Soil to HOT....what to add

[thewhitelotus]

So i am about to transplant my ladies into their final 5 gal pots. Ive purchased and have been using a bag of the Master Nursery Gardners Gold for the starters. It contains the following:

ingredients: fir bark, forest hummus, pear moss, perlite, compost chick manure, worm castings, bat guano, kelp meal, dolomite and oyster shell.

Ive noticed that it seems to be a bit too "hot" with all that good stuff in it, so i was curious what i should add to it? I was thinkin of maybe going 20% perlite? Any suggestions?

 

[niggle]

try using the old fabric grocery bags, the ones with actual fabric with no waterproof layer. they allow alot of air flow and keep the roots cool.

they are the same as smartpots, they ceate healthy root growth and cuases them to self trim once they hit the bag. and my favorite part is that a smaller bag can hold a larger plant no problem, i just grew three sativas from seed to fluition in 1 4gal bag with no root lock.

adding prolite might help some for sure. another idea would be adding mulch on top of the pots to keep the heat off the soil itself as well as keeping it moist