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noobtoke
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Substrates! PLEASE HELP!
#16180546 - 05/04/12 06:24 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I was wondering if i could make a substrate for BRF cakes instead of just verm and BRF, having 31% BRF 31% coir 33% BRF 5% worm castings..... ... Input anyone?
They would be prepared by putting the verm and BRF together like normal and then after they were mixed adding the coir and castings and mixing again, and then just following the PFTEK...
Thanks in Advanced!
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Re: Substrates! PLEASE HELP! [Re: noobtoke]
#16180554 - 05/04/12 06:28 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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On the 5% worm castings part, I do not have enough knowledge but I recall 4% of gypsum being used so 5% might be ideal.
Coir holds moisture just fine and it is also resistant to contamination though it is celluse and lignin based so not the ideal food for cubes, you may want to lower the percentage.
Otherwise your substrate set-up looks fine to me but I am not an expert.
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Re: Substrates! PLEASE HELP! [Re: Xeonen]
#16180558 - 05/04/12 06:35 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Don't put castings in your mix. When I was new to this, I tried a few things, castings included, and the jars wouldn't colonize. Too dense, gooey maybe. But mostly importantly, castings need to be properly pasteurized, and the brf tek won't do that for you.
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Re: Substrates! PLEASE HELP! [Re: Lifted1]
#16180573 - 05/04/12 06:44 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Lifted1 said: Don't put castings in your mix. When I was new to this, I tried a few things, castings included, and the jars wouldn't colonize. Too dense, gooey maybe. But mostly importantly, castings need to be properly pasteurized, and the brf tek won't do that for you.
Lifted, maybe the castings were too hot in nutrients and killed the spores? What do you think? Could it be possible?
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Re: Substrates! PLEASE HELP! [Re: Lifted1]
#16180598 - 05/04/12 07:05 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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sound like your trying to make a mess of things not sQuote:
Lifted1 said: Don't put castings in your mix. When I was new to this, I tried a few things, castings included, and the jars wouldn't colonize. Too dense, gooey maybe. But mostly importantly, castings need to be properly pasteurized, and the brf tek won't do that for you.
its the pf tek and yes it will properly pasteurize worm castings only needs to hit 170 degrees to pasteurize just using a regular pot to steam sterilize it will hit 212 degrees
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Sterilization and pasteurization are two different things. Pasteurization is a specific process involving specific temperatures and specific times. You're full of misinformation this morning, you should have some coffee or something.
OP, make your cakes with brf and verm. Maybe add a teaspoon of gypsum if you're feeling adventurous.
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Re: Substrates! PLEASE HELP! [Re: Doc_T]
#16180808 - 05/04/12 08:51 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Doc_T said: OP, make your cakes with brf and verm. Maybe add a teaspoon of gypsum if you're feeling adventurous.
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noobtoke
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Ok so i said fuck the worm castings, and i guess i could go buy verm tomomorow but its far far away and a pain in the ass... btw some backround info
I have 10 1pint jars and am going to be doing the hippie3 neglect tek... So i far i have 800 ML of BRF(80 each) and 2000 ML of Verm (200 each) i was planning on mixing in 800ml of coir... would it really be that bad or should i spend 2 hrs commuting just for 1 more liter of verm...
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Re: Substrates! PLEASE HELP! [Re: noobtoke]
#16181746 - 05/04/12 01:17 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Vermiculite and coir are two completly different products intended for totally different purposes. You can not substitute one for the other. And no, I would not commute 2 hours for 1 liter of Verm. However, knowing that I would have to commute for 2 hours to buy some, I would not just buy one liter.
If I had to change anything, I would try Whole Grain Rice to substitute the BRF/Verm Mix. I have seen a few teks listed on these forums for using Whole Brown Rice and it does not require mixing in Vermiculite, though I believe you still need a small anti-contamination layer of verm on top.
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noobtoke
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Interesting, well actually im using whole grain not BRF at the reccomendation of a friend.... would it be bad that im mixing it with vermiculite.
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Re: Substrates! PLEASE HELP! [Re: noobtoke]
#16182033 - 05/04/12 02:33 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Grind your whole grain (what kind?) to flour, you can use that like the brf. Personally, I don't think you should change anything until you've done it right at least once. But a change of flour is relatively innocuous. I'd pressure cook rather than steam sterilizing though.
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Re: Substrates! PLEASE HELP! [Re: Doc_T]
#16182061 - 05/04/12 02:38 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yea hahah Doc_T again thnks!... ill rate you when i have 50 posts and it just says "French Whole Grain Rice Flour" i bought it in a health store (im in spain so thats the direct translation 2 english..... i dont know if it makes total sense)
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