Tiamo said:

Screwup said:

Tiamo said:

My coir just does not want to expand. Same brand again, 4th brick this time. I've poured boiling water on the brick, an hour later the brick is still the same size sitting in hot water. The next day the brick is slightly larger sitting in lukewarm water. I can then break it up by hand (very hard) but the chunks coming off don't seem to absorb any of the water. Now I just have coco chunks in cold water. If I spend even more time I can sqeeze the chunks and force them to absorb the water.

Anyone ever had coir that behaves this way and how to fix it or should I just trash it? I've spawned some tubs with it but its about an hour of work to get every brick "hydrated" in this way and yields very little sub.

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I have a very hard time believing you’re buying the correct post pics of items please.

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This is the product: https://amzn.eu/d/9XRWhbs

I read the reviews now and lots of people saying they're having the same issue.

Here it is expanded to about 4 liters from a 600 gram brick.



Here it is spawned to a tub (at about 7 days after spawning)

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AspectOfTheCreator said:

Exo terra worked well for me. I had nothing but failure for long time with eco earth. Soon as I switched to exo terra I started getting flushes.

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Huskies said:

Are P. Natalensis truly that much more agressive? I did my T0 swabs, and transferred to a T1, but TBH the T0 plate even after transfer continued getting nicer looking.

The mycelium isnt uniform, but it feels like a dense jungle. Can it be trusted? Looks less nice on the transfer plates, but Ill transfer again. Still might try the T0 on grain.

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AspectOfTheCreator said:

My spawn looks pretty clean. Theres almost no condensation on these jars and a simple shake with one hand broke it up.

Had 9 more like it. Just spawned 5 to the rest of my exo terra (sticking to coco bliss from now on) and 5 to the rest of my eco earth. Using both 1:2 and 1:3 ratios for each type of coir. Very curious to see the results.

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That'll be a good test.  Make a thread when you have some results. 

Nichrome said:

Rabbits are easy to keep, good companions, and shit out plenty of free poo that is great for pans.

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Kinoko314 said:

AspectOfTheCreator said:

My spawn looks pretty clean. Theres almost no condensation on these jars and a simple shake with one hand broke it up.

Had 9 more like it. Just spawned 5 to the rest of my exo terra (sticking to coco bliss from now on) and 5 to the rest of my eco earth. Using both 1:2 and 1:3 ratios for each type of coir. Very curious to see the results.

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That'll be a good test.  Make a thread when you have some results. 

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Pnin said:

QQ: could I spore print a sterile single use agar dish? I saw a pic of a cap in a dish in the outdoor grow there and it got me thinking.

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Tiamo said:

My coir just does not want to expand. Same brand again, 4th brick this time. I've poured boiling water on the brick, an hour later the brick is still the same size sitting in hot water. The next day the brick is slightly larger sitting in lukewarm water. I can then break it up by hand (very hard) but the chunks coming off don't seem to absorb any of the water. Now I just have coco chunks in cold water. If I spend even more time I can sqeeze the chunks and force them to absorb the water.

Anyone ever had coir that behaves this way and how to fix it or should I just trash it? I've spawned some tubs with it but its about an hour of work to get every brick "hydrated" in this way and yields very little sub.

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AspectOfTheCreator said:

Upside down impossible penis envy mutant. What would cloning this lead to?

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AspectOfTheCreator said:

I should probably add that i break my coir up by hand as best i can before hydration. I never just pour boiling water on a solid brick so maybe thats why ive never had that problem.

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Nichrome said:

It is just way cheaper and much more available to buy bricks. Bricks also stack up very nicely and take up 10x less room than the same amount of loose coir.

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