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Mushroom-Hut Shop: Substrate Mix

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coarse grade vermiculite
    #14119785 - 03/14/11 02:50 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Hi ive been using horticultural grade verm with the mixture 2 verm 1 brf 1 water but I got this giant bag of course grade for cheap and mixed it with the water but there is leftover water in the bowl that isint being absorbed is there a dif water mixure for using


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Re: coarse grade vermiculite [Re: bakenast]
    #14119853 - 03/14/11 03:07 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

youll have to add more verm, just add a little at a time till you have your desired moisture content


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Re: coarse grade vermiculite [Re: RoyalPalm]
    #14120077 - 03/14/11 03:56 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Run the verm thru a blender. If I put 2 cups in the blender there is not enough weight to push it down to the blades. 4 cups is a bit to heavy, so I run 3 cups at a time. Coarse Verm was all I could find at the time and used it like I bought it, but there were some big gaps in the jars so I blended it & it seems to be working fine even though you may get some fine grade coming out of the blender.


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Re: coarse grade vermiculite [Re: mabachko]
    #14120448 - 03/14/11 05:05 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

is there a way to tell the correct moisture content


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Re: coarse grade vermiculite [Re: bakenast]
    #14120573 - 03/14/11 05:24 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

2 cups verm, 1 cup BRF & 1 cup water. Havent had a problem yet. It leaves about 1/4 pint sub left over though. Make 2 batches which would give you (11) 1/2 pints


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Re: coarse grade vermiculite [Re: mabachko]
    #14120875 - 03/14/11 06:16 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

The standard brf tek recipe won't work with course verm.  Chop it up or get some fine verm.  Course doesn't hold as much water and it sucks as a filter too because everything can get through.  You need to give the course verm to a gardener and get a bag of fine grade.
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Re: coarse grade vermiculite [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #14120888 - 03/14/11 06:19 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

yea i was thinkin that... I bought the wrong bag this time, prolly save it for a casing mix it seems it would let more air thew it idk!!~


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Re: coarse grade vermiculite [Re: bakenast]
    #14120898 - 03/14/11 06:20 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

i am a first timmer, and i got coarse verm qand im haveing pining troubles.  But that doesnt mean its the verm i could be doing something else wrong, i am going to be getting some fine verm next time around.


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Re: coarse grade vermiculite [Re: ChronicSmoke]
    #14120957 - 03/14/11 06:29 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

ive never had pinning problems ,, if its not the verm ,, maybe fan it or check ur humidity ,give it more time if the cakes were fruited soon as they were 100 percent colonized,compared to giving them another week colonizing they can take a lil longer compared


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Re: coarse grade vermiculite [Re: bakenast]
    #14121831 - 03/14/11 08:55 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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