!? wow! How does the plant stay firmly rooted in pure perlite? Does any one add anything else to their soil? (vermiculite, peatmoss)

100% Perlite is called the "hempy" method. Search or google it. its very much hydro with a soil grow feeling. Yes the plant was firmly planted and grew like a sunofa beeyatch. Check out my AK47 pics, that what i grew in it.

Wetdog said:

I use close to 40% perlite, but I also make my own mix.

Wet

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Yes i usually use 40 to 50 percent perlite i just like adding it to my mg soil

Something you can toy around with remrmber you want drainage but not to much

Yeah i plan on trying a new mix real soon

100% perlite

There are alot of old school growers I know that will mix Ocean Forest with Light Warrior at different ratios like 1:1 Bags, 1:1 volume, 2:1 Bags, I even used 1:2 Bags. Watered twice a day in 2 gallon pots at the end in the summer in North Carolina.

i use promix that has 30% perlite i cut with perlite by 50% and add 10% vermiculite

The last time I added more perlite to my soil I noticed that, when transplanting, areas where the perlite would congregate in bunches seemed to have less root growth (it was definitely drier). I pull out the root ball and it is all loose; the root ball on one plant nearly lost its lower half as a virtual 'layer' of perlite in the middle somewhere caused everything to nearly split into two partitions. A plant that is firmly rooted, on the other hand, you can usually pull out of the pot by grasping the lower stem and without causing any damage.

If you use a lot of perlite in your soil mix it would make sense to have to water and feed more often, also. Gravity seems to drain most water from perlite and it doesn't retain nutrients at all like humus, peat or coco coir does. Microbes don't colonize as well as the material either.

I wonder if smaller-pebbled variety perlite would be a better option over chunk perlite, for drainage characteristics anyways.

i do about the same 40 percent perlite and have u tried the pro mix #4 new?