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Does Vermiculite cause impaction?

Does Vermiculite cause impaction? Can I use it in my moist/humid box for my leopard gecko?

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part of the answer may be that a plant living on it, its roots around it, derive nothing but physical drainage of he soil, not directly providing anything to the plant ,as sunshine does, for instance. I think it also means does not reproduce, move on its own volition, and has no growth directly on it, like bacteria.
Vermiculite or any mineral that does not erode offers a plant no nutritive value. Vermiculite is mica and contains calcium and magnesium bound into its structure but they are not readily soluble. The only way a plant can access minerals is when they are dissolved into the ground water for uptake by osmosis. Once the vermiculite begins to break down it will offer some ions but it tends to have a very slow exchange of calcium magnesium ions for ammonium ions.
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