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    #4003148 - 04/01/05 11:21 PM (18 years, 11 months ago)


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Offlinehawksapprentice
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Re: Straight Verm Casing? [Re: ]
    #4003217 - 04/01/05 11:35 PM (18 years, 11 months ago)

Straight Verm will work, just not as well.


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Re: Straight Verm Casing? [Re: ]
    #4003223 - 04/01/05 11:37 PM (18 years, 11 months ago)

Hey, straight vermiculite will work, but no, not just as good. Your 9*9 pan is probably a little big for two 1/2 pints. Remember you want between a 2-3 inch substrate layer. Good Luck.
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    #4003226 - 04/01/05 11:37 PM (18 years, 11 months ago)


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Re: Straight Verm Casing? [Re: ]
    #4003710 - 04/02/05 02:42 AM (18 years, 11 months ago)

The FAQ is the best read anyone new could possible due, in my opinion;)

And it's fun to boot!

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Re: Straight Verm Casing? [Re: ]
    #4004252 - 04/02/05 08:55 AM (18 years, 11 months ago)

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richardcypher101 said:
Really? Didnt know the top layer had anything to do nutrient wise.




Who said the top layer has anything to do with nutrients?

The casing layer is there to provide moisture, a contam barrier, and a microclimate within which to fruit. Without coir/peat, you have a shitty microclimate and cant tell when the verm is drying out (coir changes color as it dries).

If you have a PetCo or PetSmart, you can find coco coir. Dont ask people, as I'm sure you already know, people are idiots..look yourself in the reptile section for Bed A Beast or Eco Earth ect. Also Hydroponic stores have large pricks of it.


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Anyone looking to start bulk tubs/mono tubs/shotgun hybrids? Good tubs to use..
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Re: Straight Verm Casing? [Re: scatmanrav]
    #4004302 - 04/02/05 09:25 AM (18 years, 11 months ago)






Dont ask people, as I'm sure you already know, people are idiots..look yourself




Some wise advice there! Seems to be a problem in alot of stores today. Almost gone is the day where you used to be able to ask a salesperson something and they would bend over backwards to help you. The best coir deals we have seen were on the net and it was something like 2 bucks for a brick that expands to 9 lt. The stuff is not that heavy for shipping either.

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Re: Straight Verm Casing? [Re: scatmanrav]
    #4004319 - 04/02/05 09:33 AM (18 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

The casing layer is there to provide moisture, a contam barrier, and a microclimate within which to fruit. Without coir/peat, you have a shitty microclimate and cant tell when the verm is drying out (coir changes color as it dries).

If you have a PetCo or PetSmart, you can find coco coir. Dont ask people, as I'm sure you already know, people are idiots..look yourself in the reptile section for Bed A Beast or Eco Earth ect. Also Hydroponic stores have large pricks of it.




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scat if I could give you more than a 5 shroom rating...I would!~ :smile:
your always on the money...with your answers.

Also look for this brand ---> Forest Bed by T-Rex...at petco.
They usually have a 2 for 1 deal once a year.
I still have 10 bricks from last year. :smile:


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Re: Straight Verm Casing? [Re: Roadkill]
    #4004376 - 04/02/05 09:58 AM (18 years, 11 months ago)

"The best coir deals we have seen were on the net and it was something like 2 bucks for a brick that expands to 9 lt. The stuff is not that heavy for shipping either."

Actually the best coir deals you'll find (which are on the net) are for the bales of coir. Its a brick just the same but REALLY big. Expands to 70-80 liters instead of just 7-9. Bales can be found at the hydro stores like I mentioned earlier too. Them bails go for like 15 bucks plus shipping. Shipping is a bit on lots of bricks of a bail...not tons..but like 10 bucks.

RK,
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"life is like a drop of rain getting closer and closer to falling into a lake, and then when you hit the lake there is no more rain drop, only the lake."

Growing with bags, start to finish (including my new grain and substrate prep)
Anyone looking to start bulk tubs/mono tubs/shotgun hybrids? Good tubs to use..
How I do grain (old still good tips)
Turn your closet into a fruiting chamber
Casing layer colonization and overlay

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Re: Straight Verm Casing? [Re: scatmanrav]
    #4004387 - 04/02/05 10:01 AM (18 years, 11 months ago)

In my experiments the straight verm casing versus a 50/50 was much slower to fruit, in the same conditions.

Took about a week longer to pin. Not that my experiments are anything valid, since I only did this once, but still just another reason not to do it.


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    #4004535 - 04/02/05 10:50 AM (18 years, 11 months ago)


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Re: Straight Verm Casing? [Re: ]
    #4004688 - 04/02/05 11:32 AM (18 years, 11 months ago)

I plan on going with a 50/50 [Verm/coco coir], when my straw based substrate, inuclated with rhy grain, has finished incubating. Mainly because I want my casing layer too actually look like acasa casing layer, and because it will give a better pinset IMHO. For the record, however, my friend uses just stright verm for his casings [colnized popcorn with straw substrate]. He got 2oz's dried on his first flush, in a shoe-box sized container!1


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