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Offlineballs
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casing questions
    #3649298 - 01/19/05 04:26 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

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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Re: casing questions [Re: balls]
    #3649472 - 01/19/05 04:55 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

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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Re: casing questions [Re: balls]
    #3649522 - 01/19/05 05:04 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

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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Re: casing questions [Re: Libertycapper]
    #3649531 - 01/19/05 05:06 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

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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Re: casing questions [Re: balls]
    #3649556 - 01/19/05 05:11 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

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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Re: casing questions [Re: KlingonFromUranus]
    #3652546 - 01/20/05 07:16 AM (19 years, 2 months ago)

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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Re: casing questions [Re: balls]
    #3652655 - 01/20/05 07:56 AM (19 years, 2 months ago)

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  :wink:
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)

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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