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afrosheen
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Re: Harvesting and Drying procedure! urgent help needed! [Re: steelmonkey]
#14559340 - 06/04/11 09:36 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Perlite is good forever, just refresh it by washing it well after each grow. It's a volcanic rock, it's not going to "wear out" .
For cleaning, a toothbrush on the bottom works but scissors are faster. Lop off the substrate at the bottom, you're not going to lose much weight. If you do bulk you will definitely want to use scissors and overall weight is less of a concern at that point.
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CheeseBurgler
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Re: Harvesting and Drying procedure! urgent help needed! [Re: afrosheen]
#14560047 - 06/04/11 01:15 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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shit....i never clean off the substrate, i just dry it. if it falls off, thats cool, if it doesn't, i just eat it.
oh, and if your 1/2 pint jars stop colonizing, MAKE SURE you have a filter on the lid (for GE). and if they slow down toward the bottom, just flip those bad boys over and slide the cake so its resting on the lid, not on the bottom of the jar. your myc needs to breath, and by putting the air pocket at the non-colonized bottom section, it will help it out. just don't do it too soon, cuz the whole bitch will stall. do it at 92% colonized, or so.
and dont take cakes out of the FC. i mean, whats the harm in having it in there? even if it never does anything, you can have the satisfaction of knowing you gave it your all.
DO NOT WASH OFF YOUR MUSHIES!!! i repeat, NO WATER CONTACT OTHER THAN MIST!!!
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ely2121
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Re: Harvesting and Drying procedure! urgent help needed! [Re: CheeseBurgler]
#14566570 - 06/05/11 09:19 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Good tip on boiling and reusing the perlite. Stuff is getting expensive around here. Any preference on size? Just ran across some stuff at the hydro store that is size 4 and 5 which is way way coarse. Been using stuff that is much finer than that. Any thoughts? Longevity or performance if anyone has noticed a dif. Thanks.
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afrosheen
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Re: Harvesting and Drying procedure! urgent help needed! [Re: ely2121]
#14567054 - 06/05/11 10:45 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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The advantage of perlite is that it has millions of tiny pits all over the surface which catch and release water as vapor. Air flowing through the perlite gets hydrated easily. I would think that bigger perlite is meant for hydroponic grows, now what we use it for. Just my opinion though. I know the small stuff can be extremely messy, but I think it's necessary.
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ely2121
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Re: Harvesting and Drying procedure! urgent help needed! [Re: afrosheen]
#14567086 - 06/05/11 10:50 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Works for me. Thanks. Saves some money that way too The smaller grade is cheaper by about 5-10$ a bag.
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