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cbiegel
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quarts per hydrated brick
#7604802 - 11/06/07 09:23 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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How many quarts of hydrated quarts of hydrated coir will you get out of one brick? I'm interested to find out in how many quarts of spawn per brick so I can tell how many bricks to get.
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monstermitch
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Re: quarts per hydrated brick [Re: cbiegel]
#7604808 - 11/06/07 09:25 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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roughly 8
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Mankey


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Re: quarts per hydrated brick [Re: monstermitch]
#7604817 - 11/06/07 09:26 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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...and there are different sizes of bricks.
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mycocurious
Mike O. Kuerias



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Re: quarts per hydrated brick [Re: monstermitch]
#7604819 - 11/06/07 09:27 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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google.com is your friend.
the back of the brick will often tell you that it will yeild approximately 3-3.5 gallons of substrate. google calculator is your friend and ultimate unit converter...
google.com "3.5 gallons in quarts"
and the search results will list "3.5 US gallons = 14 US quarts"
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Don't mistake my tone for a "matter-of-fact" attitude. I'm just presenting what I believe to be correct, until I'm corrected... - How Myco-Curious Prepares Coir & Compost Substrates - How Myco-Curious Builds A Bulk Humidifier - How Myco-Curious Builds An Automated Greenhouse ------------------------------------ figgusfiddus said: Keep in mind that inoculating or whatever in front of a flow hood won't help your bad substrate, your bad inoculant, your bad sterile procedure, etc. etc. etc. It's not a +3 flowhood of magic, it's just a tool.
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cbiegel
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Re: quarts per hydrated brick [Re: monstermitch]
#7604837 - 11/06/07 09:34 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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monstermitch said: roughly 8
Cool, thanks.
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monstermitch
Growing in Bags Doesn't Work



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Re: quarts per hydrated brick [Re: mycocurious]
#7604856 - 11/06/07 09:37 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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well, I completely disagree. my experience trumps google anytime.
one traditional sized 650g compressed brick of coco coir will expand to about 32 cups of substrate. that's when it's properly hydrated with one gallon of hot water.
32 cups = 8 quarts.
let's have google show me how you can get 56 cups of expanded coco coir from one brick...
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mycocurious
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Re: quarts per hydrated brick [Re: monstermitch]
#7604900 - 11/06/07 09:45 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I don't know, could be the size bricks, they're 1.5lbs cocotek coco-coir bricks. I get them by the case from hydroponic suppliers and on the back of each one it says that each brick yields 3-3.5 gallons per 1.5 gallons of water.
Never even occurred to me that they might be larger than the standard. What is the "standard" (by brands) BTW?
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Don't mistake my tone for a "matter-of-fact" attitude. I'm just presenting what I believe to be correct, until I'm corrected... - How Myco-Curious Prepares Coir & Compost Substrates - How Myco-Curious Builds A Bulk Humidifier - How Myco-Curious Builds An Automated Greenhouse ------------------------------------ figgusfiddus said: Keep in mind that inoculating or whatever in front of a flow hood won't help your bad substrate, your bad inoculant, your bad sterile procedure, etc. etc. etc. It's not a +3 flowhood of magic, it's just a tool.
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mycocurious
Mike O. Kuerias



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Re: quarts per hydrated brick [Re: mycocurious]
#7604906 - 11/06/07 09:47 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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nevermind i'm a bonehead, i just double checked and it's 2.5 gallons which would be roughly 10 quarts, sorry...
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Don't mistake my tone for a "matter-of-fact" attitude. I'm just presenting what I believe to be correct, until I'm corrected... - How Myco-Curious Prepares Coir & Compost Substrates - How Myco-Curious Builds A Bulk Humidifier - How Myco-Curious Builds An Automated Greenhouse ------------------------------------ figgusfiddus said: Keep in mind that inoculating or whatever in front of a flow hood won't help your bad substrate, your bad inoculant, your bad sterile procedure, etc. etc. etc. It's not a +3 flowhood of magic, it's just a tool.
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monstermitch
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Re: quarts per hydrated brick [Re: mycocurious]
#7604959 - 11/06/07 09:58 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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mycocurious said: nevermind i'm a bonehead, i just double checked and it's 2.5 gallons which would be roughly 10 quarts, sorry...
2-2.5 gallons sounds better. or for quarts, 8-10 quarts. usually ending up closer to 8 or 9 quarts.
all coco coir "bricks" are a standard 650g size. none of them are correctly sized though, they are very inconsistent in weight and size. therefore inconsistent in produced volume.
so any number you get here is just ballpark.
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mushylove
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Re: quarts per hydrated brick [Re: monstermitch]
#7605393 - 11/07/07 12:18 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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on my 655g. coir packaging its written : 1brick = 8 quarts , 8.8 Litres
so for me, i got 6quarts(2x3qt) of WBS. BAG to mix into each huge 11"x34" Monotub,... so i put somethin like 24quarts of Substrate to 6 quarts of Spawned WBS.... ( For a 4to1 Ratio) I end up with about ~4inch substrate... plus some spawn on top of the mix... plus the casing... end up just under 5"....
So this is 3 Bricks of Coir (3x8qt) ... and i add a couple cup of Vermculite and some Straw&Hpoo if i got some.. some wood chip..etc.. add a pinch of lime, gypsum... some stuff laying aroung... then smoke a bowl and pasteurize....
mostly all from Monstermitch Grow Journal... ez and well detailed... Thxs Man !!!
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