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PowerOfTheCoir said:
Just about all first time growers, myself included, have overly wet substrates. It should look a little dry. Since you used a wet pasteurization method, it's very unlikely that your coir is too dry. You'd have to try really hard to get it too dry after soaking it.

Even if it's slightly drier than field capacity, it'll be fine. Usually that'll just help it stay loose and colonize faster. It's also less prone to contamination than if it were wet. If you're worried about it being too dry even after it reaches 100% colonization, you can dunk it before you apply a casing layer. Do some research on "dunking casings" and "dunking bulk" while you're waiting for it to colonize. And try to resist the urge to uncover the tray until it's done. All it needs are a few micro-pore taped holes to breathe a little. Giving it sudden influxes of fresh oxygen confuses the heck out of it.

You'll get the best pinsets if it has high CO2 during colonization and then, when it runs out of substrate to colonize, you introduce all of the pinning factors: FAE, 100% humidity at the surface by applying a casing layer, and good light ("daylight spectrum" CFLs, you know, the twisty eco-friendly things). Look up Hyphae's Pinning Strategy, but I strongly suggest omitting the part where he re-covers the tray after applying the casing layer. Just go straight to fruiting conditions immediately like RR says. I saw it make a huge difference on this one guys crops.

Coir rocks, you're gonna have fun!

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HoleSnype said:
How does someone that just started their account today know about Hyphae's pinning strategy? Hmmmmm...... Seems kind of odd since most of the people that have been here longer don't know about it. Either way, every noob should read it, very informative and effective. 

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I'm a long time lurker! I've been reading everything I could find on this site for the past few months, but I never got around to posting. Every time I had a question about cultivation, I managed to find an answer (and usually a lot more that I never thought to ask) by searching. That just goes to prove that most people really do need to search before they post. All of these shrooms were grown by some guy I know without ever having to resort to asking a question:


Damn near every question a person can have about cakes all the way through bulk and isolation has been asked and answered repeatedly. I knew about Hyphae's Pinning Strategy because it's almost impossible for a person to research casing techniques on this board without stumbling across a mention of it after reading more than 2 or 3 casing threads.

Much like coir, the search function rocks.

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PowerOfTheCoir said:
Just about all first time growers, myself included, have overly wet substrates. It should look a little dry. Since you used a wet pasteurization method, it's very unlikely that your coir is too dry. You'd have to try really hard to get it too dry after soaking it.

Even if it's slightly drier than field capacity, it'll be fine. Usually that'll just help it stay loose and colonize faster. It's also less prone to contamination than if it were wet. If you're worried about it being too dry even after it reaches 100% colonization, you can dunk it before you apply a casing layer. Do some research on "dunking casings" and "dunking bulk" while you're waiting for it to colonize. And try to resist the urge to uncover the tray until it's done. All it needs are a few micro-pore taped holes to breathe a little. Giving it sudden influxes of fresh oxygen confuses the heck out of it.

You'll get the best pinsets if it has high CO2 during colonization and then, when it runs out of substrate to colonize, you introduce all of the pinning factors: FAE, 100% humidity at the surface by applying a casing layer, and good light ("daylight spectrum" CFLs, you know, the twisty eco-friendly things). Look up Hyphae's Pinning Strategy, but I strongly suggest omitting the part where he re-covers the tray after applying the casing layer. Just go straight to fruiting conditions immediately like RR says. I saw it make a huge difference on this one guys crops.

Coir rocks, you're gonna have fun!

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simply brilliant, couldnt have said it better myself

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How does someone that just started their account today know about Hyphae's pinning strategy? Hmmmmm...... Seems kind of odd since most of the people that have been here longer don't know about it. Either way, every noob should read it, very informative and effective.

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its called he used the search feature, researched, did his homework...