i am pretty sure one or both of our leos are pregnant and we do have a male, so i need to make a laying box, what substarte- other then soil or vermiclulite can i use? thanks also where can i get it?( i am soo excited)!
It probably doesn't matter too much, especially if you're using rooting hormone. If it were me, I would use a mixture of something porous, like large-grain sand, pumice, vermiculite, or perlite mixed with potting mix. This way, the medium will retain the right amount of moisture, not dry out too quickly, and contain some nutrients.
Damp sand and coir, rehydrated coconut husk. 100% perlite is definitely too coarse, and won't retain enough water for rooting. If you have perlite and vermiculite on hand, use them, but I've always found a 50-50 mixture of damp, coarse sand and rehydrated coir to be the best rooting medium.
