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North Spore Shop: Bulk Substrate

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bucket tek - first stir - field capacity?
    #26936333 - 09/15/20 03:56 AM (3 years, 4 months ago)

Did the bucket tek.  Opened lid at 60 minutes to give the substrate a stir.  While in there, I squeezed some substrate and it was definitely too wet (over field capacity). 

What happens over the next 3-4 hours as the substrate cools?  Will the coir continue to hydrate and absorb that extra water?  Or should I add more vermiculite to get optimal field capacity now (at the 1 hour mark)?  Or should I just start over and use less than 16 C boiling water?

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Re: bucket tek - first stir - field capacity? [Re: myco_fun]
    #26936340 - 09/15/20 04:06 AM (3 years, 4 months ago)

depends how wet it is i suppose. people have different definitions of field capacity, anywhere from a little trickle to barely a drop on squeeze. let it cool off then try it again. if its too wet you can add verm


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Re: bucket tek - first stir - field capacity? [Re: narmaduke]
    #26936347 - 09/15/20 04:26 AM (3 years, 4 months ago)

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narmaduke said:
depends how wet it is i suppose. people have different definitions of field capacity, anywhere from a little trickle to barely a drop on squeeze. let it cool off then try it again. if its too wet you can add verm



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narmaduke said:
depends how wet it is i suppose. people have different definitions of field capacity, anywhere from a little trickle to barely a drop on squeeze. let it cool off then try it again. if its too wet you can add verm





it's more than a little trickle.  but it's not crazy crazy wet or anything. 

in your experience, does the coir continue to absorb the water after the 1 hour mark?  Or should it be at field capacity during the first stir? 

If I do need to add verm at the very end...does that increase the risk of contamination...since that verm wasn't subjected to boiling water?


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Re: bucket tek - first stir - field capacity? [Re: myco_fun]
    #26936718 - 09/15/20 10:01 AM (3 years, 4 months ago)

I just squeeze the water out I don't want if it's too wet. Not a big issue


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Re: bucket tek - first stir - field capacity? [Re: hobbyguy] * 1
    #26936732 - 09/15/20 10:05 AM (3 years, 4 months ago)

Adding more verm is also fine, I prefer to do that.


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