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By Daniel_G
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Joined:  Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:27 pm
#96422
Ok, i just bought a 10 litre bag of perlite, and a 10 litre bag of vermiculite from wilko, i already repotted a ping, without rising or anything, but i was just wondering, how often do you have to repot when using vermiculite, do you have to have peat in the mix, and how longdoes it taek for vermiculite to break down?
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By stitz25b
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Joined:  Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:10 am
#96456
vermiculite is a veru tough mineral (from quartzite i think) so it takes a long time to break down so you dont have to worry about it
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