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OfflineGraveReaper0
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Should I use a top layer for my casings?
    #5642698 - 05/17/06 05:08 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Im a happy caser for a while now. And everytime I case I spawn to poo wait for colonization and then cover with a 60/40 verm/coir casing mix. But recently I fruited one without the casings, just the c poo and its got colonies of shrooms EVERYWHERE! So it seems to me you get more if you don't use the casings layer. Am I right/wrong? What's the dealio, I been told to use the casing layer.


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Re: Should I use a top layer for my casings? [Re: GraveReaper0]
    #5642714 - 05/17/06 05:14 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Your just not casing properly and/or maintaining your casing properly. Not uncommon.


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Re: Should I use a top layer for my casings? [Re: GraveReaper0]
    #5642728 - 05/17/06 05:17 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

IME, with a casing, you get a more even pinset and more medium sized mushrooms.

Without a casing, you get fewer bigger mushrooms.

I guess its all about preference.


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Re: Should I use a top layer for my casings? [Re: MrMaddHatter]
    #5643005 - 05/17/06 06:12 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I'll take pictures as soon as i find my camera. The casing with the top layer is just starting to set pins, and its looking very promising too now.


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Re: Should I use a top layer for my casings? [Re: GraveReaper0]
    #5643052 - 05/17/06 06:26 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

The casing IS the top layer. Without a casing, it's simply an uncased substrate. You can't have a casing without a casing layer.
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Re: Should I use a top layer for my casings? [Re: GraveReaper0]
    #5643429 - 05/17/06 07:55 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Casings are a non-nutrient layer of material (peat moss, coconut coir, vermiculite, sand) that is on top of your colonized substrate (crumbled cakes, manure, straw). This layer provides a micro climate between the substrate and the outside world.



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Re: Should I use a top layer for my casings? [Re: Boondock]
    #5643450 - 05/17/06 08:00 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Casings are also a technique where one creates basically a tray of any shape or size and adds a casing layer thus a casing.


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