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Invisiblestuey
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my first casing attempt? ok?
    #9563622 - 01/07/09 10:39 AM (15 years, 2 months ago)

so yesterday i made my first casing for my mono tubs. i used 15 cups of vermiculit, 15 cups of peat moss( picked out the big chunks), an 1 cup of hydrated lime. my local pet store was out of oyster shell at the time but i will plan to use it next time. i mixed all three in a pillow case an submerged in a pot of water for an hour at 160 degrees( pasturized). let it cool for a few hours. took the plastic off my substrate an poured enough in so that it is an even layer about an inch above the sub. it seemed like my substrate shrunk around the edges so i used more casing there to fill in the gaps to the wall of my tub. so rite now it looks like a tub full of an even layer of dirt. hows it sound

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Re: my first casing attempt? ok? [Re: stuey]
    #9563773 - 01/07/09 11:02 AM (15 years, 2 months ago)

how moist are you keeping your casing, you dont want it to be dry.


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Re: my first casing attempt? ok? [Re: skiihigh]
    #9564349 - 01/07/09 12:53 PM (15 years, 2 months ago)

that sounds like too much lime.  it should be about 1 teasp for each cup of peat.  if you can check ph
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RogerRabbit said:
Actually, mushroom mycelium prefers an acid pH.  The problem is that trichoderma also prefers an acid pH, thus we raise the pH of our casing layers, because as said above, the mushroom mycelium is more tolerant.

If you don't have a way of measuring pH, simply use 1 teaspoon of hydrated lime per cup of peatmoss in your casing.  That will get you in the ballpark of pH 8.  If you have test strips or a good meter, you can take it to 8.5 if you want, but be sure to measure it an hour after adding the lime.  The pH will swing WAY high during the first half hour, and then come back down and stabilize.
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