do you recommend using light diffuser on top of the vermiculite? i used light diffuser on top of wet perlite this year (couldn't find verm ANYWHERE) which seemed to work okay, but we lost an entire clutch of corn eggs so i decided to switch back to just burying them halfway in vermiculite. not sure it was the incubation that killed the corn eggs, as they looked like crap from the beginning, but i thought better safe than sorry.
the incubation setup we have now is a hovabator (not plugged in) and a strip of flexwatt hooked up to a Herpstat, set at 89 degrees. there is light diffuser on top of the flexwatt, between the egg tubs. i didn't want to rest the tubs directly on the flexwatt; i figured with the diffuser between there might be a bit of forgiveness if the temps do swing a bit.
so i measured the verm/water at a 1:1 ratio and i'm still getting A LOT of humidity, I just peeked in and since i took the lids off there is fog on the windows of the hovabator. i wonder why i'm getting so much humidity?
what do you suggest I do, i REALLLLLLLY want this clutch to do well!
*edit*
just a thought, maybe it's more humid where i live (coastal BC) so the 1:1 ratio is simply too much water?
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