growing in straight perlite????

[Xavier French]

if a soil has absolutely no nutrients in it and you use it as a medium..... isnt it just the same as like growing in coco? if you add every nutrient yourself ..... iv grown 6 foot indoor plants in soil 50.50 hybrids... can a soil grow not be like hydroponic like coco coir is

 

[blumoon]

Killer yields, no gnat or other root based pest issues, and no crazy ph swings or cal/mag retention like coco sometimes has.

What's not to like? Ohh yeah, no one sells a fucking big bag of course perlite... Miracle grow shit everywhere. My 100% perlite (minus a 2x2 starter rock wool cube) grows have been phenomenal, but I can't find a course, big bag source. So I use ecp and coco.

 

[shnkrmn]

Amazon has 4cf bags of coarse perlite. Also greenhousemegastore.com.

 

[vitamin_green_inc]

Yeah Amazon is cheappop

 

[BenGman]

i always use 100% perlite with great results ALWAYS!, this is one of my little grow rooms, they are doing nicely i thinks ( photo is not the best tho, sorry ) rather not have to turn the lights off.

 

[Milovan]

i always use 100% perlite with great results ALWAYS!, this is one of my little grow rooms, they are doing nicely i thinks ( photo is not the best tho, sorry ) rather not have to turn the lights off.View attachment 3280467View attachment 3280468

How old are those plants and do you feed with liquid neuts in veg and flower and how often?
Also can this method be used outdoors. Thank's!

 

[BenGman]

How old are those plants and do you feed with liquid neuts in veg and flower and how often?
Also can this method be used outdoors. Thank's!

between 3 & 5 weeks old from seed.
i feed em dutch master gold range one & add.27 for both grow and flower every watering but other nutrience has worked fine, they are in hempy buckets i lift it and if it's light then it's time to water ( usually every three days but every second day once they are a good size because they drink allot, i've never done it outside before so cannot answer that last question sorry.

 

[SnaFuu]

Wonder if OP lost a bet over this...

lol come on man, you could grow with marbles as your medium if ya wanted!

 

[shnkrmn]

I know a guy who uses polished stones from a craft store. The work fine. I grew a basil plant outdoors once in a five gallon hempy bucket. It was a beast!

I think op has moved on to another account.