cypress....is it really that safe????????

[Lucas339]

recently, on another forum, someone asked about the blends of cypress. most cypress bought at home improvment stores are a mix of pine and cypress. i was told by a breeder here in florida to use no float cypress. he told me that is what he uses and its double milled so the chunks are smaller.

i recently emailed the company, after seeing that thread, and asked if it was a mix. they told me that the mix varies from bag to bag. it is a mix of pine and cypress and ranges from 60%-80%.

so, how bad is this? and if you use mulch, what mulch are you using and are you positive it is not a mix?

[Neal]

At petco or petsmart they sell the T-rex cypress mulch(which is what I use) and it's double milled so its finer. That mulch is actually made for snakes so it's all good.

[Rakk101]

If you have a feed store near by you should be able to get pure cypress in different mulch sizes.

I can not comment on the pine/cypress mix never used it, I have seen the conversation go both ways about it.

[Neal]

If you have a feed store near by you should be able to get pure cypress in different mulch sizes.

I can not comment on the pine/cypress mix never used it, I have seen the conversation go both ways about it.

Just incase people don't read posts above them.. I'll state again. The t-rex cypress mulch from like petco, petsmart is fine. It doesn't have any kind of pine, it's 100% cypress mulch, it's double milled.

The bag looks like this:

http://www.centralvalleyreptiles.com...pressbed5q.jpg

[juddb]

Just incase people don't read posts above them.. I'll state again. The t-rex cypress mulch from like petco, petsmart is fine. It doesn't have any kind of pine, it's 100% cypress mulch, it's double milled.

The bag looks like this:
http://www.centralvalleyreptiles.com...pressbed5q.jpg

I wish that stuff was cheaper, Neal! Great thread Lucas, i do have experience with "blend" cypress mulch, i use it in a mixture of top soil, cypress, and sphagnum moss, so far i havent had any problems, and pothos loves to root against the large pieces of cypress, it also breaks up the soil a bit to let air in, but i would like to know how dangerous that percentage of pine is in the "blended cypress".

[TheNunciate]

I use the terrarium moss from PetCo.

http://www.petco.com/product/108866/...t=OnSiteSearch

Mad cheap, tons of it and keeps the humidity perfect with very little attention required... not that it keeps me from checking every hour anyway, but if I wanted to stop, I could. Really.