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magnusra
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Re: Vermiculite Size??
#302905 - 04/26/01 08:55 PM (22 years, 7 months ago) |
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There is hardly any verm in my area, but what AFOAF has found is only the larger size.
-------------------- [red]* The above post is not meant to be the thoughts and/or opinions of the author. I am relaying information for an acquintance and only write in first-person to simplify the process[/red]
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Anno
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Re: Vermiculite Size??
#303102 - 04/26/01 11:52 PM (22 years, 7 months ago) |
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hitterg
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Re: Vermiculite Size??
#303166 - 04/27/01 01:07 AM (22 years, 7 months ago) |
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yup, smallest is the way to go
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w3rmf3wd
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Re: Vermiculite Size?? [Re: hitterg]
#303615 - 04/27/01 03:33 PM (22 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hey what are you guys all using fine for, casing and not BRF jars right? I ran a test with my last batch of jars to see fine vs. coarse colonization rates and the coarse is colonizing several times faster (due to less density I imagine). Why is fine better for casing, more even pinset due to smoother surface? How thick a casing layer of fine should be used?
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magnusra
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Re: Vermiculite Size?? [Re: w3rmf3wd]
#303617 - 04/27/01 03:36 PM (22 years, 7 months ago) |
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So is it even worth it to try and crush up the larger stuff for use in cakes?
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w3rmf3wd
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Re: Vermiculite Size?? [Re: magnusra]
#303886 - 04/27/01 11:33 PM (22 years, 7 months ago) |
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No! For cakes you want the coarse stuff, you want the substrate to be fluffy for obvious reasons. I am currently testing this personally, my coarse verm is colonizing several times faster! Heh, looks like I repeated my last post almost word for word.. guess I'm just anxious to drive to point home
Edited by w3rmf3wd on 04/28/01 01:36 AM.
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Taz
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Re: Vermiculite Size?? [Re: w3rmf3wd]
#303890 - 04/27/01 11:38 PM (22 years, 7 months ago) |
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course holds less water, finer holds more water, what good does it do to have your cakes coloinze real fast when you then have to figure a way to put moisture back in them? course is not better, the finer the better, an body who has been using this stuff long enough will agree....
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