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Anyone used water crystals in sub or casing?
    #18957552 - 10/10/13 12:47 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

There are many different varieties on the market but basically they work like this:

http://www.watercrystals.com/

If they're not sterile already I don't see why they couldn't be sterilized/ pasteurized and used, and they would re-expanded in sub after soak.

They would also look pretty cool casing grass seed under blue light (wink violet/ anne)


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Re: Anyone used water crystals in sub or casing? [Re: DustJuice]
    #18957601 - 10/10/13 01:04 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Paul stamets mentions water crystals in one of his books.  I tried it as a casing layer once and it it a bad idea.  Just turned to a gooey mush that would not let mushies pop through.


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Re: Anyone used water crystals in sub or casing? [Re: azur]
    #18957627 - 10/10/13 01:16 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Ok Ill have to try. The ones I have seen and touched aren't gooey and seem light enough to let pins push through.


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Re: Anyone used water crystals in sub or casing? [Re: DustJuice]
    #18958161 - 10/10/13 07:05 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Keep us updated.  The TEK below looked interesting.


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Re: Anyone used water crystals in sub or casing? [Re: azur]
    #18958198 - 10/10/13 07:28 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

The problem is that evaporation of moisture is a major pinning trigger.  Anything which slows down evaporation impedes this process.  We get best results from an ebb and flow of substrate/casing moisture levels, and these crystals tend to cause a steady-state moisture level.  That's good in plants, bad in mushroom growing.

To obtain best performance in mushroom growing, we mist to hydrate the substrate or casing layer, and then let it start to dry out again before re-misting.
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Re: Anyone used water crystals in sub or casing? [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #18962442 - 10/11/13 02:26 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Makes sense RR. Could they be used at the bottom of the sub?


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