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ezwider
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How much water to use for this bulk sub?
#10615949 - 07/03/09 01:49 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm about to pasteurize a bulk sub.
1 quart poo, 1 quart verm, 1 quart coffee, 1 quart gypsum, 5/8's of a brick of coir which would total me 9 quarts of bulk sub. Add on 3 quarts of spawn and that gives me 12 quarts for my 27 qt bin.
How much water do I want to use to pasteurize all of this sub, and can I throw all of it in there at once? Then dump in the tub? or should I let it sit and cool in a bucket overnight? Lid on or off?
First monotub, im almost there, thanks guys.
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ezwider
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Re: How much water to use for this bulk sub? [Re: ezwider]
#10621608 - 07/04/09 03:58 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Anyone?
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Re: How much water to use for this bulk sub? [Re: ezwider]
#10621629 - 07/04/09 04:05 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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9 quarts sub.. Maybe a half gallon... remember to do the substrate squeeze test....
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Re: How much water to use for this bulk sub? [Re: wasting_space]
#10621634 - 07/04/09 04:07 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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There is no magic number you have to bring it to the proper moisture level by giving it a squeeze..
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tajmahal420
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Re: How much water to use for this bulk sub? [Re: wasting_space]
#10621642 - 07/04/09 04:09 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Your question is vague. Are you looking to find out how much water to ADD to your substrate, or are you talking about using hot water as a means to pasteurize your substrate?
If you're ADDING water to your substrate, take it to field capacity. If you don't know what field capacity is, do a search.
As far as a means to pasteurize, I couldn't tell ya, because I use oven bags.
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ezwider
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Re: How much water to use for this bulk sub? [Re: tajmahal420]
#10628873 - 07/06/09 08:39 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I learned of the field capacity, and how to check to see if it IS at field capacity. I'm looking to ADD water to whatever I throw in the pot. So my question is how much water would I ADD to 9 quarts of substrate for when I pasteurize for 3 hours at 160-170 F?
Sorry if it was vague.
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