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Definition of vermiculite in English: vermiculitenoun vəˈmɪkjʊlʌɪtvərˈmɪkjəˌlaɪt mass nounA yellow or brown mineral found as an alteration product of mica and other minerals, used for insulation or as a moisture-retentive medium for growing plants. 蛭石 Example sentencesExamples - The deposit was interpreted to have formed by the replacement of biotite by vermiculite under the influence of pegmatitic fluids.
- In Wyoming, corundum has been found in gneiss, pelitic schist, and vermiculite schist.
- These soil mixtures should include sand, peat moss, perlite, vermiculite, and fir bark for adequate drainage.
- Plants were grown individually in cylindrical pots of variable volume, containing a 1: 1 mixture of perlite and vermiculite.
- Look for one containing vermiculite and perlite, sphagnum peat moss, a little ground bark and sand.
- Perlite and vermiculite give it better drainage and aeration.
- If the problem is reoccurring for you, think about switching from a peat-based mix to one that only contains perlite and vermiculite.
- Compost, good garden soil, or loam can be used for up to half of the total mix, with the other half being vermiculite and/or perlite.
- Most soil-less mixes are a combination of peat, perlite & vermiculite and drain very quickly.
- Clay minerals are mainly illite and chlorite, with only traces of smectite, vermiculite and kaolinite.
- Soilless mixes are ideal - they contain sphagnum peat, vermiculite and perlite.
- Use a premixed potting soil, usually composed of sand, peat moss, fine bark, perlite or vermiculite.
- The seedlings were transplanted into pots containing a mixture of 50% washed river sand, 25% vermiculite, and 25% perlite.
- This time I've planted them in vermiculite which is completely soil free and hence should not attract the dratted fungus gnats.
- Plants were further grown on vermiculite soil under white fluorescent tubes to observe mature plants and to harvest seeds.
- The seedlings were grown in a sand: vermiculite seedbed until transplanting and inoculation.
- Non-sterile cultures were performed in pots containing a 2: 2: 1 mixture of perlite, vermiculite, and sphagnum moss.
- Twenty-day-old seedlings of these plants grown in pots containing vermiculite were used to observe stomatal aperture.
- Thus, further investigations of Wyoming's vermiculite deposits may lead to the discovery of other corundum occurrences.
- For direct sowing, sprinkle seeds in double rows on the raised beds and cover them with a 1/4-inch layer of sand or vermiculite.
OriginEarly 19th century: from Latin vermiculari 'be full of worms' (because on expansion due to heat, it shoots out forms resembling small worms) + -ite1. Definition of vermiculite in US English: vermiculitenounvərˈmikyəˌlītvərˈmɪkjəˌlaɪt A yellow or brown mineral found as an alteration product of mica and other minerals, used for insulation or as a moisture-retentive medium for growing plants. 蛭石 Example sentencesExamples - In Wyoming, corundum has been found in gneiss, pelitic schist, and vermiculite schist.
- Perlite and vermiculite give it better drainage and aeration.
- Thus, further investigations of Wyoming's vermiculite deposits may lead to the discovery of other corundum occurrences.
- The deposit was interpreted to have formed by the replacement of biotite by vermiculite under the influence of pegmatitic fluids.
- This time I've planted them in vermiculite which is completely soil free and hence should not attract the dratted fungus gnats.
- These soil mixtures should include sand, peat moss, perlite, vermiculite, and fir bark for adequate drainage.
- Most soil-less mixes are a combination of peat, perlite & vermiculite and drain very quickly.
- Twenty-day-old seedlings of these plants grown in pots containing vermiculite were used to observe stomatal aperture.
- Clay minerals are mainly illite and chlorite, with only traces of smectite, vermiculite and kaolinite.
- Use a premixed potting soil, usually composed of sand, peat moss, fine bark, perlite or vermiculite.
- Soilless mixes are ideal - they contain sphagnum peat, vermiculite and perlite.
- The seedlings were grown in a sand: vermiculite seedbed until transplanting and inoculation.
- Compost, good garden soil, or loam can be used for up to half of the total mix, with the other half being vermiculite and/or perlite.
- Plants were further grown on vermiculite soil under white fluorescent tubes to observe mature plants and to harvest seeds.
- If the problem is reoccurring for you, think about switching from a peat-based mix to one that only contains perlite and vermiculite.
- Non-sterile cultures were performed in pots containing a 2: 2: 1 mixture of perlite, vermiculite, and sphagnum moss.
- Plants were grown individually in cylindrical pots of variable volume, containing a 1: 1 mixture of perlite and vermiculite.
- For direct sowing, sprinkle seeds in double rows on the raised beds and cover them with a 1/4-inch layer of sand or vermiculite.
- Look for one containing vermiculite and perlite, sphagnum peat moss, a little ground bark and sand.
- The seedlings were transplanted into pots containing a mixture of 50% washed river sand, 25% vermiculite, and 25% perlite.
OriginEarly 19th century: from Latin vermiculari ‘be full of worms’ (because on expansion due to heat, it shoots out forms resembling small worms) + -ite. |