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 niteowl
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 coco coir 
#2041368 - 10/25/03 01:08 AM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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What is "coco coir" and where could I get it?
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micro
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Re: coco coir [Re: niteowl]
#2041379 - 10/25/03 01:11 AM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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It's the husk of the shell of the seeds of the coco plant. It's an expensive mulch, and also sold as pet bedding (bed-a-beast.) You can find it at gardening places or at pet stoes.
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niteowl
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Re: coco coir [Re: micro]
#2041397 - 10/25/03 01:17 AM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks micro!
If i have trouble finding it would peat moss work? This is my first attempt to gro and am trying to go as CHEAP as possible.
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daussaulit
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Re: coco coir [Re: niteowl]
#2041550 - 10/25/03 02:38 AM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Edited by ShrooomKing (10/25/03 03:06 AM)
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ShrooomKing
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Found at the Pet Store
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A driver knows that it is not the road that is his biggest obstacle, rather it is the poles.
A great driver understands, the poles will always be there, and he must learn to adjust.
I can't keep doing this on my own... with all these... people. -daniel plainview
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factory81
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shroomking, same shit everyones got here!
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downforpot
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I found that "Bed-A-Beast" coco coir at Petsmart but has any1 actually used it in a 50/50 casing instead of peat moss? I don't wanna fuck my mushies up if it does not work.
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Bugsbunny
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Try it because it retains moisture so well
It does work really well
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kykeon
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i do all my casings with straight coco-coir. nothing else works so smoothly as this, of course on me.
have a cool harvest 
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NewToTrippin
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Re: coco coir [Re: kykeon]
#2112842 - 11/16/03 08:06 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Could you use it in place of verm in the jars?? Just wondering because its easier to get for me than verm.
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daussaulit
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Re: coco coir [Re: kykeon]
#2113078 - 11/16/03 08:57 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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How do you case it? like depth, any patching, temp and air exchange? Ever find a need for crushed oyster shells?
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Re: coco coir [Re: micro]
#2113158 - 11/16/03 09:17 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
micro said:
It's the husk of the shell of the seeds of the coco plant. It's an expensive mulch, and also sold as pet bedding (bed-a-beast.) You can find it at gardening places or at pet stoes.
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i thought it was the husk off a coconut from a coconut tree or is that what you meant?
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Hanky
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Re: coco coir [Re: ]
#2113820 - 11/16/03 11:41 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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damn and i've been snorting lines of 60/40 all this time 
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kykeon
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No, verm in the jar serves another purpose.
Coco coir is kinda alive when compared to verm. You need verm
on the jars to ensure that the inside of the jar is sterile, somehow
not breathing from the outside [not really].
But when it comes to casing material, noone needs something that
prevents the mycelium of breathing.
as for 2nd question... i never used oyster shells. never did the
ph thing checked, because i couldnt. so i found out that plastic
containers for my casings were a disaster. since my first success
with metal containers, i always work with them. and the casing
is plain coco-coir and nothing else. works for me
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downforpot
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Re: coco coir [Re: kykeon]
#2115196 - 11/17/03 05:41 AM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well good shit, I'll buy a brick of that bed a beast shit.
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Re: coco coir [Re: Hanky]
#2115932 - 11/17/03 10:42 AM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
hanky said:
damn and i've been snorting lines of 60/40 all this time
did it go down well with the brf/verm cake? 
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Fcuerkt
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Re: coco coir [Re: ]
#2116218 - 11/17/03 11:45 AM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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kykeon: you got a prob w/ plastic containers? What's wrong w/ them?
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downforpot
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Re: coco coir [Re: Fcuerkt]
#2117376 - 11/17/03 04:21 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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I never use plastic containers. I use aluminum containers, fill them up with the casing, add some water, cover them with foil, then pop the suckers in the oven for 30 minutes. Take them out and let them kool, then case.
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kykeon
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 Re: coco coir [Re: Fcuerkt]
#2121563 - 11/19/03 12:25 AM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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kykeon: you got a prob w/ plastic containers? What's wrong w/ them?
i really dont know. perhaps its something to do with PH? i really
dont know. my casings are always in metallic trays, which btw seem after
a few uses to start oxydating -> rusting. and that seems also to be
liked by the mycelium...
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