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Mushroom-Hut Shop: Substrate Mix

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50/50+ TEK sites recipe is too strong!!!
    #11729293 - 12/27/09 11:53 PM (15 years, 23 days ago)

Hi, I made a post about a year ago and asked if my 50/50+ casing mix was supposed to smell ammonia'ish... and all I received was an "lol"... which was extremely helpful. :smirk:

The method/ratio I followed was from the sites 50/50+ Casing Tek on the site, found at http://www.shroomery.org/54/50-50-Casing-Tek.

I used the exact ratios as listed towards the bottom of the page and this left me with way too much lime in my mix. After doing some searching I found RogerRabbit recommends 1 tsp per cup of peat moss, which was somewhere around 4 times less, and after following his advice, I have continued using casings with much better results.

To find the ratio of crushed oyster shells I just divide the cups of peat moss by 6, some people divide by 5 and some by 4, but 6 is safe for me.

So here is an updated 50/50+ ratio

-1  cup      peat
-1  cup      verm
-1/6 cup      oyster shells
-1  tsp (MAX) hydrated garden lime

I wish someone would update this on the site so others aren't abandoning the usefulness of casing layers also. Alright enough venting. Thanks

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Re: 50/50+ TEK sites recipe is too strong!!! [Re: DZ]
    #11729563 - 12/28/09 01:31 AM (15 years, 23 days ago)

the thing is that you cannot add to much oyster shell or lime stone since they will buff the ph to the right lvl and thats it, it won't continue to raise the ph until 7 is reach. Hydrated lime will burn your casing mix if you had too much so you need to use the exact amount to be ok. Best way to procede is to go litle by litle with a ph tester. Way more accurate way than following the mesurement of other people since the ph of peat may vary from place to place. So know what you use and how to use it.


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