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North Spore Shop: Bulk Substrate

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Liners and packing down substrate
    #20227503 - 07/05/14 09:35 AM (9 years, 6 months ago)

When you guys/girls your tubs do you find packing the sub tighter discourages side pinning?

And does the liner being opaque really make much of a difference? I seem to get the same results with black and translucent white.


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Re: Liners and packing down substrate [Re: mushpunx]
    #20227520 - 07/05/14 09:39 AM (9 years, 6 months ago)

I would not pack down substrate, it makes it harder for the myc to colonize it. It would probably make it harder to keep the thing hydrated also. That is just my opinion.


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Re: Liners and packing down substrate [Re: insanemike]
    #20227527 - 07/05/14 09:42 AM (9 years, 6 months ago)

Liner color doesn't matter a whole lot.
Don't pack your substrate, unless it's all straw.


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Re: Liners and packing down substrate [Re: mushpunx]
    #20227566 - 07/05/14 09:57 AM (9 years, 6 months ago)

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azur said:
Liner color doesn't matter a whole lot.



It doesn't matter at all.

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mushpunx said:
When you guys/girls your tubs do you find packing the sub tighter discourages side pinning?

And does the liner being opaque really make much of a difference? I seem to get the same results with black and translucent white.



That is because the color does not matter at all, light is not the cause of side pinning, FAE hitting the sides of the substrate is.

If the liner is able to stick to the sides of the substrate as it consolidates, or shrinks, then air cannot hit the sides, meaning no side pins will form.

Black, blue, yellow, or clear....it makes no difference.

Do not pack down the substrate.....


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Re: Liners and packing down substrate [Re: PussyFart]
    #20227688 - 07/05/14 10:50 AM (9 years, 6 months ago)

The only thing that prevents side pins is to prevent air from hitting the sides.
If you are seeing side pins even with a liner that shrinks with the sub then you need to tighten holes and increase the surface humidity.


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Re: Liners and packing down substrate [Re: azur]
    #20227701 - 07/05/14 10:54 AM (9 years, 6 months ago)

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azur said:
Liner color doesn't matter a whole lot.
Don't pack your substrate, unless it's all straw.



^^^ What he said. Straw is the only sub that needs to be compacted due to it's form and the amount of air pockets that remain when it is loosely laid...


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Re: Liners and packing down substrate [Re: AstroCat505]
    #20228622 - 07/05/14 03:42 PM (9 years, 6 months ago)

Thanks! I never pack the sub down so I figured I'd ask before experimenting.


Reason i asked about the liner is my trashbags are so thin and messy, but i have nice thick clear dropcloth that would work out nicer.


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Re: Liners and packing down substrate [Re: mushpunx]
    #20228635 - 07/05/14 03:46 PM (9 years, 6 months ago)

I try to keep the sub as fluffy as possible. Some species like hericium prefer a compact substrate but cubes, pans, and stone producers do not.


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