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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #25212213 - 05/18/18 09:52 AM (5 years, 8 months ago)

Can you elaborate a little on that...

You just put water in the bottom and it soaks it up?
Have any tricks for dunking?

I'm assuming the water added during the harvest (to float) gets the substrate pretty hydrated again, no?


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: Gooseman]
    #25212384 - 05/18/18 11:07 AM (5 years, 8 months ago)

Adding water is easy. Many ways to do it.
Like it's so easy asking for pointers is over thinking it.


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: Gooseman]
    #25213252 - 05/18/18 06:17 PM (5 years, 8 months ago)

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I'm assuming the water added during the harvest (to float) gets the substrate pretty hydrated again, no?




Of course, water added to float during a harvest is considered a dunk for a bulk sub


Edited by TopCat52 (05/18/18 06:19 PM)


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: TopCat52]
    #25213946 - 05/19/18 04:35 AM (5 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

Gooseman said:
Can you elaborate a little on that...

You just put water in the bottom and it soaks it up?
Have any tricks for dunking?

I'm assuming the water added during the harvest (to float) gets the substrate pretty hydrated again, no?



  • Fill containers with regular tap water.
  • Be sure to take your tub to your bathroom or garden.
  • Cold water is ok.
  • Be gentle when pouring water

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There really isn't much to say, It's simple common sense.

You will fill your mono while harvesting read this post



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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: Dr. Freeman]
    #25214480 - 05/19/18 11:08 AM (5 years, 8 months ago)

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You will fill your mono while harvesting read this post






How do you drain without a pipe?


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: TopCat52]
    #25214513 - 05/19/18 11:25 AM (5 years, 8 months ago)

Dump it out. Make a siphon, poke a hole in the bottom and tape it up later


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #25221601 - 05/22/18 07:27 PM (5 years, 8 months ago)

I followed this tek to make my substrate, and used  4 quarts water, 650 grams coir, 2 quarts vermiculite, 1 cup gypsum.

Many people in the past told me this looked perfect and to not add anymore water, but after using it i ran into a few problems and some people have said my sub looked dry. My shoeboxes never had any natural beads of moisture and required regular misting (2-3 times a day).

How does this look to you? Should i try out another half quart or quart of water or something or will that be way too much?



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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #25226315 - 05/24/18 07:01 PM (5 years, 8 months ago)

Thanks Bodhisatta! :mushroom2:


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elemantary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #25235252 - 05/29/18 12:53 AM (5 years, 7 months ago)

Not sure why the coir is not simply pressure cooked?


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #25235254 - 05/29/18 12:56 AM (5 years, 7 months ago)

With respect to retaining boiling water in a plastic container, is there not a concern plasticizers may leech into the substrate?


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: Skipio]
    #25235401 - 05/29/18 05:08 AM (5 years, 7 months ago)

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Not sure why the coir is not simply pressure cooked?



Go ahead and waste your time and effort doing that. I would much rather spend 3 minutes boiling water and call it a day

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With respect to retaining boiling water in a plastic container, is there not a concern plasticizers may leech into the substrate?



I'm 0% concerned.


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elemantary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: Skipio]
    #25238724 - 05/30/18 04:37 PM (5 years, 7 months ago)

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Not sure why the coir is not simply pressure cooked?




It will stain your pressure cooker and make it smell like shit for a while I think


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #25258651 - 06/09/18 10:50 PM (5 years, 7 months ago)

Thanks for this. I think this is the way ill go for my first attempt with golden teachers.


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #25281583 - 06/20/18 05:55 PM (5 years, 7 months ago)

If I did my bucket tek a week ago and let it sit in the insulated cooler, is it still usable? Or should I chuck it? I was thinking of maybe adding a quart of boiling water to give it a little moisture. Is it important to add your grains as soon as possible? Thanks in advance.


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elementary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: Nunyabiz]
    #25281609 - 06/20/18 06:09 PM (5 years, 7 months ago)

it's fine, don't add water it will be too wet and colonize poorly.


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elemantary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: bodhisatta]
    #25286703 - 06/23/18 07:45 AM (5 years, 7 months ago)



Day 5 opened it up to take this picture and it smelled almost chemically. Idk I'm bad at smelling stuff cause of allergies but it smelled a little off. How's this look to you guys?


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elemantary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: Madcapper144]
    #25286706 - 06/23/18 07:46 AM (5 years, 7 months ago)

Looks decent:bubbles:

Sometimes coir can have a hot bleach:confused: smell. I wouldn't worry about it.


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elemantary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: mushboy]
    #25286745 - 06/23/18 08:06 AM (5 years, 7 months ago)

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Looks decent:bubbles:

Sometimes coir can have a hot bleach:confused: smell. I wouldn't worry about it.




Thanks mushboy thats exactly what it smells like. I haven't used this brand of coir before so I guess we'll see!


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elemantary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: Madcapper144]
    #25288448 - 06/23/18 11:35 PM (5 years, 7 months ago)

I'm new to cultivating can this type of substrate be used in a shoe box size chamber? I have four BRF half quarts close to birthing time. I thought that I would get more yield if I did the shoe box method instead of covering the cakes in verm and keeping the whole. Any tips would be appreciated.


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Re: BOD's Bucket TEK for Coir substrate (an adaptation of the elemantary coir tek by Damion5050) [Re: Bhugs91]
    #25288454 - 06/23/18 11:40 PM (5 years, 7 months ago)

Yes, it works amazingly well.  I did a number of experiments, using one pint of spawn, and others using two +.  I found  the ones that I used at least 3 half pints in did well, preferably you'd use four in each shoebox.  So that would be two pints or more you'd want to use in a coir shoebox.  It was best at a 1:1 ratio of coir/spawn.

When you combine these cakes with coir, youll want a cheese grater to grate your cakes up with so that it mixes well with the coir/verm.


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