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Perlite & Dry Verm, Should I bother cleaning?
    #19508140 - 02/01/14 09:07 PM (10 years, 11 months ago)

Hi i've taken a peek here and there, and seen some old threads, but wanted to ask, since my perlite and verm bag have been sitting outside through the elements, should I stick it in the oven or in the PC somehow to sterilize it? It's still dry and in a bag, and then those two separate bags are in a larger clear trash bag on the porch.

I know fruiting isn't a sterile thing by any measure, but I left an agar dish open outside during the polar vortex colds for a night, then brought it in to grow closed up and it's got more contams then I can point my fingers at and it's still growing. Will the verm and perlite be holding all kinds of bacteria and endospores I should fear?

EDIT: We're talking about rolling PF Tek Cubensis Cakes and sticking em in a SGFC. Forgot to add that.


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Re: Perlite & Dry Verm, Should I bother cleaning? [Re: Camtaro420]
    #19508152 - 02/01/14 09:11 PM (10 years, 11 months ago)

the perlite i wouldn't worry about, bake the verm in the oven for 20 minutes or so


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Re: Perlite & Dry Verm, Should I bother cleaning? [Re: Camtaro420]
    #19508165 - 02/01/14 09:14 PM (10 years, 11 months ago)

Bake them both in the oven for an hour at 350F.  Vermiculite is an insulator, so if it's in a thick layer, bake longer to ensure the heat has penetrated to the middle.
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Re: Perlite & Dry Verm, Should I bother cleaning? [Re: cronicr]
    #19508167 - 02/01/14 09:15 PM (10 years, 11 months ago)

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cronicr said:
the perlite i wouldn't worry about, bake the verm in the oven for 20 minutes or so




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Bake them both in the oven for an hour at 350F.  Vermiculite is an insulator, so if it's in a thick layer, bake longer to ensure the heat has penetrated to the middle.
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Sounds legit to me. Thanks guys, you are both great help. Hope this thread helps out many other for years to come!


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Re: Perlite & Dry Verm, Should I bother cleaning? [Re: Camtaro420]
    #19508174 - 02/01/14 09:18 PM (10 years, 11 months ago)

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