Rinse Miracle gro perlite?
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ShLUbY
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the rinsing is just to remove the dust in the perlite, afaik.
Do you have woods around you perlite does not have and real benefiet other then some areation and floating to the top of soil when watered. It works and I am ot bashing just asking and try to give a lil light
cannakis
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Yeah and it's mined which I want to Preserve all our Fossil Deppsits which took "millions" of years to "develop", and save them for dire necessity.
Like Petroleum! You can synthesize Anything from it, So we should Stop using it up as a fuel and start using BioMass Ethanol--NOT Synthesized ethanol which is denatured and Blie and gunks up engines--Real Ethanol burns clean and will Remove the carbon build up on your engines, but Only that good Old Shine! Why it's illegal.!
But why do you ask if he's got some woods?
I personally just used Sand and Rocks for my aeration. Though I read a very Fine sand can lead to compaction instead of drainage...
Also to remove the dust
If you can find hardwoods the have fallen over and are rotted (can crumble with fingers which means it's broken down it adds excellent drainage areation and moisture in the soil. Also allows place for microbes to chill or what not
Kind Sir
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Thats why, your on the money.
I do have woods near me, Im organic so dont want synthetics. I want to have my soil start "cooking" now so I dont have time to buy anything, I was thinking my soil could cook and mix in aeration before I use it? Whats your guys' suggestions?
green_machine_two9er
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If your thinking cook first without aeration and than add before use that would be a mistake. And per lite is fine there bro. Does provide a space for mirco-life to gather in and around, provides good drainage and aeration. The floating thing is more of a problem (for me at least) in larger no till pots. after 2 runs i noticed a greater (density) at the bottum few inches of my pots, and near the top few inches looked to be 50% plus per lite. BUT i believe watering practices have more to do with this phenomenon. less water more often and you probable wont have ANY issues at all.
ShLUbY
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rocks and sand do not hold air OR water the way a good drainage material does. they also don't perform cation exchange which a good drainage material does.
Clay is responsible for the CEC in NATURAL soils build by PARENT MATERIALS. this is why we NEED a good source of drainage in indoor growing. here is a link for you, enjoy
http://www.colinlewisbonsai.com/Reading/soils2.html
green_machine_two9er
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thanks for sharing! Man do i want to get into bonsai growing! i think it would be so much fun.
green_machine_two9er
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yes sir! I venture over to plant problems, general growing every once in a while. come running back here to organics. I was just talking to a friend about this same thing. why are soil organic growers so much happier and friendlier than your average chem y grower?? I say average because im sure there are many exceptions. But we deducted that organic growers don't have much of an ego complex.
Got any pics of the ingredients of this MG perlite
cannakis
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I used clay as well actually... Cation exchange?! But I just thought clay was Not for aeration, because they say to Add organic material and some sand if garden is hard clay.
I guess too much of Anything is never a good thing.
exactly this is what I thought... The urea nitrogen...
nice great idea! I didn't really think about that, I'm working on my new mix here soon and I'll be adding some of those Four Shore!
cannakis
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Hahaha yes. If this is all you have go for it... BUT I would wash it first a couple times to just help rinse the nutes off. And next time find a different source, order online, or a farm supply store locally.
ShLUbY
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smh....
cannakis
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Oh shit so glad you mentioned this!!!! Completely forgot! Thanks for the reminder...
Cation is an Ion with Negative Protons... Cation-Exchange Capacity is "Clay and Humus have electrostatic surface charges that attract and hold ions. The holding capacity of clay varies with the type of clay. Humus has a CEC that is two to three times that of the best clay.
One way to increase the CEC of a soil is to enhance the formation of humus.
In general, the higher the CEC, the higher the fertility of that soil."
Thanks for the information shulby!
Kind Sir
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Im not adding that this time.
I have 1.5 Cu. ft Roots Organic Original
.75 Cu. Ft Ocean Forest
Purple cow compost
EWC
Miracle gro perlite
Miracle gro Sphagnum peat moss(both have added nutes)
Coco coir
Alfalfa meal
Fish bone meal
Kelp meal
Crab Shell Meal
Oyster shell flour
Peruvian seabird guano
Glacial rock dust
Id like to add neem seed meal and another mineral but wss told this would work great. I have a worm bin going as well. Ive asked alot of people sorry if it annoys anyone, but what do you think I should do with what I have? Thank you.
All organic people on this forum are really nice people and will help without hesitation and don't really troll or start shit with others........THERE HIPPIES LOL
