Q:My agriscience teacher gave me two ficus clippings to root and grow. We applied rooting hormone to the bottom of the clippings. I have a plastic tent around them with spaces for air to get in. I pruned the leaves off except for a few near the top. They are in a growing media that contains perlite and, I think there is some vermiculite. Are there any tips I need to know to help it live?

Plenty of sunlight and water.

Q:Ok, my beardy finally laid her eggs, i made her do this in a seperate container and all that jazz, but the incubator i bought online is going to be another week away GRRRRWhat i want to know is whether they will be fine in the soil they are in at the moment or whether i should get a heat lamp to help keep the soil warm, or if i should put them in the vermiculite and just have it out in the open like that, or anything that will help them develop.If everything went to plan i would have been fully prepared for this but the postage got held up and i want to give them the best possible chance of surviving

They should be fine for a week as long as you keep them warm. I wouldn't use a heat lamp because it can dry the eggs out and you risk overheating them. You could always use a heat pad hooked to a thermostat or rheostat until you get the incubator if you happen to have them. I would get the eggs in the vermiculite now so you don't have to handle them later and risk damaging them. I like to use small containers with only a few holes, if any at all. I've incubated bearded dragon eggs at temperatures of 82 to 85 degrees.

Q:i have successfully bred a couple of batches of crickets and a couple unsuccessful tries due to mold. i place a tupperware with moistened vermiculite in a 5 gal rubbermaid container with a lid and place it on the cable box for warmth....i check it a couple times a day to wipe out excess condensation yet i have a batch 4 days into incubation and is showing signs of mold starting on the surface....what can i do at this point.....is the batch doomed? will a small amount of mold on top affect the hatch? How do i keep the mold out in the future?

All of them. Any nursury, home improvement store or green house.

Q:In potting soil they have the little white chunks. What is this? And is it dangerous if my little one is playing in the potting soil and he touches it? He does like to put his fingers in his mouth still, I try to wash them as much as possible, but you know how it is with kids, they are still going to get dirty. I just really need to know if its bad for him.

Not a bad loose fill insulation material, but try not to breath it in. If you're planning to remove it, have it checked for asbestos first.

Q:I have a female Red/OGG/Sandfire/Blood X Salmon Hypo/Citrus/Snow/Tangerine Hypo (Het Hypo) bearded dragon that I would like to breed. What do I need before I breed her? She is almost a year old, I know she isn‘t old enough yet, but I want to go ahead and start acquiring the equipment that I will need. I have had several offers to breed her with other dragons, so I already have a list of possible male candidates. Also any advice and suggestions would be helpful. Thank you for your time and help.

if you are only looking to produce one clutch every now and then, i suggest you get a hovabator, they work great, and arent terribly expensive for the small breeder. Once you get a hovabator, you should also get either vermiculite or hatchrite, many people debate on which is better, i preffer hatchrite but i think you should make the decision for yourslef. then all you need is a laybox big enough for the female to fit in very comfortably. Fill it with moist eco earth when she is gravid. Then one day you will find her in the box digging, she will lay the eggs. Let them sit for a few hours, then set up your hovabator, and eggs trays with vermiculite or hatchrite, then take the eggs out of the lay box very carefully, and make sure that the same side of the eggs is always facing up, because if you put an egg into the eggs trays upside down or on its side, the baby will die. Then just put the full egg trays into the hovabator and let them grow. I hope this helped

Q:What mineral species are less dense than water? One is evenkite, what is the other one?

I'm gonna say clathrates- or, methane hydrate. There appear to be a couple of molecular arrangements, but this is the crystalline form of methane that exists in the deep ocean.like below 50 atmospheres, at 4-5 degrees C. It's SG is 0.95. Initially, I didn't think it was a mineral, strictly speaking, since our definition of mineral stressed inorganic.back in the Pleistocene when I took Mineralogy. But I saw where your evenkite is a crystalline hydrocarbon too, and proceeded from there. Webmineral, it turns out, lists all manner of so-called hydrocarbon minerals, organic compounds, etc. I'll have to dig out venerable old Klein and Hurlbut. I gotta go back to school.

Q:Hello All, Title basically says it all. I have a few bags of pure Vermiculite sitting outside, and its time for my leopard gecko's tank to be cleaned and re-done because his coconut bedding is getting dirty, and was wondering if I could just use the vermiculite as the substrate? if not, I can get some coconut bedding, but its kind of a long drive? Thanks in advance:)

You've already got plenty of amendments. Just plant whatever you are going to plant and get on with your life. You'll be fine. Fertilize occasionally.

Q:How to use vermiculite with orchid soil?

Vermiculite can not cultivate orchid soil, because the orchid habits like Yin, afraid of direct sunlight; happy moist, avoid dry; hi rich, rich in humus; appropriate air circulation environment. The property of vermiculite is not suitable for the cultivation of orchid soil.

Q:i am trying to put new insulation to my house

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Q:is there other substrait i can use for my leopard gecko to lay her eggs in?

I believe you are talking about Hakata Torimon.