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Jakedasnake said:
Hmmm I was under the impression that substrate depth played a major role in fruit size as opposed to surface area. So I thought a smaller mono would be better for a smaller amount of sub...

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Jakedasnake said:
Hmmm I was under the impression that substrate depth played a major role in fruit size as opposed to surface area. So I thought a smaller mono would be better for a smaller amount of sub...

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I only run 2" sub depths, has nothing to do with fruit size or amount of flushes. You can still pull 3-4 flushes easily from a 2" sub.

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Jakedasnake said:
Haha I wish. No I didnt think that you could infinitly use more sub and get bigger fruit but I figured since the most suggested depth was 3.5 to 4 at least the teks ive seen. So I figured a 2 incher wouldnt perform as well.

Also I was planning on using the bucket.....that would have been soooo easy.

Even if I just go for one flush could I get away with the bucket? Or am I just being lazy? I was planning on PC'ing tomorrow but for grain. Id have to go get more jars but I guess thats inevitable.

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Moabfighter said:
I just spawned 5 quarts to 1 brick of coir in a 27qt tub.

Sub is like... 5 inches thick but hell it'll be ok.

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I use the same size tubs and use half a brick of coir.  Better results and less waste imo.  Was also using 5 qts each, gonna drop that down to 3





2 inch sub

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Jakedasnake said:
Haha I wish. No I didnt think that you could infinitly use more sub and get bigger fruit but I figured since the most suggested depth was 3.5 to 4 at least the teks ive seen. So I figured a 2 incher wouldnt perform as well.

Also I was planning on using the bucket.....that would have been soooo easy.

Even if I just go for one flush could I get away with the bucket? Or am I just being lazy? I was planning on PC'ing tomorrow but for grain. Id have to go get more jars but I guess thats inevitable.

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You can use the bucket, but no promises if itll contam or not. Its hit or miss. Check out franks proper pasteurization HERE

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If you're just bucketing coir, then your tub getting trich before the first flush is entirely from bad spawn. You'll find TC's and other very respected cultivators on here all day long who bucket up a brick of coir, use some, leave the rest to sit until they need it, then use it again. It's incredibly hard for mold to germinate on coir, and there's no bacteria in coir to try to balance for it to benefit from true pasteurization.

TL;DR - the bucket tek is all you need for coir. Everything else you could do to it is extra. If your tub that you spawned to coir goes bad before the first flush, it's from your spawn not being clean.

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