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dj-kdzo
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Wheat instead of Vermiculite.
#15675959 - 01/16/12 10:31 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hi guys, have some question for you ; )
ok lets see, i didnt found some vermiculite, every place's that i went was out of stock '' im living in montreal so it is full of snow around here'' . so i went to this Mushroom store '' they also grow shrooms and they look prety professional about it ''
They told me that i can use Wheat as a substrate instead of vermiculite, that the vermiculite is only to alow spore to move and colonize. is it true ? i inoculated last friday .
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dj-kdzo
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Re: Wheat instead of Vermiculite. [Re: dj-kdzo]
#15675977 - 01/16/12 10:37 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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NB - Ive used golden teacher.
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Re: Wheat instead of Vermiculite. [Re: dj-kdzo]
#15676038 - 01/16/12 10:53 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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verm also has minerals and stuff in it, its all around good for mycelium
but reasonably any grain can be used as spawn.
its just a moisture content thing
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Re: Wheat instead of Vermiculite. [Re: k00laid]
#15676081 - 01/16/12 11:08 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Grain is good for spawn.
Vermiculite has many uses for this hobby.
Why not just spawn colonized grain to coir? You can get some for around 12 bucks at a pet supply store.
Or just get some damn verm.
Good luck.
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Re: Wheat instead of Vermiculite. [Re: Icesyn]
#15676100 - 01/16/12 11:15 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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ok thanks , i just need to be patient then . ill keep updated.
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Re: Wheat instead of Vermiculite. [Re: dj-kdzo]
#15677100 - 01/17/12 08:23 AM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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I am in New Brunswick and found verm at Halifax Seed. They have four cubic foot bags (113L) of medium grade verm for $29 at the Saint John location. Shipping might not be to bad to Quebec.
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Re: Wheat instead of Vermiculite. [Re: dj-kdzo]
#15677361 - 01/17/12 10:09 AM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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dj-kdzo said: Hi guys, have some question for you ; )
ok lets see, i didnt found some vermiculite, every place's that i went was out of stock '' im living in montreal so it is full of snow around here'' . so i went to this Mushroom store '' they also grow shrooms and they look prety professional about it ''
They told me that i can use Wheat as a substrate instead of vermiculite, that the vermiculite is only to alow spore to move and colonize. is it true ? i inoculated last friday .
 1) vermiculite isn't a substrate, it's an additive. I uess you could call it a substrate in the rez-effect tek, but typically, it's not a substrate. 2)vermiculite doesn't do anything to allow spore to move and colonize(wtf?) you must have mis-understood what they were saying, or he fed you a line of shit. 3) you don't have to have vermiculite to grow mushrooms, but if you are doing pf tek you can't use anything else instead of vermiculite
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