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Instant coffee for bulk substrate?
    #26737012 - 06/11/20 02:58 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

Mycleium are close to finishing colonization so have started to think about organising for bulk substrate. Planning to use coir/verm 1:1 with gypsum and have calcium carbonate to moderate Ph (I believe this is standard combination?) I do not have a coffee machine to produce coffee grounds and I do not drink it myself - would instant grains have the same effect or is it possible to process them into grounds by hand? Thank you.


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Re: Instant coffee for bulk substrate? [Re: TrippaSnipper]
    #26737161 - 06/11/20 04:14 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

If you do use coffee I would suggest using the actual coffee and not the grounds. That’s more for oyster mushrooms, not cubensis. For cubensis you want it diluted. Coffee grounds contam very easily. A lot of people will say that coffee isn’t good to add. I have added diluted coffee(not ground) to my grain plenty of times. I’ve also ran side by side tests and saw little to no improvement in colonization times so I don’t really do it anymore. But choose for yourself. Explore options and report findings. Just my 2 cents


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Re: Instant coffee for bulk substrate? [Re: TrippaSnipper]
    #26737230 - 06/11/20 04:46 PM (3 years, 8 months ago)

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Mycleium are close to finishing colonization so have started to think about organising for bulk substrate. Planning to use coir/verm 1:1 with gypsum and have calcium carbonate to moderate Ph (I believe this is standard combination?) I do not have a coffee machine to produce coffee grounds and I do not drink it myself - would instant grains have the same effect or is it possible to process them into grounds by hand? Thank you.



1:1 coir verm is WAY too much verm. I would skip verm entirely myself but 20% is more standard if you want to use it at all.
You can skip gypsum. And you don't need and no one uses calcium carbonate for cube substrates especially coir.
Skip coffee with cubes.


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Re: Instant coffee for bulk substrate? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #26738543 - 06/12/20 02:30 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

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TrippaSnipper said:
Mycleium are close to finishing colonization so have started to think about organising for bulk substrate. Planning to use coir/verm 1:1 with gypsum and have calcium carbonate to moderate Ph (I believe this is standard combination?) I do not have a coffee machine to produce coffee grounds and I do not drink it myself - would instant grains have the same effect or is it possible to process them into grounds by hand? Thank you.



1:1 coir verm is WAY too much verm. I would skip verm entirely myself but 20% is more standard if you want to use it at all.
You can skip gypsum. And you don't need and no one uses calcium carbonate for cube substrates especially coir.
Skip coffee with cubes.




So when pastuerizing bulk substrate I could just chuck in a cup of instant coffee and thatd be all good?


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Re: Instant coffee for bulk substrate? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #26738550 - 06/12/20 02:36 AM (3 years, 8 months ago)

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TrippaSnipper said:
Mycleium are close to finishing colonization so have started to think about organising for bulk substrate. Planning to use coir/verm 1:1 with gypsum and have calcium carbonate to moderate Ph (I believe this is standard combination?) I do not have a coffee machine to produce coffee grounds and I do not drink it myself - would instant grains have the same effect or is it possible to process them into grounds by hand? Thank you.



1:1 coir verm is WAY too much verm. I would skip verm entirely myself but 20% is more standard if you want to use it at all.
You can skip gypsum. And you don't need and no one uses calcium carbonate for cube substrates especially coir.
Skip coffee with cubes.




I guess I'll just have to eat this kilo of Calcium carbonate instead.


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