seed starting and vermiculite

If anyone has been shopping for vermiculite in NYS this spring and has not 
found it in the stores, it has been banned for sale in NYS.

I picked up what I wanted in Massachusetts not knowing I could not buy it in 
NY.  While musing on which seeds can cross which borders and who decides what 
plants can come to us other things are disappearing.

Vermiculite is banned in other countries and various parts of the US so I 
found with a quick look at Google.  You may not want to use it indoors after 
reading all of this.  

I have used vermiculite for seed starting for so many years,  I could not 
begin to remember when I first purchased it.  We are back to cooking soils in 
the oven!

Seeds and starting seeds which was spring's joy have so many problems 
attached.  There are problems with peat and spaghnum moss - what is everyone 
using now - that is if you live in a state that is not banning it.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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