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cubensisfrenzy55
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casing poo= higher contam risk??
#5735152 - 06/10/06 06:37 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ok, straight poo is completely colonized when it starts to grow mushrooms so it is pretty resistant to contaminations, right? A casing layer is not colonsized completely so it is more suseptable to contams. So in thoery you should you get more flushes from straight poo because you eliminate the contamination factor, just not as even of a pin set, right. Just a thought I had that I would liked a little feedback on. I am new to the whole poo thing. Got my first poo tub colonizing right now, and will porbably case it no matter what. Just was wondering what all you guys think about think. thanks
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thenewguy05
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no water is key in mushrooms. that is one of the reasons for a casing layer. they shouldn't contam if you are clean about your procedures.
casing material holds more water and therefore can help produce more mushrooms. if you have a str8 poo substrate with no casing than you will yeild less because there is less water being retained in the growing medium.
just cause cutting the time doesn't mean you are yeilding more.
Edited by thenewguy05 (06/10/06 06:47 PM)
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cubensisfrenzy55
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Re: casing poo= higher contam risk?? [Re: thenewguy05]
#5735173 - 06/10/06 06:45 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm not sure I understand what you mean? Do you mean that the poo will dry out too quick? I have seen staight poo grows that have yielded a couple flushes.
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skeletor
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sure but the point of a casing laying is to help. you will get better flushes and more of them with a pro case. you can fruit without but it won't be quite as good. since you casing layer has no nutrients or almost none its not a contam risk. if you get a contam in a later flush it likely started in you substrate then moved its way up to were you could see it.
-------------------- im sorry about your mother. She was a terrible attrative woman. Get back to nature; hunting burgers and gathering fries.
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thenewguy05
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and i have gotten seven flushes out of a propperly cared for casing.
what is meant is that when you apply a casing layer it contains more moisture right... more than it would if you only applied poo to the substrate. a mushroom is 90 percent water. everytime you remove a mushroom you are removing that much in water.
in otherwords the casing must be able to absorb and release water which is substantial in fruitbody generation.
also the substrate must be pourous to water and i don't know if you noticed or not but mycellium has a tendency to repell water when applied to rehydrate.
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cubensisfrenzy55
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gotcha, didn't really think about the moisture content. Thanks for the advice.
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