Perlite?????

so it is time to transplant and I noticed the MG organic soil is very compacted, so I bought some perlite to mix in the new soil. My question is What exactly is perlite and what ratio, I bought a 8 quart bag of soil how much perlite so I use??? Does it make that big of a differance? Thank you for the help.

I would add about one part perlite to every 5 parts soil. I am using the same soil and that is about all it should take.

Thank you very much

perlite is puffed glass or puffed valcanic rock they are all one in the same!

what coarseness would anyone recommend?

scap that, just bought a bag today, repotted my smallest and mixed it in. good stuff. unfortunately, my taller of the two was repotted the other day into a soil mix containing vermiculite but not perlite. i tried mixing perlite with the top few layers but am unsure about remixing the soil as i dont want to disturb the roots, which had filled the 5" pot it came from a few days ago... any tips? current tubs are 3 gals...

I did not realize how bad my plants were, I repotted last night and the root ball was huge 8" for a 6" plant. Since the transplant with perlite HUGE differance. I swear the plant is 2" taller after 24 hours. THANK YOU

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