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TheZephyr
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rye verm substrate
#12572705 - 05/16/10 12:03 PM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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im experimenting different substrates and wanna do a verm rye mix but cant finnd the ratio.(yes i searched all i see is people usin straight rye) is it 1:1
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mushking
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Re: rye verm substrate [Re: TheZephyr]
#12572743 - 05/16/10 12:10 PM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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..and ur not using straight rye because..
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StainBlue
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Re: rye verm substrate [Re: TheZephyr]
#12572757 - 05/16/10 12:14 PM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
TheZephyr said: im experimenting different substrates and wanna do a verm rye mix but cant finnd the ratio.(yes i searched all i see is people usin straight rye) is it 1:1
If your gonna be messing around with rye mixtures you might as well just use the rye as spawn and use hpoo/verm or coir/verm as your substrate. You'll have much more success that way.
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Re: rye verm substrate [Re: StainBlue]
#12572827 - 05/16/10 12:28 PM (14 years, 8 months ago) |
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yes 50% is common, but I've gota agree with the above poster, why not just branch out? I think coir has better moisture retention than verm anyway IME. I did crude measurements of it and found coir to take more water.
Rye berries have poor moisture retention and I can see why you just want to add verm but, why not go just a little farther? Like doing a 45% verm 45% coir 10% nitrogen booster (like: spent coffee grounds, manure, worm castings) substrate on a 1:2 ratio instead. I know that people complain that shaking jars at 50% is not good for them so I really am skeptical about higher spawn ratios like 1:1. Frankly I wouldn't go higher than 1:2 and I usually use a 1:4-5 which is a relatively normal spawn ratio.
Hypothetically since PF cakes are 2 thirds verm and one third grain you should be able to do a spawn ratio as high as 1:2 with verm. However for some reason which I never bothered to inquire into I once saw RR recommend 50% as a top end of adding verm to a substrate. I don't know if the advice he was giving was applicable to straight grain/verm setups though.
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Edited by ScavengerType (05/16/10 12:30 PM)
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