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Harry Gypsna · 07-21-2004, 08:54 PM

Hi, im re-potting the next grow now ready to start vegging properly, going from cfl's to hps, but i have no perlite at the mo 2 mix in the new soil, is there anything else i can substitute for the time being?????

deZerTomB · 07-21-2004, 11:57 PM

vermiculite is a good substitute.

deZerTomB

Harry Gypsna · 07-22-2004, 02:55 AM

sorry, i should av beem more specific, what i mean is, i got no money this week to buy some, so is there anything i can use, cheaper than perlite and vermiculite, lol

bartender187 · 07-22-2004, 03:16 AM

Playground sand should do the trick.

bartender187

Crazy Composer · 07-22-2004, 05:20 PM

Small rocks. I hear they even float if they're small enough. hehehe. Look, she has got a wart!

Really, small stone, like crushed gravel works for what you're saying.
cc

07-22-2004, 05:30 PM

you could also try packing peanuts to at to soil.

I use them at the bottom of my orchid pots. the little stirerfoam peanuts that is used in shipping. good luck

baccas

Capt. Crip · 07-22-2004, 05:33 PM

Small rocks and/or pebbles.Like what is used in driveways.Just makes sure and boil them in water if you bring them in from outside to use in an indoor garden.Although you can't see them,there ARE bugs on anything brought in from outdoors.You would hate to bring something like spider-mi9tes or aphids or any other harmful critters.So use caution.Take care.................CC

Harry Gypsna · 07-22-2004, 06:10 PM

Thank u ppl, my uncle has sum tiny gravel which he used on his path in the back garden, there is some left, i did think about that, but wanted to hear sum opinions 1st, tiny gravvely bits it is, lol pre-boiled 1st, of course.

Pactivist · 07-23-2004, 04:29 PM

Not that I have ever tried this myself but my neighbor shreds styrofoam, and mixes it in with her potting soil for all of her plants (non-cannabis) indoors and out. she seems to have some impressive results. if nothing else were available i would try this myself good luck, pacT.

Harry Gypsna · 07-23-2004, 06:03 PM

^^^^^, thats another good 1, coulod do that too, ive got shitloads of styrofoam as u call it, we call it polystyrene in uk, but i knew what u meant

07-21-2004, 08:54 PM	#1
Harry Gypsna Dirty hippy Bastard Join Date: May 2004 Location: Outside BodyShop, with a Tin Whistle and a dog on a piece of string Posts: 8,157	soilmixes? Hi, im re-potting the next grow now ready to start vegging properly, going from cfl's to hps, but i have no perlite at the mo 2 mix in the new soil, is there anything else i can substitute for the time being????? __________________ Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, and none of these people are very funny.
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07-21-2004, 11:57 PM	#2
deZerTomB brotherhood of the bong Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: tomb in the desert. Posts: 888	vermiculite vermiculite is a good substitute. deZerTomB
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07-22-2004, 02:55 AM	#3
Harry Gypsna Dirty hippy Bastard Join Date: May 2004 Location: Outside BodyShop, with a Tin Whistle and a dog on a piece of string Posts: 8,157	sorry, i should av beem more specific, what i mean is, i got no money this week to buy some, so is there anything i can use, cheaper than perlite and vermiculite, lol __________________ Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, and none of these people are very funny.
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07-22-2004, 03:16 AM	#4
bartender187 Bakin in da Sun Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Planet Zeldar Posts: 2,949	Playground sand should do the trick. bartender187
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07-22-2004, 05:20 PM	#5
Crazy Composer Mashkiki Gitigay Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maine Posts: 4,018	Small rocks. I hear they even float if they're small enough. hehehe. Look, she has got a wart! Really, small stone, like crushed gravel works for what you're saying. cc __________________ "Just remember, Lahey, what comes around is all around!"
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07-22-2004, 05:30 PM	#6
baccas125 Guest Posts: n/a	soil conditioners you could also try packing peanuts to at to soil. I use them at the bottom of my orchid pots. the little stirerfoam peanuts that is used in shipping. good luck baccas
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07-22-2004, 05:33 PM	#7
Capt. Crip Strain Seeker/Mirage Reading Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: reading mirage at 1000 meters... Posts: 3,911	yes as CC stated above Small rocks and/or pebbles.Like what is used in driveways.Just makes sure and boil them in water if you bring them in from outside to use in an indoor garden.Although you can't see them,there ARE bugs on anything brought in from outdoors.You would hate to bring something like spider-mi9tes or aphids or any other harmful critters.So use caution.Take care.................CC
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07-22-2004, 06:10 PM	#8
Harry Gypsna Dirty hippy Bastard Join Date: May 2004 Location: Outside BodyShop, with a Tin Whistle and a dog on a piece of string Posts: 8,157	Thank u ppl, my uncle has sum tiny gravel which he used on his path in the back garden, there is some left, i did think about that, but wanted to hear sum opinions 1st, tiny gravvely bits it is, lol pre-boiled 1st, of course. __________________ Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, and none of these people are very funny.
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07-23-2004, 04:29 PM	#9
Pactivist Master McGyver-er Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hanging with the Amish Posts: 238	could try this Not that I have ever tried this myself but my neighbor shreds styrofoam, and mixes it in with her potting soil for all of her plants (non-cannabis) indoors and out. she seems to have some impressive results. if nothing else were available i would try this myself good luck, pacT. __________________ "Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign" John Stuart Mill. Old Hippies never die, they just smell that way. How to make pacT's Bolt Hash Marijuana is my anti drug !
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07-23-2004, 06:03 PM	#10
Harry Gypsna Dirty hippy Bastard Join Date: May 2004 Location: Outside BodyShop, with a Tin Whistle and a dog on a piece of string Posts: 8,157	^^^^^, thats another good 1, coulod do that too, ive got shitloads of styrofoam as u call it, we call it polystyrene in uk, but i knew what u meant __________________ Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, and none of these people are very funny.
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