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Perlite In Agriculture and Greenhousing / Agricaltural Perlite

Perlite is commonly used in greenhousing, indoor plants, seedling, vegetable growing, cut flower production in the world. By using perlite, manufacturers get benefit by quality, quick and a low loss rated manufacturing economically as well as the last consumer is provided to purchase quality and long life products. In Holland and countries developed in this field, production is made in the cultivation environments by using perlite fully. There are firms in Turkey making production in this way.

Advantages provided by grouts prepared by perlite or by cultivation environments made by using fully perliter are specified below.

• It ventilates the cultivation environment with its porous structure and regulates drainage.
• Increase infltration, reduces evaporation.
• It does not contain weed seed and illness due to its inorganic structur.
• Since soluble ions are scarce, it does not cause any problem in terms of saltness and alkalinity.
• It regulates environment pH easily due to its neutral (pH=6.**7.5) structure and low chemical buffering.
• Since thermal conductivity is low, it reduces plants getting harm due to temperature changes to minimum.
• Its not getting spoiled after sterilization brings the chance of using for successive 6 years.