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    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?
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    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.

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    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.
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    Re: Vermiculite where do you get yours

    Quote Originally Posted by EcToTh3rMiC215 View Post
    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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    Re: Vermiculite where do you get yours

    Quote Originally Posted by psycho View Post
    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.
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    Re: Vermiculite where do you get yours

    Uline.com

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    Re: Vermiculite where do you get yours

    Quote Originally Posted by EcToTh3rMiC215 View Post
    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.

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    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

    Local feed 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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