2009年5月28日 · Sifting, cleaning and disinfecting used perlite for recycling saved 56% of the cost to replace the media and reduced salt content to the optimum level recommended for raising …

2008年12月7日 · Perlite is very light weight, it picks up very little weight from water, and large plants in a high Perlite mix can actually topple over in the mix. Bark has the weight and …

2013年8月14日 · Perlite helps keep the mix on the drier side, vermiculite helps keep the mix on the moist side. Charcoal keeps the soil "sweet". That is another topic that is constantly debated.

2012年8月22日 · Perlite and/or vermiculite. We used perlite and didn't sift out the bigger pieces, so we had some pretty rough-textured mix. Experiment with different combinations and see …

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2009年1月29日 · If you're just amending a small area what you're doing is in effect creating a clay bowl for your plant--water can drain through the soil/perlite mixture, but when it gets to the …

2009年3月23日 · Turface is different than perlite. It has lots of internal porosity - perlite has none, so Turface allows the soil to hold lots of water w/o the water clogging soil pores. Because the …

2010年1月9日 · Right now I am using recycled blueberry containers with plastic bags saved from purchased produce over the last few months. I sterilized the containers in water with bleach …

In March 2014 I ordered a cutting of P.obtusa. It came and was a nice 14-15" hunk. I planted in potting soils with 60% perlite.

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