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a guide to COCO and Fungus Gnats (little black flies)

AgentPothead

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So whats the thing with covering the cocos with perlite? :)
From my experience with perlite, the shit floats up to the surface some how. Like it diffuses up through the coco/soil and ends up concentrated at the surface. Probably because it's less dense than the soil.
 

Mikell

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I think he means covering with perlite as a preventative for gnats not mixing in the coir.

Which is a pain. You can water slowly after transplant until it stiffens up but it still floats up a bit.

The perlite layer is similar to the sand idea, no? Never done either.
 

AgentPothead

Just this guy, ya know?
I think he means covering with perlite as a preventative for gnats not mixing in the coir.

Which is a pain. You can water slowly after transplant until it stiffens up but it still floats up a bit.

The perlite layer is similar to the sand idea, no? Never done either.
Gotcha. I used on coco and still use on soil just the lava rocks from home depot, they seem to work well.
 

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