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vermiculite only casing?
    #7524727 - 10/16/07 06:33 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

ive seen a vermiculite casing tek, and wondered do you get better yields from pk cakes even with just a verm casing?


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: 2play]
    #7524761 - 10/16/07 06:42 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

you might aswell just roll the cakes

look up RR's dunk and roll tek
unless you're combining alot of cakes you won't get a much better yeild

for a casing to work well you need 2 inches of substrate at the lowest with 4 or 5 being your goal

i prefer verm only because verm doesn't harbor many contams as isn't very nutritous and also don't have to worry about pH problems

pH is important unless you want a trich fest


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: 2play]
    #7524768 - 10/16/07 06:43 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

you're only going to get so much of a yield regardless of what casing mix you're going to get, with crumbled brf cakes.

I use verm only casings for my monotubs. I have great results. I haven't had a casing layer contam in about a year either.

Good luck with whatever you choose!

and remember, a casing layer should not be nutritious whatsoever.


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: anarchOi]
    #7524777 - 10/16/07 06:45 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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for a casing to work well you need 2 inches of substrate at the lowest with 4 or 5 being your goal





really? I've had one inch sub. casings work wonders
the shrooms were thin but they sure were numerous

to original poster - if you want to case go buy a bag of mgmc which is a good option. pretty cheap and ready to go


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: mikeytro]
    #7524799 - 10/16/07 06:52 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

shallow substrate depths produce spindly shrooms, THey are shrooms none the less, but once you've created a six inch substrate depth, and get 3/4th oz dry single mushrooms off it consistently, you'll wonder why you ever did a 1" sub depth... and.. four months later, when it's FINALLY done flushing, you'll be like "That's why jeetered uses six inch depths!" "DOH"


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: jeetered]
    #7524846 - 10/16/07 07:02 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

:lol: I get you
well I will find out soon enough
on second grow and currently have 6 large casings of just rye and casing layer. avg depth of sub probably around 2
going to start spawning to coir as soon as it comes in the mail
contemplating just making really deep casings or going for the tub
just worried that if its my first time spawning and putting all my eggs in one basket with the tub it can go horribly bad..but then again its not rocket science


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: mikeytro]
    #7525086 - 10/16/07 07:57 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Hey Mikeytro, I just started out on my first grow and I had to figure out where to find stuff like Coir. Turns out my local petsmart had it, called "Bed-a-beast" in the lizard section. It was only $5 for a brick. GL!


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: lemonjello]
    #7525211 - 10/16/07 08:16 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I lost all my wbs to contamns cuz I forgot filterdisks on the lids....anyway I used BRF cakes but I figured I would see if, since pasteurizing doesn't kill everything in the straw and it is ultimately a race.....so I decided it was time to let the games begin. I figure since more myc - faster colonizing that a 3:1 spawn:straw would be sufficient...and it was. I cased with straight verm and it is pinning now. I figured if I ground up the straw it would speed it up too so I put it in the coffee grinder for a sec and shredded it into hairlike strands a half inch long. sure enough in 2 days it was fuly colonize so on the 3rd day I cased it, 3-4 days later 13 pins


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: lemonjello]
    #7525230 - 10/16/07 08:19 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

same to you
I probably could have looked around stores and found it but I'm a lazy ass and prefer ordering shit while I sit on my ass
I got a 4.5 foot brick...I'm guessing thats going to be a shit ton when its hydrated
the shipping weight was close to 20 pounds
probably more than I even need...but hey cant hurt :smirk:


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: mikeytro]
    #7525725 - 10/16/07 09:53 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

At the very least, you'll have extra left over for whenever you want to use coir again. Just don't hydrate the whole brick at one time, and you should get plenty of use out of a brick that big.


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: Skeeblix]
    #7525769 - 10/16/07 10:00 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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At the very least, you'll have extra left over for whenever you want to use coir again. Just don't hydrate the whole brick at one time, and you should get plenty of use out of a brick that big.




I just spawned 144 pints to 2 full bricks of coir, filled 10 x 10gallon monotubs

WOOOT..

coir good


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: jeetered]
    #7525998 - 10/16/07 11:03 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

heh, i've had an inch deep layer produce a quite a bit recently, but it's pinning very weakly now after producing about an OZ dried and a few grams of dried aborts on it's first flush

sure it works, but there are better things you can do with cakes other than dunk'n'roll

perhaps you should use it to spawn to 4-5 grain jars?

4-5 grain jars should be a nice casing if you're not ready to spawn that to bulk

speaking of, my bulk substrate just finished pasteurizing, now it has to cool, i'm so eager to spawn to it


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: anarchOi]
    #7526022 - 10/16/07 11:09 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

holy crap Jeet, a oak ridge for everyone:lol:


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: rizingfire]
    #7526107 - 10/16/07 11:33 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

do you pasteurize coir or is it usually rdy to go right out of the bag?


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: anarchOi]
    #7527018 - 10/17/07 09:36 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I pasteurize mine bro, coz it's a big hard brick, it absorbs best under hot water, so why not just pasteurize it u know, besides... i'd never just use coir straight out of the box, it's way to nutritous for that.


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: jeetered]
    #7527279 - 10/17/07 11:15 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

jeetered,
did you just use straight coir and straight verm or do you have an additives in your bulk?


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: grapejelly]
    #7529202 - 10/17/07 08:28 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

cupcake when i use coir as a bulk sub, i add to it, coir and verm, and some Malt extract, some calc carb, and a touch of peptone.
I mix the verm in at about 40%.

When I use manure, i simply use what comes when i order it from www.mycopath.com.


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: jeetered]
    #7529847 - 10/18/07 01:23 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Do you add a casing layer when you use bulk subs, jeetered?


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: Mepher]
    #7529854 - 10/18/07 01:28 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

yes "straight vermiculite casing layers"


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Re: vermiculite only casing? [Re: jeetered]
    #7529885 - 10/18/07 01:47 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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shallow substrate depths produce spindly shrooms, THey are shrooms none the less, but once you've created a six inch substrate depth, and get 3/4th oz dry single mushrooms off it consistently, you'll wonder why you ever did a 1" sub depth... and.. four months later, when it's FINALLY done flushing, you'll be like "That's why jeetered uses six inch depths!" "DOH"




So thats how you do that shit.. bummer i never got told or read this. you realize how much ive read without this info?:thumbup::rolleyes:


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