In just 2 minutes, learned a lot about vermiculite usage in my garden. Very interesting to learn the "why" behind using it.
1 posted on
05/12/2020 12:51:36 PM PDT by
orsonwb
To: Diana in Wisconsin
2 posted on
05/12/2020 12:55:30 PM PDT by
Liz
(Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
To: orsonwb
3 posted on
05/12/2020 12:55:38 PM PDT by
gattaca
("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
To: orsonwb
“...In just 2 minutes ... learned ... why ...”
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But you could not bring yourself to tell us why,
instead you want to send us to a link to find out?
4 posted on
05/12/2020 1:06:59 PM PDT by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: orsonwb
My late father was a knifemaker and he used vermiculite as a “quenching” medium for blades being forged or heat treated. It worked quite well.
To: orsonwb
Vermiculite is useful for soils that need water retention, particularly for potted plant. But vermiculite and clay soil is usually not a good combination as clay soil tends to hold a lot of moisture already.
6 posted on
05/12/2020 1:11:39 PM PDT by
CatOwner
To: orsonwb
Some Vermiculite also contains asbestos fibers.
7 posted on
05/12/2020 1:16:34 PM PDT by
Trumpnado2016
(Fauci lied and the MAGA economy died.)
To: orsonwb
I have been doing some volunteer work for a special needs facility that normally has 100 patients, but with the COVID 19 virus around they are shut down and need all the help they can get. I take care of the greenhouse and some odd chores.
I never knew volunteer work could be so tiring.
We use Vermiculite as a potting mixture for all of our plants.
8 posted on
05/12/2020 1:21:38 PM PDT by
Dacula
(Day 18 of Georgia opening up and I am still alive)
To: orsonwb
It works well, but don’t inhale the dust - wet it down first.
9 posted on
05/12/2020 1:25:02 PM PDT by
dainbramaged
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To: orsonwb
it soaks up many times it’s own weight in water. It then releases it slowly. Perlite is another
10 posted on
05/12/2020 1:26:51 PM PDT by
Pollard
(whatever)
To: orsonwb
Remember Mel Bartholomew? Square Foot Gardening? He always talked about vermiculite.
PS - I wrote the above THEN watched the video. 8~)
11 posted on
05/12/2020 1:45:25 PM PDT by
real saxophonist
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To: orsonwb
It was used as an early building insulation. Saw a lot of it in old houses. Not fire proof. It is treated to be but if it gets wet it loses that ability.
12 posted on
05/12/2020 1:46:56 PM PDT by
headstamp 2
(There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
To: orsonwb
Interesting. I always used to see bags of it lying around in my grandmother’s gardening shed (she was an avid rose grower). Never really knew why she used it till now.
13 posted on
05/12/2020 1:51:34 PM PDT by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: orsonwb
Polyacrylate/polyacrylamide copolymers are superior to both vermiculite and perlite for soil moisture retention.
15 posted on
05/12/2020 2:00:58 PM PDT by
SpaceBar
To: orsonwb
About the only way to get asbestoes insulation in a house these days.
19 posted on
05/12/2020 3:47:46 PM PDT by
PAR35
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