BrandNewbie said:

You should have 100% colonization PLUS consolidation without getting contaminates.

I pasteurize using RR's method for small amounts of bulk substrate. Works perfectly for me.

I've noticed quite a few newer growers opening their trays to check them. Do not do this. It's like opening a jar to check your spawn. Bad idea.

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My trays average about ten days. They hold 6 pints each, (including two pints of spawn). Many say that my ratio is high. I say, yeah it is.

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1:3 is good, I use 1:2 or 1:4

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and the coir technique i use was from large dose and works perfectly,so thankfully i get to skip pastteurizing.

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I use that tek, what do you mean "so thankfully i get to skip pastteurizing"?

you have to pasteurize in Large_doses tek

13shrooms said:

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My trays average about ten days. They hold 6 pints each, (including two pints of spawn). Many say that my ratio is high. I say, yeah it is.

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1:3 is good, I use 1:2 or 1:4

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and the coir technique i use was from large dose and works perfectly,so thankfully i get to skip pastteurizing.

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I use that tek, what do you mean "so thankfully i get to skip pastteurizing"?

you have to pasteurize in Large_doses tek

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Maybe it wasnt large doses tek than, its the one where you bring a gallon of water to 170, mix in coir, let it abosrbed it all, mix in one quart of coffe and one quart vermicultie, and than crank the stove till its 190 in the middle of the subtrate, than put in a bucket and seal stays over 160 for well over an hour, i guess i shouldnt say i get to skip it, its just when preparing it it automaticly pasturizes for me, after the water get to 170 the whole process only takes 10 min or so, than of course a 6-8 hour cool down

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its his tek, and that is pasteurizing.

same way I do.  just threw me off for a sec.

13shrooms said:

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Maybe it wasnt large doses tek than, its the one where you bring a gallon of water to 170, mix in coir, let it abosrbed it all, mix in one quart of coffe and one quart vermicultie, and than crank the stove till its 190 in the middle of the subtrate, than put in a bucket and seal stays over 160 for well over an hour, i guess i shouldnt say i get to skip it, its just when preparing it it automaticly pasturizes for me, after the water get to 170 the whole process only takes 10 min or so, than of course a 6-8 hour cool down

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its his tek, and that is pasteurizing.

same way I do.  just threw me off for a sec.

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lol sorry im really high and at work

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the only way to work