bnutz said:

i read in a magazine vermiculite was onced used as insulation in houses and causes cancer or sum shit like that.

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bnutz said:

i read in a magazine vermiculite was onced used as insulation in houses and causes cancer or sum shit like that.

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Verm was in fact used as insulation in the past. My old house's walls were filled with it. It was a giant mess when we were renovating. The dust from it was horrible. I'm sure its not good to inhale, as with any kind of dust, although I'm not sure about it being a cancer causing substance. It may very well be, many dusts can be an irritant to the lungs if they become lodged, like asbestos. Asbestos tho, the shape of the fibers is what makes it so bad, they are like little hooks and when inhaled snag and attach themselves to the insides of your lungs, which irritates them, so your body tries to reject and/or cover them, which leads to the cancer

Nasti stuff. Always best practice when dealing with anykind of dusty material to wear a proper mask!!! Safety FIRST!

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FooMan said:

"Special formulas" aside, what you're paying for with pre-sterilized products is the convenience. You're paying for the vendor to handle getting everything ready to go so all you have to do is inject your inoculant.


To really make this experiment more controlled, you should be using an isolated strain or at least a clone. Multispore inoculations can vary a lot, even within the same strain.

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Unfortunately all I have to work with is multi-spore. Im aware a clone would make for a far more controlled experiment, but I do what I can with what I got