Vermiculite where do you get yours
Hey all. I live in philadelphia pa and I cant find it anywhere. Home depot seemed to discontinued carrying it as well as lowes. So I was wondering where do you get yours maybe somewhere online?
Re: Vermiculite where do you get yours
You can get Hatchrite from kingsnake.com usually, I haven't used it yet but I heard it's foolproof and am looking foward to needing some in a couple of months =). Being as last time I was in Philly I didn't see too many farms lol so I would probably not go crazy looking for Vermiculite there. But if you really want it try looking online for aggriculture supply places they will have it for sure.
Re: Vermiculite where do you get yours
Only place close to me that stocks straight vermic is a seed/plant shop. so maybe try some local gardening stores. make sure u get straight vermic tho, and not the stuff with fertilizers and stuff added.
Hatchrite is awesome too.
Re: Vermiculite where do you get yours
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EcToTh3rMiC215
Hey all. I live in philadelphia pa and I cant find it anywhere. Home depot seemed to discontinued carrying it as well as lowes. So I was wondering where do you get yours maybe somewhere online?
i've seen hatchrite on Reptilebasics.com its pretty much the same thing as vermiculite
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psycho
i've seen hatchrite on Reptilebasics.com its pretty much the same thing as vermiculite
This past year I used Hatchrite for 13 clutches and had no issues whatsoever.
Re: Vermiculite where do you get yours
Uline.com
You better need a LOT though.
Re: Vermiculite where do you get yours
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Originally Posted by
EcToTh3rMiC215
Hey all. I live in philadelphia pa and I cant find it anywhere. Home depot seemed to discontinued carrying it as well as lowes. So I was wondering where do you get yours maybe somewhere online?
Make sure you get the vermiculite WITHOUT fertizer.
Jim Smith
Re: Vermiculite where do you get yours
Any greenhouse or nursery will have vermiculite, as well as real hardware stores -- not Home Depot or Lowes (although they might, and I have bought vermiculite from Lowe's and even Walmart before) necessarily, but a real actual hardware store.
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Re: Vermiculite where do you get yours
This last season I used straight perlite (without fertilizer) - just VERY lightly moist to the touch. Too dry is better than too wet - you can always SLOWLY adjust the amount of water. I just added water and mixed until it was slightly moist feeling on the back of my hand, but dry feeling to my fingertips. Worked perfectly. This is what Albey uses as well.
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rabernet
This last season I used straight perlite (without fertilizer) - just VERY lightly moist to the touch. Too dry is better than too wet - you can always SLOWLY adjust the amount of water. I just added water and mixed until it was slightly moist feeling on the back of my hand, but dry feeling to my fingertips. Worked perfectly. This is what Albey uses as well.
People really need to keep an eye on Perlite if their incubator has a lot of air circulation. The eggs can dry out quickly. BG usually uses a mix of both Perlite and Vermiculite . BG also usually steals(not really) big bags of it from Pete Kahl when he visits. He finds monster bags of it somewhere.
