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Product Description
Make Potting Soil
Making your own potting soil, perlite is one of the most used components in the industry for the above reasons. It’s lightweight, and easy to blend into coco peat or other water-retaining ingredients (Add 1 portion of perlite in to 20 portion of expanded coco peat in litres ratio)
Use in Hydroponics
Perlite uses in hydroponics is very popular nowadays. In case you have never heard about hydroponics, this is a method of growing plants in an enclosed growing space, a controlled environment, and with very little water.
Application
Planters and containers with Perlite or with very high percentages of perlite are also possible for growing flowers, vegetables and even plants!
Perlite encourages quicker germination than any other growing media. You can experience quick seedling growth. It can be used by mixing with peat moss,or use as potting soil. You can also use it solely to germinate seeds.
Perlite soil is inorganic, inert, and sterile. It naturally contains the different minerals which are essential for the growth of the plant. Being inorganic it is free from weeds, diseases, and pests.
perlite soil does not decompose very easily (if at all) so you can store and use it for many years.
Perlite soil mixtures have very good aeration and drainage facility. Adding perlite is probably the quickest way to increase the drainage of your garden soil. This is particularly helpful in raised beds or container planting.
It has a neutral pH (between 6.6 and 7.5), so won’t interfere with acidic or alkaline soils.
Customers say
Customers find the perlite to be of superior quality. However, the powder content receives mixed feedback, with several customers noting that the product is mostly powder rather than granules. Customers also mention that the perlite is expensive.
