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DeadPhan



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Efficient way to mix up spawn for outdoor beds?
#23411471 - 07/04/16 06:56 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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In the past I have just mixed with my hands. And one season I was blessed with a cement mixer which was awesome. Mixing with hands is a fucking pain. I mean it's worth it and not all that a big deal but I ain't no spring chicken. Hurts my back and arms. It's not that I can't take out 30 or so min to really get straw manure grain mixed good but, I'm trying to think of an easier way maybe someone might be able to recommend that I can't think of right now.
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DeadPhan



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Re: Efficient way to mix up spawn for outdoor beds? [Re: DeadPhan]
#23416228 - 07/06/16 07:56 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Trying to think of something efficient. I almost thought of like sucking the sub/spawn mix with a leaf blower or lawn mower. I mean as long as the grains are colonized shouldn't matter if the get chopped. But may be taxing on on the lawn mower or leaf blower with manure though. Then I thought of like investing in a post hole digger. You know. Like the big corkscrew things. I tried with a manual tiller but was more work than mixing with hands. Not saying I can't with hands just a fucking pain in the ass. Another thought is a composter. The kind with the cranks.
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NDStepp84
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Re: Efficient way to mix up spawn for outdoor beds? [Re: DeadPhan]
#23416236 - 07/06/16 08:00 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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A wheel barrow and a garden hoe would be cheap and effective, then you can just wheel it over and dump in your beds. brings back childhood memories of my old man making me mix up countless yards of concrete by hand, I can still hear the scraping sound
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weetsie
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Re: Efficient way to mix up spawn for outdoor beds? [Re: NDStepp84]
#23416285 - 07/06/16 08:30 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I move my substrate from one container to another, adding spawn as I go, handful of substrate then a handful of spawn
Did 150bs this way last week and only took 5 minutes but like you mentioned you really feel it in your back.
Laying the sub out on some plastic sheeting and spreading the spawn over it works well too, shoveling it back into a wheelbarrow or w/e should mix it up good.
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DeadPhan



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Re: Efficient way to mix up spawn for outdoor beds? [Re: weetsie]
#23416465 - 07/06/16 10:15 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thanks guys. Yes. Cement mixer is the been knees for mixing spawn.
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