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krypto2000
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What about ground/chopped dried grass clippings for a casing material?
#18633450 - 07/30/13 11:26 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm thinking of doing a monotub indoors and was told grass clippings are great for outdoor beds. I know some have grown monos on grass clippings alone, but I just want to use it for a bulk substrate casing material. If I used them I'd wash them, rinse thoroughly, maybe even soak in bleach, and of course pasteurize them. I was also thinking a very rough chop/grind to make them fluffy yet compact, vs.. well.. how clippings typically are, too sparse and fluffy with too many air gaps in between to provide a good contamination barrier. Bad idea or should I skip it? I'd like a casing layer to help keep down contaminants, but I can only work with what I have, no money at all for the time being. What about simply dirt, is that too loaded with trich spores?
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Re: What about ground/chopped dried grass clippings for a casing material? [Re: krypto2000]
#18633458 - 07/30/13 11:31 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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A casing is a NON NUTRITIOUS soil like material applied to the top of a colonized bulk substrate or cased grains.
I do know a person that uses dried grass clippings in their bulk mixtures for monotubs and has relatively good success. I think he has even used straight dried pastuerized grass before lol. I don't recall the results being astounding but they were "ok".
Grass is not an acceptable casing material truthfully.
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Tmethyl
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Re: What about ground/chopped dried grass clippings for a casing material? [Re: krypto2000]
#18633464 - 07/30/13 11:32 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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You want inert material as a casing, grass is highly nutritional and promotes some extreme contamination as a casing. Its a great substrate additive though. Go with seed starting soil or verm, something like that for casing. Bubble wrap or wax paper are best casing substitutes though.
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krypto2000
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Re: What about ground/chopped dried grass clippings for a casing material? [Re: Tmethyl]
#18633492 - 07/30/13 11:37 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Oh hmm.. I figured grass was not very nutritious which is why I thought it would be good. I remember there was a thread by a Joshua maybe his name was, where he used it as a substrate and though it worked he wasn't particularly impressed with it for that reason. So what about lawn soil then? That's not particularly nutritious is it?
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Tmethyl
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Re: What about ground/chopped dried grass clippings for a casing material? [Re: krypto2000]
#18633510 - 07/30/13 11:41 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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It works fine as a substrate, you asked about casing with it.
Use seed starting soil regular dirt soil doesn't hold much moisture, and compacts.
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