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subiedude
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Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization
#11364486 - 11/01/09 06:32 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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i follow large_doses tek. I use 1 brick coir, 1 qrt coffee, 1 qrt verm, and i add 1 qrt gypsum. then a little over 1 gallon of water.
i've only done this twice but both times i wake up in the morning to dry substrate. there is absolutely no water when i squeeze the sub, so i've had to add water in the morning.
i dont know if im pasteurizing to long, or if the heat gets too high, or if i just need to add more water from the get go.
anyone else ever have this problem?
Edited by subiedude (11/01/09 06:35 PM)
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: subiedude]
#11364524 - 11/01/09 06:40 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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You used a full gallon of water per brick? did you cut the heat at 170 F? personally I would cut it at 140.
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subiedude
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: skullhuman]
#11364577 - 11/01/09 06:48 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
skullhuman said: You used a full gallon of water per brick? did you cut the heat at 170 F? personally I would cut it at 140.
yup, i heat the water untill it reaches 160F than i turn it on low and throw in the coir.
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: subiedude]
#11364623 - 11/01/09 06:57 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Lid on bucket while it cools of course too right?
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: skullhuman]
#11364628 - 11/01/09 06:57 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sorry if that question sounds patronizing. Not at all how it's intended.
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subiedude
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: skullhuman]
#11364632 - 11/01/09 06:58 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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skullhuman said: Lid on bucket while it cools of course too right?
lol, ya
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: skullhuman]
#11364649 - 11/01/09 07:01 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Well then, I ask what the hell?
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: skullhuman]
#11364659 - 11/01/09 07:02 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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But something else springs to mind. In the tek he says sub is ready in 6 hours. How long are you letting it cool off for?
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subiedude
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: skullhuman]
#11364671 - 11/01/09 07:06 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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more than six hours. i do it before i go to bed and than spawn in the morning
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: subiedude]
#11364684 - 11/01/09 07:08 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Give 6 hrs a shot maybe, see what happens.
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: skullhuman]
#11364733 - 11/01/09 07:14 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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How big is the coir block you use?
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subiedude
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: stonesun]
#11364764 - 11/01/09 07:19 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
stonesun said: How big is the coir block you use?
I'm not sure, it says it expands to nearly 9 liters of bedding material.
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: stonesun]
#11364772 - 11/01/09 07:20 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have used this kind before:
and it is def bigger than a "regular" block. I use 1 1/2 gallon of water with it.
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: stonesun]
#11364869 - 11/01/09 07:32 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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I don't think it is a matter of time. If you have the lid on the bucket there should be no moisture escaping. I have a half a brick of coir sitting in my bucket, still moist a week later....
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: dancefloordale]
#11364891 - 11/01/09 07:35 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sorry, just saw your last post. Most bricks are usually 7-8 quarts expanded. Yours does 9 so will need a little more water.
The package should tell you how much water to add.
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: dancefloordale]
#11364930 - 11/01/09 07:41 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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ya, it says add 3-4 liters of H2O. Thats about a gallon, right?
But if you consider all of my other ingredients, (especially the verm) i would probly need to add more water from the get go.
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Re: Substrate is always drying out during pasteurization [Re: subiedude]
#11365122 - 11/01/09 08:04 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah, I hydrate the verm separately, then add to hydrated coir to pasteurize.
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