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OfflineNew Guy From LA
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Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir?
    #28388829 - 07/07/23 09:06 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

I sterilize rye at 15 psi for 120 minuets and mycelium does just fine in 1 quart jars. I pasteurize coir mix, add spawn and it all fruits great, but I get gnats? It must be from the coir...can I sterilize the coir?
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Re: Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir? [Re: New Guy From LA]
    #28388847 - 07/07/23 09:23 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

You can sterilize the coir, but unless you’re buying pre hydrated coir (and more than likely even if you are) the gnats are not coming from that. Make sure your house is clean and clear of any food waste or any other organic matter/sticky spills, take your garbage outside, and treat the drains and plants in your house as those are typical breeding grounds. Fly traps and all that helps too but it’s kinda just a bandaid if you don’t get rid of the root problem

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Re: Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir? [Re: aPurpleCray0n]
    #28388866 - 07/07/23 09:40 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

I buy them in 3 pack blocks sold as reptile bedding. I bring the water to a rolling boil, add a block of coir, turn heat off, put the lid back on, come back in the morning. Everything is great I just have gnats...and it's pissing me off.
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Re: Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir? [Re: New Guy From LA] * 1
    #28388867 - 07/07/23 09:42 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

It's not from the coir, clean your house


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Re: Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir? [Re: SirPsycho]
    #28388879 - 07/07/23 09:56 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

Lol.

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Re: Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir? [Re: SirPsycho]
    #28388880 - 07/07/23 09:59 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

Is adding bleach to the cool mist a problem?

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Re: Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir? [Re: New Guy From LA] * 1
    #28388896 - 07/07/23 10:33 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

Cool mist?


There’s definitely gnats coming from outside, they wouldn’t be in coir and even using manure they wouldn’t survive pasteurization.


I usually have to deal with a few every summer, vinegar with a couple drops of dish soap in a little jar or condiment cup works really well for me.


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Re: Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir? [Re: A.k.a]
    #28388897 - 07/07/23 10:41 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

Shoe boxes in a GH ,kind of need a cool mist.
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Re: Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir? [Re: New Guy From LA] * 2
    #28388899 - 07/07/23 10:48 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

Shoe boxes need neither a tent nor a cool mist.  Assuming you’re growing cubes.


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Re: Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir? [Re: Mycolorado]
    #28388902 - 07/07/23 11:03 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

Elaborate, its been awhile for me. shoe box with inverted shoe box on top? Fanning and misting? I've always been a GH guy with cool mist. I guess I'm way out of date, any chance you have a link?
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Re: Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir? [Re: New Guy From LA] * 2
    #28388904 - 07/07/23 11:09 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

They do just fine on a shelf, even dubbed without needing to be in a humidified gh.


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Re: Has anyone actually tried sterilizing the coir? [Re: New Guy From LA]
    #28388913 - 07/07/23 11:48 PM (1 year, 6 months ago)

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New Guy From LA said:
Elaborate, its been awhile for me. shoe box with inverted shoe box on top? Fanning and misting? I've always been a GH guy with cool mist. I guess I'm way out of date, any chance you have a link?
Thanks.




Shoeboxes are literally set and forget,
no fanning, no misting.
Depending on your environment, just place them anywhere on a shelf,
or place them like three in a row in a big monotub if you need better conditions.
Have a read here.

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