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casing questions
#3649298 - 01/19/05 04:26 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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Im just about to case, but cannot find any alcohol, so can I use lysol wipes to sterilize my aluminum trays instead? And when I sterilize my verm, how long do I put it into the microwave for? I heard for 15 minutes, but please correct me if im wrong..
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Libertycapper
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Re: casing questions [Re: balls]
#3649472 - 01/19/05 04:55 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm a newbie but can tell you that I disinfected with lysol wipes and it worked fine. Just be sure they are dry before you put your casing in. Also, I nuked some vermiculite for 5 minutes in a 900 watt microwave at high and it seemed like long enough . I base this on how smoking hot it was! Ouch!
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Roadkill
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Re: casing questions [Re: balls]
#3649522 - 01/19/05 05:04 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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You can find Isopropyl rubbing alcohol in any drug store for around $1.00 I've never tried lysol wipes... So I have no idea how good they would work.
I microwave my casing material in the microwave for 10 minutes. Stirr it up and nuke it again for another 10 minutes. Then let it cool down before using.
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Well I just put some verm in the microwave for 5 min, took it out to check and the bowl cracked, great. Anyways I was reading the Casing 101 method, and didnt see anywhere that I needed peatmoss, so I went ahead and did everything, without the peat moss, realizing after that I forgot to use some for the top layer. Well I dont want to trhow it out, or start over cause its all done, so what will happen with a bottom and top layer of verm, no peat moss at all? Will the mycellium even colonize?
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KlingonFromUranus
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Re: casing questions [Re: balls]
#3649556 - 01/19/05 05:11 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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It should still work, but I've heard the result are not as good as when you mix coir with verm or peat with verm.
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SoK
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just get you some jiffy mix from walmart, kmart wherever, i hear it works pretty damn good on it's own, but i think i'll be using it w/ like a 2:1 jiffy/verm mix - it's pretty cheap too
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tripndicular
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Re: casing questions [Re: balls]
#3652655 - 01/20/05 07:56 AM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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You can also cover the alum pan with some foil and then put in oven for 1 hr @350*F , that will sterilize it , just make sure you let it fully cool before you toss in your spawned bulk , or grain to be cased . Microwaving ... haven't a clue , I say get a pc Good Luck to ya
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Re: casing questions [Re: SoK]
#3654029 - 01/20/05 02:55 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
SoK said: just get you some jiffy mix from walmart, kmart wherever, i hear it works pretty damn good on it's own, but i think i'll be using it w/ like a 2:1 jiffy/verm mix - it's pretty cheap too
Jiffy mix is already 50% peat 50% verm IIRC. If it is you dont want to add more verm, that ratio is fine. You want about 50% of verm with peat and 30%-50% verm with coir.
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