If you add perlite to Fox farm soil ...

[twilson]

The bag says you are good for about a month in terms of ferts already added.

I add about one third perlite to my final mix. That means you'll run out of ferts before a month so fertilize appropriately.

[Intrinsic]

Yeah i find the foxfarm is good stuff, but is a little light on the perlite for canna.

sounds as if 1/3 of the mix is perlite is too much, too little water retention, defeats an advantage of using organic soil IMO. Will be watering more then optimal.
I added about a quart of perlite to the last bag of foxfarm Worked great.


As for nutrients, you MUST watch yer plants for that, completely ignore what the manufacture says, but a month is probably close to right

[Jesús Malverde]

Thank you innie, spared me saying the same thing. 1/3 is waaaay too much perlite to add, you'd get a better result adding none at all.

[Munchy]

well it works fine for me. I also add a fair amount of peat moss.
but I use supersoil instead of foxfarm, so maybe that makes a difference.
a 2 gallon pot will go from watered to dry in about 4 days.
I wouldn't want it to stay wet longer than that...
like they used to, before I started doing so.

[MadMoonMan]

Learn to water your salts in when the plants need it.

Each grow medium has it's own peculiar "fingerprint" acid or not acid. Lime juice? Anyone.

Rocky Romer, "I decrie! These attitudes! My acidic soil is better than your lime juice treatments any time. My Azaleas love me and so do my Rhododendrins. Therefore I object your honor."

[MadMoonMan]

I by happenstance are now mixing 1 5 gallon bucket of perlite with 1 5gallon bucket of spagnum peat moss.. So we will see how far this goes. So is that 50% by 50%.

Techinically, I haven't actually done the mixing yet but I have the producets. Awaiting my babies to get strong enough to face the world.

I'm having trouble with a light manufacturer and delivery problems.