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Offlinebumbleskunk
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fine or coarse verm
    #5811943 - 07/02/06 09:32 AM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Alright, so I pf-ed my cakes until they were 100% colonized.  Then they got fridge dunked (~18 hrs). Then I double-end cased and rolled each in fine verm.

I don't know if it is because my humidity is too low or the temp too high, but the myc just wants to grow over its casing (no primordia until just this morning :smile:).  Should I switch to coarse verm?  It seems like most people who are dunking and rolling are using coarse verm with plenty of good, happy success.


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Re: fine or coarse verm [Re: bumbleskunk]
    #5811960 - 07/02/06 09:43 AM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Seems as though coarse is better, but fine works fine. :smile:


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Re: fine or coarse verm [Re: Cubenisseur]
    #5812147 - 07/02/06 11:16 AM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Ive always used coarse vermiculite for cakes, dunking + rolling, and various other applications. Works great!  :thumbup:

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Re: fine or coarse verm [Re: SDP]
    #5812227 - 07/02/06 11:48 AM (17 years, 6 months ago)

i only use fine to put on caps cause my friends think the gold makes it a bomb shroom even thoe i have told them no it's not. but i can add them if u like and they think i am full of shit. lol only one belives me. I wanna LOL every time they start talking about the "gold flakes"

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Re: fine or coarse verm [Re: joker_66599]
    #5812230 - 07/02/06 11:50 AM (17 years, 6 months ago)

i don't think vermiculite is good for you... it's made out of mica, and i believe asbestos was made from the same mineral... i could be wrong though, but i wouldn't feed vermiculite to your buddies :P


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Re: fine or coarse verm [Re: liamtheloser]
    #5812513 - 07/02/06 01:39 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

yeah did it once and now thats what they want. that first/only time just kind of happend from dunking and rolling.


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Re: fine or coarse verm [Re: joker_66599]
    #5812516 - 07/02/06 01:41 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

ive hed people ask me about gold flakes, i guess that came from people trying to distinguish field and lab shrooms.
fine verm holds more water, but you dont get as fluffy of a substrate/casing. kinda muddy.
medium to coarse is good.


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Re: fine or coarse verm [Re: Omnicracker]
    #5812519 - 07/02/06 01:43 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

my buddy was pissed when i told him that. case right before i told him i asked how much have you paid for a oz with gold flakes said 150 i was like shit dude.

sorry not post jacking i am done

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Re: fine or coarse verm [Re: liamtheloser]
    #5812560 - 07/02/06 02:02 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

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liamtheloser said:

i don't think vermiculite is good for you... it's made out of mica, and i believe asbestos was made from the same mineral... i could be wrong though, but i wouldn't feed vermiculite to your buddies :P




no...asbestos was found in a Vermiculite mine many years ago.

this one mine in Libby Montana caused an Asbestos scare so bad that we are still feeling it today...in our hobby!~

you can read about it here...

http://www.vermiculite.com


there is no Asbestos in any Vermiculite that is produced today...
the EPA does testing all the time to make sure that no Asbestos is found in Verm!~



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Re: fine or coarse verm [Re: Roadkill]
    #5812565 - 07/02/06 02:04 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

ahh goodie, yeah, some old guy at fred meyer told me that they dont sell verm because it has asbestos, i then proceeded to take him to the vermicullite after i found it myself.

he felt really stupid.


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