hi again hi again we back guys we got a new
topic we're talking about we're talking about perlite with autos
we have been using the harvest hero most of our last grow series that you guys have seen for
quite a while now um harvest hero set us some to try and uh it's been awesome so i've really
enjoyed it we started experimenting with perlite and autos um just because we started with just
using the pure soil mixes and it tended to be a little too dense the soil would be too dense
um you start to get that build up on top so the water just kind of hovers over top and lets you
kind of break your soil up and stuff um so the pearl light really helps add aeration to your soil
um in the harvest hero particularly um this particular uh brand there there this is the
first one that they released um there is some added nutrients there's some diatomaceous earth
um so there is components here more than just your regular perlite that uh we noticed that the
plants really seem to like yeah i love using it my plants seem to really love them for us
growing specifically autos um we just noticed that they do tend to like a more airy soil mix
where the roots can move more freely the water can flow um and it helps increase oxygen in your soil
which is going to help your microbial life and all that stuff so this one is
this one was has been great that's got the diagnostic diet dude they do to tomaszes
this is one of those confusing words guys say it with me diatomaceous diet damascus
diet damascus but it's been a good one that i've never heard of it before actually i started using
purpose hero and before i started using harvey's cereal i had an issue with gnats it was awful
awful and until i started using this i see i mean it's a world of different there's virtually none
before where it was like swarms when you're opening your tent i got her like the little
hangy yellow things because they're just like all over in there uh but the diet damascus earth is a
natural fungus gnat preventer um and it does help keep some of those pests under control so just by
adding it to your soil we just notice immediate cutbacks in the amount of mass we're seeing in
the tents uh and things like that so not only is it helping with just the roots and the water flow
through your soil um and there's a little bit of added nutrients not a ton where we notice it's
impacting our existing soil mixes we were using like potter's gold fox farm things like that it's
just a really good additive so pretty much the ratios that we were adding probably about 20
20 maybe 25 to 30 um percent per pot with our soil mix so you know we're taking our soil we're just
amending or adding a little bit more of the um perlite when we do our soil mixes and the autos
just absolutely love it you'll see it in my grow series yeah i use it every time i do a mix um but
that the the gnats alone that diet damascus earth that alone is worth it this is so worth it for me
to use um and and it also really helps my plants though yeah it's a win-win-win another huge thing
that we like about the harvest hero brand that we've tried compared to other pearlite brands too
is the low dust formula um so super nice when you're mixing it or you're dumping out of the bags
like the amount of dust coming off the harvest hero is substantially less than
other brands we've tried like we've tried other brands and get like smoked out so we do
definitely we always wear a mask and stuff when you're pouring perlite but this stuff is
substantially less dust than others other brands that we've tried um and with the added newts and
the diet to masses earth um it's just been a win for our autos we absolutely love it we cannot
recommend it enough so we do have a discount code if you guys are interested um heigin.com
use code i think it's high again but you can definitely check our website and it's going to
save you some money get free shipping on your bags of it but they have also released a new version
since this one is technically not organic because there is some added nutrients and stuff like that
in it uh they've just released a new version that we'll be trying here which is perlite plus silica
so natural silica from the diatomaceous earth um this one doesn't have any added nutrients it's
just the perlite uh with the diet damascus and the silica um so this all new version we're gonna be
giving that a test in some of the upcoming growth so if staying completely organic is uh something
that's important to your grow definitely check out the the new stuff here that they have and
we're going to be giving it a run in some of our grows too so we'll let you guys see how it goes
um see if you notice any kind of a difference between the one with the um small amount of
added nutrients in the diet damascus versus just the one with the silica and diet damascus um but
there's lots of benefits to silica uh in your grows so it's cool to see them come out with new
very exciting new kinds to try um and i know they're coming out with some other um
perlite formulations with other things that are going to be coming out harvest hero yeah
so they're definitely uh recommended but overall the perlite has been beneficial to our grows a lot
so we've always been sticking with adding that um i've also tried things like uh perlite with cocoa
in the soil just for more aeration um so try try different things if you're if you're looking for
something to make your soil a little more airy um and if you're growing autos definitely give
it a shot because i think you're going to see beneficial uh results because the autos just
really seem to like you know a airier soil where they can move their roots more easily through it
the water will flow through um and you'll be less likely to have like dry spots in your root zone
um you know it's gonna help also with just drying and so you don't over water your plant because the
water is gonna flow more freely if you have just a pure soil it tends to hold onto the water a
lot longer in the soil so you can you know you're more at risk to potentially over watering or over
saturating um you know and that definitely stunts autos and has a lot of more setbacks
um then if you add some perlite make it a little more airy you're gonna get more
you know better watering better flow off um throughout the root zone and everything so it's
totally beneficial what do you think since you've been running bam you were you were anti at first
and then after so now you've switched and tried it like you didn't use pearlite no i didn't hard
time i didn't use it i didn't even think about aeration i don't think i was against it do you
know you notice benefits though since switching oh yeah larger plants oh um i don't want to say
i'm not i don't know if it's larger plants but i do think that they just seem happier they
do they're than they were before yeah once you go perlite you never go back
i wouldn't go back there's no but there's lots of other options i've heard of like rice halls
uh people will use that which has natural silica and breaks down in the soil
um and there's a there's a lot of different things so definitely let us know guys down below what do
you use to add to your soil um particularly for autos for aeration or just part of your soil
mix that's a go-to uh for us it's always been pro white and it seems to really work well we
really enjoyed uh this one if you're really if you're really set on organics you might want to
check out the new uh perlite plus silica it still has diet damascus earth um which is you know all
natural and beneficial we've definitely seen a downtick and gnats and things like that pass
within the garden um from it yeah so it's either way um perlite we're definitely fans we're gonna
keep using it for the time being um and we've seen people that grow completely in pearlite like
there's there's lots there's lots of benefits um and there's lots of different options out there
too so definitely let us know in the comments below guys if you're interested in checking out
harvest hero or the new product uh perlite plus silica from them which is their organic version um
you can definitely check that out harvesthero.com or links in the description or heigin.com
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