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preschooler said:
i think your coir is an alternate source. the poo compost or straw would be ur primary source. sometimes its hard to understand other peoples techniques...but to each his own.. once i saw a poo/straw flush i never went back to anything else ... it was just so much more and the shrooms were anywhere from 6 to 10 inches tall and just massive flushes... way more than i could handle

every time i see these coffee post its like a forign language... i think that its good as far as recycling and shit.... but neccessary or bigger.. better than what we were already doing... no in my opinion.... also i think newbs should learn the basics first then experiment with mycology....

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im getting good results substituting coir for straw in hpoo and adding coffee and verm ..

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You have Horse poo & coffee & verm = Food & Speed() & Water
and you get big shrooms


The food was there before you added the coir.

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Nothing.
But.
Coir.

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What was your spawn composed of?

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Sillicybin said:
Anyone who thinks that coir isn't a suitable substrate should see the links in my sig. It's good supplemented with coffee, and even better supplemented with 5% store-bought composted chicken manure. People have gotten better results than I have as well.

I have had decent luck with it just by itself uncased, but I recommend supplementing it with a nitrogen source and casing with 50/50+ for best results.

Coir should colonize by itself just fine. It might not produce wondrous yields, but if it's not colonizing, it's not the coir's fault. Improper hydration (coir being overly wet) is my first thought.

COIR IS NOT AN OPTIMAL SUBSTRATE. But it can produce flushes that are good enough. One grow with 12 quarts total spawn/sub gave me more than I could consume in 9 months, and I usually trip twice a week.
(EDIT: And I should mention, I gave away 3 oz. of it.)

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