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How many time can you re-use perlite?
    #12566419 - 05/15/10 08:49 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Iv never used perlite before and i just bought a bad to try for the first time...

How many times can you re-use perlight? i noticed that it gets soft when i wet it so can it be re-used my next grow?

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Re: How many time can you re-use perlite? [Re: Mango12]
    #12566435 - 05/15/10 08:55 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Yes you can use it again many times. Just wash it sometimes.

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Re: How many time can you re-use perlite? [Re: Mango12]
    #12566440 - 05/15/10 08:57 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

The only reason I don't re-use my perlite is it's so damn cheap.  Do I want to spend two hours cleaning and disinfecting countless liters of perlite, or spend ten minutes and ten dollars at home depot...

I'll take the new bag, thanks :lmafo:

BUT you can.  Should be re-usable forever if you clean it (unless someone knows something I don't...).


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Re: How many time can you re-use perlite? [Re: Mango12]
    #12566449 - 05/15/10 08:59 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

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Mango12 said:
Iv never used perlite before and i just bought a bad to try for the first time...

How many times can you re-use perlight? i noticed that it gets soft when i wet it so can it be re-used my next grow?



It got soft when you wet it? I never seen that before. Reuse it for what? PF cakes? It's so cheap I just throw it away, but when I didn't have any more, I baked it in the oven at 400 for a half hour, and it was fine. perlite doesn't have any nutrition, so you Could use it over and over. Mold and bacteria don't grow on it, so you just have to sterilize it somehow. If a jar is contamed, I wouldn't try to reuse that perlite.

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Re: How many time can you re-use perlite? [Re: SomeGuy]
    #12566487 - 05/15/10 09:12 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

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Reuse it for what?




Well, I guess it's for our planet. We don't need more trash bags, especially when you can use the same material almost indefinitely. I am using the same perlite I bought one year ago and I am planning to use it for the next ten years or more.


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Re: How many time can you re-use perlite? [Re: SomeGuy]
    #12566490 - 05/15/10 09:13 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

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Mango12 said:
Iv never used perlite before and i just bought a bad to try for the first time...

How many times can you re-use perlight? i noticed that it gets soft when i wet it so can it be re-used my next grow?



It got soft when you wet it? I never seen that before. Reuse it for what? PF cakes? It's so cheap I just throw it away, but when I didn't have any more, I baked it in the oven at 400 for a half hour, and it was fine. perlite doesn't have any nutrition, so you Could use it over and over. Mold and bacteria don't grow on it, so you just have to sterilize it somehow. If a jar is contamed, I wouldn't try to reuse that perlite.




Bugs can lay eggs in it too, which is the main reason I replace my perlite.


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Re: How many time can you re-use perlite? [Re: LeopardMan]
    #12566497 - 05/15/10 09:14 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

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Reuse it for what?




Well, I guess it's for our planet. We don't need more trash bags, especially when you can use the same material almost indefinitely. I am using the same perlite I bought one year ago and I am planning to use it for the next ten years or more.




I use my old perlite in an outdoor garden to help the plants there :awethumb:


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Re: How many time can you re-use perlite? [Re: madi]
    #12566586 - 05/15/10 09:42 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Yes i think I'm going to re-use my perlite as well. I can just boil it to sterilize quickly and Ta-Daaaaa!   

Thaks for the replies guys :smile:

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