I put the babies in the ground tonight . My yard is mostly clay so i over dug the holes pretty big and put good soil for about the bottom 16'' then backfilled around plant with some good organic soil and perlight i had unused left over from last indoor grow . It's good stuff . Will a heavy layer of perlight on the serface help deture bugs or do any good to make it worth throwing on there i still have 1/3 of a huge bag laying around ? I was really suprised how good the root structure looked on those little guys . I bet they take off big time now with room to grow and breath .