I-vermiculite eyandisiweyo ineempawu ezintle ezifana nokufunxwa kwamanzi, ukungena komoya, i-adsorption, ukukhululeka kunye nokungaqini.Ngaphezu koko, ayinyumba kwaye ayinayo ityhefu emva kokutshisa okunobushushu obuphezulu, nto leyo inceda kakhulu ekuhlumeni nasekukhuleni kwezityalo.Ingasetyenziselwa ukutyala, ukunyuswa kwezithole kunye nokusika iintyatyambo ezixabisekileyo kunye nemithi, imifuno, imithi yeziqhamo, iitapile kunye neediliya, kunye nokwenza i-seedling substrate, isichumisi sentyatyambo, umhlaba wezondlo, njl.