Correct amount of water in perlite?

[ghiigh33]

No stores around here sell vermiculite.....but they all sell perlite. My problem is that I dont have a digital scale to measure the 1 to 0.8 ratio. Is there any other way I can mix it? I heard with vermiculite to just compact it into a snowball and get a drip of water out of it and that means it is good (vmsherp). Can I do that trick with perlite?
Thank you.

 

[ghiigh33]

no one?

 

[acpart]

Two suggestions:

--get a digital scale from Staples; it's not too expensive

--get the SIM or GEO egg container. Both of them suspend the eggs above the perlite and then you can just put a whole lot of water in the perlite and it won't matter.

Aliza

 

[TranceZ]

Two suggestions:

--get a digital scale from Staples; it's not too expensive

--get the SIM or GEO egg container. Both of them suspend the eggs above the perlite and then you can just put a whole lot of water in the perlite and it won't matter.

Aliza

I agree.

If you don't go the GEO route, I usually use 1:1 water to perlite ratio. It hasn't failed me yet.

Good luck

 

[ghiigh33]

Ok, excuse me if I sound stupid here, but if I have a 4 ounce cup full of water, can I add that to 5 ounces of perlite? Basically what I am asking is if a full four ounce cup of water actually weighs four ounces.

 

[TranceZ]

You'll want to measure in grams.

 

[Russellm0704]

So there is no plant store or home depot around you? Even if it is 40 minutes away, you can buy 4 cubic feet for 20-35 bucks and you will be set for years. And if you are considering breeding and you don't have a scale, please go get one immediately. Walmart has them very cheap. What I do is put the deli on the scale and then turn the scale on(this automatically zeroes out the deli) I then add vermiculite until it says 25 grams. I then spray the vermiculite until it says 49-50 grams. I then take it off the scale, put the egg(s) in, and weigh the overall grams and write it down. This way I can make sure the humidity is staying in throughout the incubation process.