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casing substrate question
    #5359016 - 03/02/06 07:11 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Hey i want to start casing but i want to find the easiest casing mix to case it with.  Can you just use vermiculite on top also? or..whats the most basic, all ive read is like a mix with 10 different things that i dont have.. please lemme know what you think i should do...thanks  :rolleyes:


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Re: casing substrate question [Re: smoothie]
    #5359109 - 03/02/06 07:24 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Eaisest mix you can make is one of coir and vermiculite.
http://www.shroomery.org/index.php/par/23536
This is because the coir require no ph balancing. Oystershells are optional. I don't know any casing mixes of 10 differnt things, I like peat and verm with oystershells. Problem is the peat requires some refinement and ph balancing.


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Re: casing substrate question [Re: musher_420]
    #5359307 - 03/02/06 08:08 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)



Can't get much simpler. Just soak, microwave, drain, and use. Just make sure you get the kind with vermiculite, not perlite. :wink:


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Re: casing substrate question [Re: Premedman1]
    #5359339 - 03/02/06 08:18 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Coir and verm does not require ph balancing.. however, overlay is a very common problem with using coir.

Jiffymix, I believe, would be the easiest, and it is not hard to find a calcium carbonate substitute.. have some scrambled eggs, save the shells, clean them, grind them up and you have a ph buffer. Or order something else from a vendor.

Or if you want to get down right simple, just use straight verm.


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