Have any of you soil growers noticed it’s impossible to buy perlite and vermiculite right now? I called 10 different places in town today and nobody has any. I had to buy a bag of sta-green organic potting soil from Lowe’s today. Should be fine for what I have in veg but I’ve got a chem pie that will need to be flowered before too long and I really want to make up some of my own soil before then. Otherwise I’m just gonna have to do a short, half assed composting of the soil the rum runner is in.
I’ve been looking at alternatives like pumice and lava rock for perlite, but I’m having a hard time coming up with an alternative for vermiculite. The vermiculite shortage isn’t that terrible for us, but it’s gotta be devastating for my mushroom growing fam.