Mixing up soil question

[IndoorTropics]

50% light potting mix / 25% perlite /20% worm castings / 5% hydroton pebbles at the bottom.

planting in 5 gal fabric pots, so 11L pots.

i nromally prefer to do things exactly but am having trouble figuring out how to mix this all up with the proper ratios cos some stuff comes in L and some in KG and even then its hard to do exactly.

I thought about using few pots and placing individual ingredients into each and calculating it that way, then mix them all up together.

So i have two questions please:

1) Anyone have a better idea for exact calculations?

2) Do i need to rinse or drench the hydroton pebbles before placing at bottom of pot?

 

[MI_sterGreen]

I'm not sure on the calculations, but you definitely want to rinse the clay pebbles. I put them in a separate plastic pot and rinse them until the water coming out is clear.

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

perlite can be quite dusty to.stab some holes in the arse of bag,open up and pour through some water.
soil measured in L....but is that fluffed up or compacted soil ?
my soil mix is 4:2:1 soil/perlite,vermiculight.4 cups soil 2 cups perlite,1 cup vermiculight.
11L pots is 5.5L soil,2.75L perlite,2.25L worms and 0.5l pebbles +/- ish :smoking:
good luck n keep er llit

 

[IndoorTropics]

perlite can be quite dusty to.stab some holes in the arse of bag,open up and pour through some water.
soil measured in L....but is that fluffed up or compacted soil ?
my soil mix is 4:2:1 soil/perlite,vermiculight.4 cups soil 2 cups perlite,1 cup vermiculight.
11L pots is 5.5L soil,2.75L perlite,2.25L worms and 0.5l pebbles +/- ish :smoking:
good luck n keep er llit

"stab holes in the arse...and open it up"
ROFL

Thanks buddy! I like your cup method.