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Gooselikesturtles
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Accidentally bought sterilized coco coir (link)
#28378360 - 06/28/23 10:04 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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I accidentally bought sterilized coco coir for the casing layer and I've seen people's stuff contaminated by it
did I fuck up???
it says its sterilized on the packaging
link to the coco coir
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Re: Accidentally bought sterilized coco coir (link) [Re: Gooselikesturtles] 1
#28378378 - 06/28/23 10:32 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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If it is actually sterilized then go for it... Coir is coir usually. hopefully its high quality and holds water well. Good luck!
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Re: Accidentally bought sterilized coco coir (link) [Re: mushhead]
#28378391 - 06/28/23 10:43 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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Coco coir doesnt need to be sterilized or pasteurized if it doesnt have any random additives like trich in it. But it doesnt hurt
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Re: Accidentally bought sterilized coco coir (link) [Re: Pandaskis]
#28378398 - 06/28/23 10:45 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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it being sterile right off the bat is actually a plus tbh.
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Re: Accidentally bought sterilized coco coir (link) [Re: mushhead]
#28378401 - 06/28/23 10:48 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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Helps the mushies break it down easier , and no nasties (not that it matters if you have axenic spawn)
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Re: Accidentally bought sterilized coco coir (link) [Re: mushhead]
#28378431 - 06/28/23 11:12 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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mushhead said: If it is actually sterilized then go for it... Coir is coir usually. hopefully its high quality and holds water well. Good luck!
but ive read on some posts that if its sterilzed the good and bad stuff gets killed
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Re: Accidentally bought sterilized coco coir (link) [Re: Gooselikesturtles] 1
#28378433 - 06/28/23 11:15 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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You don't want any competing microbes. Those posts are perhaps five years old or more. Just hydrate it and use it mate, you wont have an issue. I pasteurize my coir and even sometimes sterilize it in my PC.
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Re: Accidentally bought sterilized coco coir (link) [Re: Pandaskis]
#28378437 - 06/28/23 11:21 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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Pandaskis said: Coco coir doesnt need to be sterilized or pasteurized if it doesnt have any random additives like trich in it. But it doesnt hurt
How do you know if it has trich??
also im using it as a casing layer, do i need to mix it with something else or is plain coco fine?
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You can just hydrate and use it straight with nothing else. Pure coir with no additives is the best way to go in my experience. When growing cubes you can just use coir as the casing and substrate. If the coir is sterile it shouldn't have trich at all. it should have nothing, hence: Sterile.
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Re: Accidentally bought sterilized coco coir (link) [Re: mushhead]
#28378439 - 06/28/23 11:23 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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mushhead said: You don't want any competing microbes. Those posts are perhaps five years old or more. Just hydrate it and use it mate, you wont have an issue. I pasteurize my coir and even sometimes sterilize it in my PC.
whats a quick way to pasteurize it?, i looked in the forum but it usually involes other substrate but im planning to do pure coco casing layer
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Re: Accidentally bought sterilized coco coir (link) [Re: Gooselikesturtles] 2
#28378440 - 06/28/23 11:26 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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Bucket tek it. One 5 gal bucket. 1 Gallon of boiling water 1 brick of coir. combine water and coir in bucket and allow to cool. this isn't true pasteurization however it's honestly all I've ever needed.
You honestly should not need or want to pasteurize but using boiling water never hurt anything. The coir is sterile already..
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Re: Accidentally bought sterilized coco coir (link) [Re: Gooselikesturtles] 2
#28378749 - 06/29/23 08:20 AM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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Gooselikesturtles said:
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mushhead said: You don't want any competing microbes. Those posts are perhaps five years old or more. Just hydrate it and use it mate, you wont have an issue. I pasteurize my coir and even sometimes sterilize it in my PC.
whats a quick way to pasteurize it?, i looked in the forum but it usually involes other substrate but im planning to do pure coco casing layer
You cant pasteurize something thats already been sterilized. And unless its manure, you dont need to
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