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im new and need some help plz.
    #22231415 - 09/13/15 12:15 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

so im completely new at all of this. i have successfully colonized some rice cakes for my tester batch. i am currently building a monotub for bulk grow. my question is how to mix a workable substrate for my project. i live and work on a cow farm so i have access to free cow poo and straw. iv looked for hours for a proper mix with these and all i seem to find are ones for or with core. i have no money to buy the items needed for that. can someone please help me out? i do have some gypsum. i know to use a 3:1 on substrate to spawn, i just really would like to know a proper mix for substrate.


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Re: im new and need some help plz. [Re: quiezy]
    #22231453 - 09/13/15 12:25 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

60/40 poo to straw perhaps? I know cow manure gets pretty wet and muddy all by its self so you need straw or verm to help fluff it up. Never worked with it before so I'd wait for someone more knowledgeable on the matter but I believe I saw that ratio on here for cow manure and verm


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Re: im new and need some help plz. [Re: quiezy]
    #22231459 - 09/13/15 12:26 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Just use 3-5 quarts of cow poo, a quart or two of straw, and a quart or two of verm, pasteurized at 140-160 for 90 minutes.  Exact ratios don't matter much, just want enough aeration for the mix to breathe.  You know about field capacity?  You also know the poo has to be leeched right?


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Re: im new and need some help plz. [Re: Inocuole]
    #22231505 - 09/13/15 12:34 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Just use 3-5 quarts of cow poo, a quart or two of straw, and a quart or two of verm, pasteurized at 140-160 for 90 minutes.  Exact ratios don't matter much, just want enough aeration for the mix to breathe.  You know about field capacity?  You also know the poo has to be leeched right?



i do know about field capacity i believe, using straw the recommend you soak over night and mix with poo, then bring up to just enough for there to be a very small amount of liquid seep out when squeezed correct?
and i have had the poo sitting in the field, it smell like nothing i believe thats correct too.
i have tie off bags and a meat thermometer, and i once i pasterize it i have to wait for it to reach under 80F. idk if im missing anything tho


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Re: im new and need some help plz. [Re: quiezy]
    #22231547 - 09/13/15 12:42 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Sounds like you got the idea.  For field capacity I specifically like to be able to squeeze a very thin stream from a handful of substrate.  More than a few drops, but less than gushing.  As thin as possible while still constituting a stream is good. :thumbup:


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Re: im new and need some help plz. [Re: Inocuole]
    #22231566 - 09/13/15 12:46 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Just use 3-5 quarts of cow poo, a quart or two of straw, and a quart or two of verm, pasteurized at 140-160 for 90 minutes.  Exact ratios don't matter much, just want enough aeration for the mix to breathe.  You know about field capacity?  You also know the poo has to be leeched right?



awesome thank you! one last question if you dont mind. im building the tub as we speak. i believe i need holes in the sides and ends and to fill them with gaze type materials, then i mix and what not, cover and set till they start to show. then i mist and fan regularly.
do i have the steps down correctly?


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Re: im new and need some help plz. [Re: quiezy]
    #22231704 - 09/13/15 01:13 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

For monotubs:

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14507008/fpart/1/vc/1
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/20307891#20307891
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/17332777#17332777

Read all of those(just the first posts, not the whole threads) and then use the general design/theory to scale it to whatever size container you have.


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Re: im new and need some help plz. [Re: Inocuole]
    #22231935 - 09/13/15 01:59 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Just use 3-5 quarts of cow poo, a quart or two of straw, and a quart or two of verm, pasteurized at 140-160 for 90 minutes.  Exact ratios don't matter much, just want enough aeration for the mix to breathe.  You know about field capacity?  You also know the poo has to be leeched right?



thank you you are a bug help. i dont know why i waited so long to make a profile


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