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 …

2009年5月18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 …

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 …

2010年3月10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 …

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.

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 …

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2009年3月25日 · Looked it up: vermiculite is a clay; typical perlite is around 3/4 silica (as in sand). Both are heat treated naturally occurring minerals. Cat urine (high nitrogen concentration) can …

2009年5月12日 · Hey all! Just wanted to update you on my AV's in self watering pots. They are doing marvelous! What I did was repot them again in the same pot but instead of just the AV …

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