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pleezr
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vermiculite grades
#527587 - 01/21/02 06:34 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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Ii was wondering what grade of verm you all use for cakes. larger grade? finer grade? anyone have an idea of what might work best for the myclilium? I can only find a large grade of vermiculite at the local stores. only online can i find the finer stuff. I have just made some cakes with a finer grade of vermiclulite to see which works best, if any. last time i used a biger grade of vermiculite and it seemed to work great. any opinions?
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Roadkill
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Re: vermiculite grades [Re: pleezr]
#527615 - 01/21/02 07:17 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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I have read that you don't want to use the finer grade verm. Since the finer will make the area harder to colonize. I use a medium verm...and it seems to work really good. I have read posts where people stick the larger grade verm in a blender and chop it up a bit.
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DrAbeLincoln
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Re: vermiculite grades [Re: pleezr]
#527730 - 01/21/02 09:55 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well finer verm holds more moisture....but larger verm helps with colonization speed. I use the "coarse" grade verm and I have no problems with my cakes being dry..
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Anonymous
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Re: vermiculite grades [Re: DrAbeLincoln]
#527734 - 01/21/02 10:01 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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Go with the "coarse". Works great.
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pleezr
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Re: vermiculite grades [Re: ]
#527746 - 01/21/02 10:19 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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coarse means a larger grade right?. I swear I graduated high school! ~ now that Im thinking about it, Im drawing blanks
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Anonymous
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Re: vermiculite grades [Re: pleezr]
#527763 - 01/21/02 10:43 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yes, coarse = large fine = small. Your memory is fine.
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Zen Peddler


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Re: vermiculite grades [Re: pleezr]
#528641 - 01/22/02 10:03 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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Both seem to work fine - finer holds more water than course but course seems to colonise faster. However course makes a crap ramsey seal in comparison to fine grade
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Anonymous
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Re: vermiculite grades [Re: Zen Peddler]
#528654 - 01/22/02 10:09 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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Believe it or not, I've stopped using the Ramsey seal and have had no contam issues.
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Zen Peddler


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Re: vermiculite grades [Re: ]
#528690 - 01/22/02 10:45 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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excellent! Are u using a h202 method or is your incubator sterile??
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Anonymous
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Re: vermiculite grades [Re: Zen Peddler]
#528694 - 01/22/02 10:53 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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Nope. I do however always inoculate over an ovendoor. I've probably lost 2 or 3 of my last 90 jars to green.
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