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antimatt3r
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5 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee
#10629129 - 07/06/09 09:59 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have 8 pints of GT in the form of WBS as well as a few pf cakes I will be spawning to coir/coffee. I started this thread with the hopes of getting input, suggestions, critisizms, comments etc! I plan to document and update this thread as the project progresses thru harvest.
I plan to use this tek for my monotub (std 56qt sterlite)
1 brick of coco coir or bead a beast from pets mart. 1 quart spent coffee 1 quart vermiculite 1 cup of gypsum 4qts colonized spawn
my first question is, does the coffe have to be spent or is brand new ok?
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Edited by antimatt3r (07/09/09 11:31 AM)
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: antimatt3r]
#10629161 - 07/06/09 10:08 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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You want spent coffee grounds. Your substrate sounds good. I like to have a little more coir and only have coffee grounds make up about %20 of the total volume of my substrate, but that's just a personal preference.
That isn't instant coffee is it?
The only other thing is that you should just eyeball it instead of measuring. Best of luck with your project. ~Pixie~
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: Psuper]
#10629181 - 07/06/09 10:12 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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How deep will your substrate be once the jars are spawned to it? A 1:1 spawn ratio works, but if your substrate isn't a few inches thick you need to add more for a monotub.
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antimatt3r
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: Psuper]
#10629193 - 07/06/09 10:13 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thats funny that you ask because the first can I picked up at the store was instant and I would have been so pissed if I had gotten home and realized it was instant! I guess I'm gonna make some coffee now 
a little more on the coir and a little less coffee will do! thanks!
what level and method (or if at all..) of pasteurization would you recommend for the substrate?
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: antimatt3r]
#10629211 - 07/06/09 10:17 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's easy to get coffee grounds from a restaurant or coffee shop. 
For a whole brick, I'd like to use at least 6 quarts. Four will work, though.
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: Doc_T]
#10629236 - 07/06/09 10:22 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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A whole brick?? Damn, I guess some coir expands more than others. bricks last a couple tubs, but i guess yours doesn't.
I would suggest a low spawn ratio, unless you are patient
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: RonPaulVerm]
#10629326 - 07/06/09 10:39 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
what level and method (or if at all..) of pasteurization would you recommend for the substrate?
check my sig 4 pasteurazation tek w/coir.
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antimatt3r
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: RonPaulVerm]
#10629339 - 07/06/09 10:41 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I can suppliment another two 1/2 pint brf cakes crumbled into the mix as well if you recommend using more spawn, I do have these other 2 pints of wbs but they are not completley colonized due to being a little too moist, i just shook them up this is what they look like now.....
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: antimatt3r]
#10629436 - 07/06/09 10:59 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Pasteurize in hot water and a cooler. It will keep the temperature up. Fil up the cooler with boiling water and submerge your jars best you can. Put something on top of the lid because the jars will want to push it open. It's time consuming (leave them for at least 6 hrs), low budget and kind of a gamble, but it hasn't failed me.
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antimatt3r
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: RonPaulVerm]
#10632576 - 07/06/09 08:49 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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ron paul I prolly would pasteurize it all together in a big pot rather than jar it up I thinks....
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: RonPaulVerm]
#10632591 - 07/06/09 08:53 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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ron paul I prolly would pasteurize it all together in a big pot rather than jar it up I thinks....
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: antimatt3r]
#10632979 - 07/06/09 10:10 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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For a whole brick, I'd like to use at least 6 quarts. Four will work, though.
You use 6 qts of coffee per brick of coir? Krikey, that's almost a 1:1 ratio. Coir bricks are approximately 8 qts right?
Or were you talking about spawn? I'm guessing I misinterpreted that, and you're prolly talking about spawn.
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Edited by Lucid_Euphoria (07/06/09 10:11 PM)
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antimatt3r
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: Lucid_Euphoria]
#10634452 - 07/07/09 07:30 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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yes he was speaking of spawn
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: antimatt3r]
#10646263 - 07/09/09 08:32 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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spawning today!!!! im wondering whats going to be the best method of pasteurization, should I mix everything together then simply hold it around 160 for 2hrs??
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Edited by antimatt3r (07/09/09 08:33 AM)
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: antimatt3r]
#10646268 - 07/09/09 08:35 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Follow the standard coir prep tek.
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: Doc_T]
#10646275 - 07/09/09 08:39 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I cannot find a coir tek here either in the bulk sub or grain spawn section!
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: antimatt3r]
#10646283 - 07/09/09 08:43 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Did you go to the search page, enter 'coir prep tek', then click the TC and 1per boxes?
'Cause that led me to this: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/8389228#8389228
That, or a variant of it, is how most of us prep coir.
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: Doc_T]
#10646289 - 07/09/09 08:44 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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sweet! maybe we should add this to the teks so people can easily find it and coir/coffee seems to be popular enough..
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: antimatt3r]
#10646342 - 07/09/09 09:00 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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well now my prob is that my coffee isint used and I dont have any coffee filters hahaha, I have a french press I guess I could brew it once........ feck! I was all ready!
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Re: 4 quarts of spawn to coir/verm/coffee [Re: antimatt3r]
#10646368 - 07/09/09 09:07 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ok to leave out the coffee. Or get a bag from any coffee shop or restaurant for free.
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