HippieChick said:

This is what gets me . You're casing with the same thing as your sub , just with more verm . Does that mean I can case my poo with a 70/30 verm. poo mix ? Same theory and principle . lol .

Peace,Love,Happiness and Harmony
Hippie Chick 

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I've always recommended peat/verm for casing.  It's just that so many people are 'set' on using coir, that I grew tired of always saying it sucks as a casing, rather than a substrate.  If it's mixed 60/40 or 70/30 verm-coir it will work, although not as well as a non-nutritious casing such as peat will. 

For those of you who were around then, I was the first person to say coir is a substrate material and not well suited for casing unless massively diluted with vermiculite. Until then, everybody seemed to repeat the lie that coir has no 'nutes'. In fact, saying that coir is better suited as a substrate than a casing material led to me getting banned from one of the other mushroom boards for being on a 'jihad' against coir and popcorn spawn.
RR

RogerRabbit said:

Adjust to field capacity, then add spawn.
RR

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For those of you who were around then, I was the first person to say coir is a substrate material and not well suited for casing

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Yep, I remember those posts. I was one of the diehard coir users for casing. When I find something that works, I stick with it . I got pretty good at achieving even pinsets with coir. I recently attempted my first peat/verm casing and it was less than successful. Peat requires a longer post casing incubation period than coir, because coir colonizes so aggressively. I fruited my first peat casing a few days too early, and while I got a good over all yield, the pinset sucked. Back to the drawing board.