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Post by mrpottsmeister on Mar 24, 2017 18:52:17 GMT
just a quickie?
Is the horticultural vermiculite the same as the stuff sold for insulation?
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Post by parky on Mar 24, 2017 20:38:54 GMT
Yes mate
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Post by oblertone on Mar 25, 2017 12:46:50 GMT
Yes, but its much more expensive when bought from a garden centre !
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Post by rnb1989 on Mar 26, 2017 12:23:15 GMT
100ltrs of vermiculite, £23 from jewsons
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Post by tim1989 on Mar 26, 2017 18:38:16 GMT
£16 from travis
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Post by mrpottsmeister on Mar 27, 2017 21:33:54 GMT
cheers guys! I already have some of the garden variety! it just doesn't seem right, what I have is like3-5 mm soft cubes, gold-ish colour, the sort of thing you may use if you had a pet spider. is this the right stuff??, I was expecting a harder material in larger particles or flakes?
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Post by oblertone on Mar 29, 2017 14:53:00 GMT
Nope, you have the correct material, just in smaller lumps; although I've never tried feeding it to spiders ...
Vermiculite is mined is a more dense form, it is then heat treated to 'puff' it up. The dense form is not much use, but the expanded form is one of the best and safest insulating materials around.
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Post by mrpottsmeister on Apr 4, 2017 10:34:15 GMT
Cheers, spiders walk on it, like sawdust in a hamster cage
£30 Inc vat in Travis now!
Jewsons it is
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