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Mushroom-Hut Shop: Substrate Mix

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OfflineShoreThing
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Noob Greetings, Question, and Thanks
    #5593206 - 05/05/06 08:34 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Hey Folks-

I wanted to say hi, hola, & guten tag to the members & thank everyone for their input into all the different threads. Special thanks for the answers provided to the questions us noobs to this hobby pose.  :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

The wealth of info on here is unbelievable- I've been lurking for several weeks, just "eating" it all up so to speak.  With info from here, I've successfully colonized my brf jars & am almost ready to move to the fruiting.  I've also started some liquid culture, although its too early to pat myself on the back for these little triumphs.

All that said, I did still have one question.  I thought I'd use homeground BRF for the last jars I plan to start just to see the difference.  I read grinding your own BRF means you have to use a little extra water.  How much do I add?  I've not worked with BRF enough to recognize the consistency I'm shooting for when I mix it.
I am making 4 1/2 pt jars- is a quarter of a cup of h20 about right?

Thanks a lot folks.  Keep up the good fight.

My advice to others entering this hobby is to take the time to study & read- almost all of your answers to problems and questions are here.


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Re: Noob Greetings, Question, and Thanks [Re: ShoreThing]
    #5593285 - 05/05/06 09:07 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

a quarter cup more are you asking?  hope you don't mean a quarter cup total for all 4 jars :smile:

quarter cup = 4 tablespoons so an extra quarter cup would be an extra tablespoon of water per jar.  that's definitely too much.  i personally wouldn't bother adding more.  any slight difference between home ground brf versus factory ground brf isn't gonna matter, but you can pretty easily go overboard with too much water.


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Re: Noob Greetings, Question, and Thanks [Re: creamcorn]
    #5593303 - 05/05/06 09:15 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Actually, I just found the tip about mixing the water with the verm first until its exuding a tiny puddle in the bowl when tilted and then adding the BRf to coat it all. Once again, the info here comes through.


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Re: Noob Greetings, Question, and Thanks [Re: ShoreThing]
    #5593312 - 05/05/06 09:17 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

yep exactly. and when its that consistency, the brf should stick to it nicely. notice you're balancing the water/verm consistency that way before the brf is even in the picture? thats why i had my doubts about changing your water ratio because of the type of brf. its the verm that sucks up and holds on to the majority of the moisture.


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