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Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice
    #5962602 - 08/14/06 12:34 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Hi.

I'm going to prepare 12 jars but I don't have the possibility to get vermiculite. I'm thinking about using perlite between two aluminum foils in order to prevent contaminations while inoculating... is it a good idea? I know that perlite is not a good growing material but I suppose that it's better than nothing.

Thanks in advance.


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: DrCubensis]
    #5962604 - 08/14/06 12:37 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Get a couple of natural sea sponges, 6 jars worth, cut them up into ~1/2 cm x 1/2 bits, doesn't have to be exact, use that as vermiculite, do the normal thing ya do, and inoculate with an LC (they're really easy and you already have the supplies for them. inoculating with a spore syringe, for whatever reason, leaves you with mostly uncolonized jars with sponge.)


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: beatnicknick]
    #5962778 - 08/14/06 01:35 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

> "I'm going to prepare 12 jars but I don't have the possibility to get vermiculite."

You obviously have a computer and net access, so the possibility is there.  Check eBay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/PROFESSIONAL-MEDIUM-...1QQcmdZViewItem


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: ComfortablyStond]
    #5962807 - 08/14/06 01:45 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

amazon.com has an awesome deal, 2 huge bags for like 15 bucks


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: Atheist]
    #5965177 - 08/15/06 03:34 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Thanks for the info. I can find vermiculite here but I need it tomorrow.

I hope to get some from a friend anyway.

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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: DrCubensis]
    #5965191 - 08/15/06 04:00 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Hydroponic supply shops carry vermiculite, as do insulation and swimming pool supply houses.
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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: beatnicknick]
    #5965247 - 08/15/06 05:06 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

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beatnicknick said:
inoculating with a spore syringe, for whatever reason, leaves you with mostly uncolonized jars with sponge.)




Do you think that many little aluminum foil balls may do the trick?


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: DrCubensis]
    #5965336 - 08/15/06 07:12 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

definitely not


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: DrCubensis]
    #5965438 - 08/15/06 08:52 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

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DrCubensis said:
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beatnicknick said:
inoculating with a spore syringe, for whatever reason, leaves you with mostly uncolonized jars with sponge.)




Do you think that many little aluminum foil balls may do the trick?




Nooohooohoooho. That will more likely give you alzheimers. Just grab something from around your house that has the same properties as vermiculite. Non color died cloth simmered for a few hours and then dried out will work, as long as its nice and fluffy.

There are many more substitutes, I'm currently trying a few and I'll tell you how they go. So far, most are colonizing, I just have to see how fast and how well they fruit.


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: beatnicknick]
    #5965594 - 08/15/06 10:06 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

i had trouble finding the vermiculite to I finally found it at souther states but i had to go to the big southern states that had a werehouse and get 4 cu. ft. of it which was a lot for 17 bucks

oh yeah and perlite wont work.


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: DnBMiXer]
    #5965662 - 08/15/06 10:39 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

:rofl2:

yeah, sure.

hey, betnicknick; why don't you try potassium based water crystals?

let us know when you find a good sub.
it will for sure be a breakthrough.


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: monstermitch]
    #5965709 - 08/15/06 10:55 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

A while back I found a very interesting document about using water crystals on this site. I can't remember if it was a tek or just info but it was quite thorough. I can't find it again. Does anyone know what I'm talking about or where this information is?


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: hypermale]
    #5965774 - 08/15/06 11:14 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

might have been me.

I've done all kinds of experiments and such with them.

what do you wish to know?


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: monstermitch]
    #5965788 - 08/15/06 11:19 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Wild Bird Seed.


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: LateForTheFuture]
    #5965790 - 08/15/06 11:20 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

what about wild bird seed?

as a sub for verm?
using water crystals with wbs???


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: monstermitch]
    #5967712 - 08/15/06 09:30 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

It's coming back to me now. It (water crystals) was used as a top casing because there was info about being able to see through it. Where is this info and can water crystals be used in place of verm in a pf style cake? I find verm to be problematic; difficult to obtain, expensive were I live and probably bad to breath even if without asbestos. I also wonder if it might contain heavy metals or other bad things that can be absorbed into the fruits. I'm sure mycologist would still be growing mushrooms if there were no such thing as vermiculite.


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Re: Vermiculite substitute for making cakes? I need advice [Re: hypermale]
    #5969347 - 08/16/06 12:29 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Finally I got some vermiculite, some time ago I gave to my father a bag of it and now I have found it :smile: (karma).

Now I hope to be lucky with the jars.

Thanks for the support.


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