k1tt3n Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 HELP!!! Where do you get peat moss from? And what is it exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 yu can get from most pet shops and some gardening centres stock it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 You need to be clear what you want. Sphagnum moss is the basis of sphagnum peat and is the result of partial anaerobic decay of sphagnum moss in a swamp. Peat can be derived from any plant material but frequently is from sphagnum moss. You can get dried sphagnum moss and sphagnum peat from your local nursery but they are not the same thing. What do you wish to use it for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake kid Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 I use it in my frog tank it it a really good overlay substrate to go on gravel in frog tanks mine love it as long as you keep it moist the dried stuff just needs to be wetted you must be thinking of spagnum moss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k1tt3n Posted December 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 been told I need it as a laying substrate to breed crickets. All I was told was peat moss hence trying to find out more about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake kid Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 I think (just a guess) that the crickets eat the peat moss as 65% of the worlds true incects (crickets, beetles, cockroaches anything with six legs that can't fly) eat broken down/waste material just a thought don't murder me if I am wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 can`t fly??? more research needed snakey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k1tt3n Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 LOL no this is not for them to eat. From what I have read it is for them to lay their eggs in. If you have other suggestions as to what can be used for egg laying material for crickets I wouls happily hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 any relation to Kate ? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 can`t fly??? more research needed snakey? Pigs cant fly, im sure they would eat it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 i think i remeber people using sawdust or vercumulite in plastic drinking cups for breeding insects may have seen that on this forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Might have been for locusts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 I have used vermiculite for both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 The rigid foam blocks used by florists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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