Perlite is used in soil mixes (including soil less mediums) to improve aeration and modify the soil substructure, keeping it loose, well-draining and defying compaction.
A premium mix of one part loam, one part peat moss, and one part perlite is optimum for container growing, enabling the pot to hold just enough water and oxygen.
Perlite is also great for rooting cuttings and fosters much stronger root formation than those grown in water alone. Perlite resists soil compaction and encourages aeration, even in limited growing spaces; Perlite's larger surface area makes it ideal for indoor plants that require high humidity; Interestingly, it has also been used to great effect in plants that thrive in dry settings.
Perlite is not a fertilizer, and has no nutritional or microbial value to plants or soil. Its benefits are derived solely from keeping the soil structure loose and light.
Take your cuttings and place them in a Ziploc bag of moistened perlite, about one-third full of perlite.
Put the cut ends of the cuttings up to the node into the perlite and then fill the bag with air and seal it.
Put the air-filled bag in indirect sunlight and check it after two or three weeks for root formation.
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