What Is in ReadyGro Aeration, and What Is Not
It gets confused with the Moisture formula, which is a different blend. That one is coir fibre and pumice stones. The Aeration formula is a 60/40 blend of coir and perlite with amendments. Those amendments are montmorillonite, a mined humic conditioner, and yucca extract. Montmorillonite is a clay that holds structure and cation exchange capacity in a soilless mix. Yucca extract acts as a natural wetting agent, so water spreads rather than channels. The tote is two cubic yards, which works out at fifty four cubic feet or 1,529 L. Two totes ship on a pallet. That volume fills roughly 370 one gallon pots, or about 61 five gallon pots. Nothing in it is charged with fertiliser, so feeding starts at transplant. That is deliberate, because it hands the whole nutrition curve to the grower.
Faster Dry Back, and What It Costs You in Attention
Dry back is the whole reason to pick this over the Moisture blend. A sixty forty mix empties faster, so the root zone swings between wet and dry more often. Frequent swings are what a steering programme wants, and they are also what kills a neglected crop. On an automated line with several events a day it is the right choice. Hand watering a large plant in this mix means checking it daily rather than every third day. The Moisture formula exists for exactly that grower, at an eighty twenty ratio. A tote this size suits a bench being filled in one session, not a tent. Perlite dust is worth a mask when tipping a super sack. Wet the mix before filling if the room is dry, because yucca works better in damp material.
Key Features
- Blend: Sixty percent coir to forty percent perlite, plus amendments
- Amendments: Montmorillonite, a mined humic conditioner and yucca extract
- Montmorillonite: A clay that adds structure and cation exchange capacity
- Yucca extract: A wetting agent, so water spreads instead of channelling
- Tote volume: Two cubic yards, or fifty four cubic feet
- Pallet: Two totes to a pallet
- Coverage: Roughly 370 one gallon pots, or about 61 five gallon pots
- Not pre-charged: Feeding starts at transplant, which is deliberate
- Versus Moisture: This is the faster drying of the two blends in the range
- Handling: Perlite dust is worth a mask when tipping a super sack
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| SKU | 714803-P |
| Brand | Botanicare |
| Product | ReadyGro, Aeration Formula |
| Blend | 60/40 coir to perlite, with amendments |
| Amendments | Montmorillonite, a mined humic conditioner, yucca extract |
| Tote volume | 2 cubic yards; 54 cu ft; 1,529 L; 403 gal |
| Totes per pallet | 2 |
| Coverage | About 370 one gallon pots or 61 five gallon pots per tote |
| Pre-charged | No; fertilise from transplant onward |
| Sibling blend | Moisture Formula, at an 80/20 coir to perlite ratio |