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myplague240


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Bucket tek...
#18870546 - 09/21/13 01:48 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Even after following the bucket tek to a T it seams as if the mixture of coco coir and verm is far to wet, like sobbing wet. Is this supposta be normal.
Just made my first mono tub.. hopefully everything goes good.
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hgmstl
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I would recommend against the "fucket tek". Look up frankhoorigan's guide. Sorry I'm too lazy to link it.
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Mush4Brains
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Re: Bucket tek... [Re: hgmstl]
#18870557 - 09/21/13 01:53 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Wait, you used soaking wet substrate?
Poor choice. If it is ever too wet again squeeze it down to field capacity before you put it in your tub. Only a few drops should be coming out of your hand.
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hgmstl
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myplague240


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Re: Bucket tek... [Re: hgmstl]
#18870618 - 09/21/13 02:19 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I definitely went against what the tek called for and squeezed out a bunch of water. It was far to wet imo...
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spacechildo
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the damion5050's bucket tek is usually to dry.
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FrankHorrigan
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Quote:
Mush4Brains said: Only a few drops should be coming out of your hand.
Not with coir.
When I squeeze my coir, a damn stream comes out and if it quickly tapers off to nothing, it's good to go.
I've only seen coir perform better and better on the wetter side of field capacity.
Note that "sopping wet" is probably not field capacity, I was just referring to the quote above.
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LeopardMan
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You must have made some mistake, because if you follow the tek you won't get a sopping wet substrate. Anyway it wasn't a huge problem: you only needed to add some more verm to the mixture. You can still do that, although now you'll have a greater chance of contamination. Obviously it's not an ideal situation nor an ideal way of proceeding, but it's still better than wasting your entire substrate.
Another option would be pasteurizing your substrate. Or sterilizing it with a PC.
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Edited by LeopardMan (09/21/13 03:04 PM)
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Mush4Brains
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Quote:
FrankHorrigan said:
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Mush4Brains said: Only a few drops should be coming out of your hand.
Not with coir.
When I squeeze my coir, a damn stream comes out and if it quickly tapers off to nothing, it's good to go.
I've only seen coir perform better and better on the wetter side of field capacity.
Note that "sopping wet" is probably not field capacity, I was just referring to the quote above.
I guess I've been using coir that is on the dry side of field capacity all this time . Ooops. Thanks Frank.
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LeopardMan said: You must have made some mistake, because if you follow the tek you won't get a sopping wet substrate. Anyway it wasn't not a huge problem: you only needed to add some more verm to the mixture. You can still do that, although now you'll have a greater chance of contamination. Obviously it's not an ideal situation nor an ideal way of proceeding, but it's still better than wasting your entire substrate.
Another option would be pasteurizing your substrate. Or sterilizing it with a PC.
You sterilize coir/verm? Interesting
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LeopardMan
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Sure. Coir is very versatile and very resistant to contamination (especially if compared with manure). You can even use it without pasteurization or sterilization. Just straight un-sterile coir. Some people have had some success in the past, although it's something I wouldn't recommend.
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