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maddchef
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rehydrating substrate
#18806644 - 09/06/13 09:12 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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So reading about a local mushroom farm this morning and found this interesting. Apparently they weigh their wet harvest, take 90% of the weight, and add back in the equivalent amount of water to the substrate, keeping it near field capacity.
Makes sense since you can't dunk in that kind of op.
Just curious if anyone goes this route or do we all just submerge monotubs?
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Midnight Cyclone
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Re: rehydrating substrate [Re: maddchef]
#18806688 - 09/06/13 09:27 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have read several threads on here in the past which talk about doing just this. I tried to search for them, but had no luck.
If you mist cubes throughout harvest then there should be little worry about substrate moisture content.
Some people prefer misting heavily to dunking their substrate. Look at the middle picture in my sig, misting through harvest should serve no issue.
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maddchef
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Either way will work but I'm all for "set it and forget it". So if I can dump in x amount of water and walk away, that's a big time saver when dealing with multiple tubs.
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toxetel
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Re: rehydrating substrate [Re: maddchef]
#18806716 - 09/06/13 09:35 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Makes sense to me. I've always kind of kept that idea in the back of my mind.
I tried dunking monotubs before but seemed like more trouble than it was worth. Now I just mist a lot after the first flush.
If I pick, say, 3 wet pounds of fruits, which dry to about 5 ounces, that leaves about one and a third quarts' worth of water that I removed. My misting bottles hold about a quart each, so by watching how often I refill them I can know when I've misted about the right amount of water to replace what the last flush took. I never seem to get quite there though; I guess if I tended to my tubs more often it would be better.
And of course, you're still losing some moisture to evaporation, but it's a start.
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Re: rehydrating substrate [Re: toxetel]
#18806760 - 09/06/13 09:51 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I never take the time to weigh the water I add back to my tubs.
When rehydrating my monotub substrate I just fill the monotub with water until the substrate is tempted to float, but doesn't.
After 6-24 hours I just dump the excess water out of the monotub and voila you have a hydrated substrate ready for "set and forget."
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I tried dunking monotubs before but seemed like more trouble than it was worth. Now I just mist a lot after the first flush.
Misting is just easier, and can help you avoid possible contaminating during a dunk.
Realistically, nothing is "set and forget." Regardless of how much effort you make daily, you should make some sort of daily effort. IME, if you try to make a tub set and forget then you always run into some sort of issue. (lack of something like FAE, humidity, etc.)
Watch the substrate/mushrooms and listen to what they have to say, they will tell you everything they need.
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Quote:
Midnight Cyclone said: I have read several threads on here in the past which talk about doing just this. I tried to search for them, but had no luck.
If you mist cubes throughout harvest then there should be little worry about substrate moisture content.
Some people prefer misting heavily to dunking their substrate. Look at the middle picture in my sig, misting through harvest should serve no issue.
The reason I ask, is because i’m growing in 12 shoeboxs (need to grow under my bed) so misting them all individually is time consuming. I’m hoping to simply harvest, add water, then not do anything else until the second harvest.
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