akapulko said:

I had no luck with Koir

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Kloakk said:

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akapulko said:

I had no luck with Koir

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What kind of coir, and how is it failing? The middle picture in my signature is pasteurized 70/30 coconut coir/cow manure compost.

Tell us more about your process and we might be able to help you.

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akapulko said:

Coir absorbs all moisture. But recently I read that people spray the surface of the substrate twice a day, which I have never done. I have never sprayed my substrate, I only watered it carefully at the very bottom.

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I guess there is a language barrier here, but yes coir holds moisture, it is the sole purpose of coir. So you get the coir to field capacity and that should suffice as a water reservoir until the substrate is colonized.

Then you add casing, the casing can be kept humid by misting until pins show up. Some of my TTBVI was fine with misting others were not. Again, some information on your process would help.

Other than that I agree with stagger @Stagger, yes CaCO3 is used as calsium supplement, both in substrate and casing, but not the amount used in this case.

Kloakk said:

@stagger, yes CaCO3 is used as calsium supplement, both in substrate and casing, but not the amount used in this case.

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stagger said:

hey Kloakk, thanks!  at the amount you would normally use, what is your pH of the sub, do you check it?

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I have not used it yet, me, Tree Frog and Asura had a little conversation about it here, I have done a little research, but couldn't find a lot, but the way I see it, for substrate you'll want to keep it at around 1% of the dry weight of the substrate mix, with casing you could go 10% without a problem.

That's all I know about it, but I'll do some tests as soon as I have time. Might not be anytime soon though as fall is around the corner and pan season is over for me, now is the time for zapo's where I live, Oh and yeah everything else that likes about 22-24°C(70-75°F)

To answer your question, no I do not check my pH, but I now the pH of the water and supplement in my substrate/casing I'm using

NotImlay said:

347g (prior to cleaning substrate)

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Kloakk said:

NotImlay said:

347g (prior to cleaning substrate)

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What ya got there partner?

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NotImlay said:

TTBVI

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Kloakk said:

Nah, I boil them, dry them and then sterilize in PC. I've been thinking of trying to do a couple of hours of soak first, it takes a long time getting them fully hydrated, and even though burst popcorn ain't a big issue, I would like a shorter boil, but as with so many other things I want to try, it's on the waiting list

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fahtster said:

Some clone trays coming in.  Tex 3rd flush finishing up


Dark caps are a peace river and the other two are bvi

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Stellar as always Faht

el boso said:

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Nice boss

SkanskKorv said:

Damn boy he thiccc




The second flush seems way thicker and more robust, I absolutely love this because I thought the first flush had too many slim Jims and not enough fat bastards and just like my woman I want my shrooms thicc af

The second flush is supposed to come in a lite more uneven right? I remember reading this so I haven't worried over this but damn they really grow at various speeds

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It depends, but yeah nothing unusual about that, what did you do after harvesting first flush? I like to lift out the shrooms and get as much casing with them as possible, might sound weird, but I do that because after I'm done harvesting I scrape off the rest of the casing and apply a new one.

I can't be sure, but that way the flushes seems to come in more even.

These MiB's are moving fast and are looking cool.

SkanskKorv said:

I plucked them straight from the casing and had big issues not wrecking the casing so I ended up filling the holes out with some fresh casing instead, I think you're the one who told me to do this a long time ago and at the time I did this it seemed logical since I was thinking the casing has to colonize again if I replace it right? Next flush I'm trying this on one of the trays to see how much of a difference it makes! Thanks for helping me fill out my holes bro

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Yeah if 70%, or above, of the casing is there after I'm done harvesting I'll just patch it, mist and move along, same if I can't harvest the whole tray at once. And it'll take a couple of days extra before the next flush arrives when I remove the whole casing, but I don't mind as long at that gives me more even flushes

Kloakk said:

SkanskKorv said:

I plucked them straight from the casing and had big issues not wrecking the casing so I ended up filling the holes out with some fresh casing instead, I think you're the one who told me to do this a long time ago and at the time I did this it seemed logical since I was thinking the casing has to colonize again if I replace it right? Next flush I'm trying this on one of the trays to see how much of a difference it makes! Thanks for helping me fill out my holes bro

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Yeah if 70%, or above, of the casing is there after I'm done harvesting I'll just patch it, mist and move along, same if I can't harvest the whole tray at once. And it'll take a couple of days extra before the next flush arrives when I remove the whole casing, but I don't mind as long at that gives me more even flushes

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