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OfflineSkizor1337
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Coir without Verm
    #26543168 - 03/18/20 05:51 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

I just saw I don't have any Verm and want to make some Coir tonight.

Is it not worth making the coir if I don't have Verm?


I can't get any until Friday


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: Skizor1337] * 1
    #26543175 - 03/18/20 05:56 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Verm is so 2019


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: bodhisatta]
    #26543215 - 03/18/20 06:19 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

For real dog haha

I have not made coir and in hot year lol


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: Skizor1337]
    #26543227 - 03/18/20 06:29 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Bod please tell what is the 2020 if verm is so 2019?

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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: TonyMushrana]
    #26543230 - 03/18/20 06:31 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

only difference i see verm really has is keeping the sub aiiry. Ive noticed faster coloniztion times by up to 3 days. ymmv

no coir is fine too.


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: shevanel]
    #26543240 - 03/18/20 06:35 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

What's that leave us Gypsum sub only? Lol


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: Sockadin]
    #26543245 - 03/18/20 06:37 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

lol "no verm" haha


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: shevanel]
    #26543281 - 03/18/20 06:51 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Haha. I got some shoeboxes that are straight coir, mostly because I'm a lazy person. But I'm also broke and don't want to buy anything right before the economy collapses.


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: Sockadin]
    #26543316 - 03/18/20 07:12 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Gypsum was 2018


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: bodhisatta]
    #26543318 - 03/18/20 07:13 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Lol. That is how all the Leusitic varieties came about..


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: Sockadin]
    #26543367 - 03/18/20 07:31 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

yeah I haven't used verm in over a year I don't even notice a difference in yields :shrug:

whatever it is, it's negligible per quart spawn

I hate how messy verm is + its more expensive than coir for me...so I stopped using it completely.


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: sh4d0ws] * 1
    #26543788 - 03/19/20 01:19 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

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yeah I haven't used verm in over a year I don't even notice a difference in yields :shrug:

whatever it is, it's negligible per quart spawn

I hate how messy verm is + its more expensive than coir for me...so I stopped using it completely.




Same.  I used verm maybe once before switching to pure coir.  Cost and cleanliness of fruits are both advantages.  Coir texture will be just fine if you hydrate it correctly.


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: Machiavelliavore] * 1
    #26543792 - 03/19/20 01:30 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Verm really comes in handy if you overhydrate you can just add it to the coir and mix until it is at field capacity. It's easier than trying to squeeze it all out one handful at a time. I feel it also keeps the sub from drying out so easily if cultivating during the dry months.
However like shadow said it's a little more expensive than coir at least where I get it. I ran out one day and never bought more.
It does have its place though I wouldn't rule it out completely. Them again im old school still use wbs, gypsum, modified lids and modified tubs too. :shrug:


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: gizmo1] * 1
    #26543823 - 03/19/20 02:40 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

If you wanna flex in 2020, grow on toilet paper


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: bodhisatta] * 1
    #26543849 - 03/19/20 03:17 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

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Verm is so 2019




Didnt know growing items were so fashionable :strokebeard:

Whats hot this year is Pure Coir. Nothing more is needed (except your spawn of course).

For the PF Tek thou, Vermiculite will always be in style. :cool:


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: gizmo1]
    #26543859 - 03/19/20 03:36 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

R: Gizmo  Yup, you and I think alike.
Wet stuff + dry stuff = less wet stuff; and that is why vermiculite enters the picture at all IMO. There may be benefits to adding vemic. to a sub; such as making it more aerated (fluffy) etc., but any small improvement claiming greater yields/potency is anecdotally sketchy at best and w/o question scientifically unproven. Shrooms need moisture, and a properly prepared sub  w/o vermicultite has plenty 9of it. At least the species we are talking about!


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: scarabaeus]
    #26544010 - 03/19/20 07:01 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Yeah I bought a monstrous bag of verm when I started and now I just use it cuz it’s there. Sometimes even a little in the bottom of the wbs jar.

It is a huge pain in the ass when when it gets all over the shrooms. I get so happy when I go to harvest a tub and realize it was one where I was too lazy to go get more verm from the garage when I made the coir.


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Re: Coir without Verm [Re: A.k.a]
    #26544149 - 03/19/20 08:16 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

I add verm for one simple reason.
I compost my substrates and its good for aeration in the compost.


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