Egmont PERLITE - Fine to Medium - 5 litres
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Perlite is the perfect addition for creating a free draining mix for your indoor plants. Use perlite by itself for hydroponics or semi-hydro, superb for propagation of cuttings or seeds, or mix it with soil and other substrates to make a more free-draining, custom mix with plenty of air space for your plants, reducing the risk of root rot. Popular mixed 50/50 with Stratum (aqua soil) for both mature and alocasia corms, and for hard-to-root cuttings.
Bag size and perlite size
One bag of Egmont Perlite holds 5 litres and measures about 35cm long x 16cm wide x 10cm deep. The perlite itself measures roughly 1mm to 4mm long by about 2mm thick. There's a fair bit of variety in the size range as it's a natural product but this is the standard size perlite you'll often see used by planty YouTubers. If you're wanting something chunkier, have a look at the Bio Leaf Coarse or Super Chunky Perlite instead.
How much water does perlite hold?
How big the perlite is changes how much water it holds and how well it drains:
Used by itself, an EXTRA-FINE perlite drains slower and increase water hold capacity to about 60%+
FINE perlite has normal to slow drainage and around a 40%+ water holding capacity.
MEDIUM perlite offer faster drainage and lower water holding, around 30%+
COARSE or CHUNKY is very fast to drain and has the lowest water holding capacity, around 20%+
This Egmont Perlite is around fine to medium in size. Bio Leaf Coarse Perlite is around medium to coarse. Bio Leaf Chunky Perlite is up at the coarse to chunky range.