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MonstroniuM
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50/50 JiffyMix Casing
#7714707 - 12/04/07 10:32 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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What up fellas, got a real quick question for you.
After a successful brf cake grow/casing with the off the shelf jiffy mix (wasn't labeled jiffy mix, but it was a seed starter soil), I stepped it up and went for birdseed. Welp, I have 20 jars fully inoculated waiting to be cased, and went to get more jiffy mix, but didn't have the seed starter, but actual 50/50 jiffy mix, with expanded crystals for extra water retention, and plant food already mixed in. I am not entirely sure that the seed starter had plant food in it, but doubt it from my ganja days as it tends to burn seeds, etc. I was wondering if this new stuff that has plant food in would be able to case my birdseed, or will it boof it up? Thanks in advance!
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Re: 50/50 JiffyMix Casing [Re: MonstroniuM]
#7714736 - 12/04/07 10:38 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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its fine.. "plant food" in this case is just a miracle grow like additive... it will not harm your mushrooms..
PS, topic should have been something like "Is Jiffy mix with plant food ok?"
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DJYoshaBYD


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Re: 50/50 JiffyMix Casing [Re: MonstroniuM]
#7714737 - 12/04/07 10:38 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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you dont want nutrients in the casing soil.. it will attract contams.. no plant food... just use the 50/50+ tek.. that works for me
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MonstroniuM
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Re: 50/50 JiffyMix Casing [Re: DJYoshaBYD]
#7714747 - 12/04/07 10:40 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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2 conflicting answers already, scha-wing.
Yeah, sorry about tittle, I am we todded.
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Edited by MonstroniuM (12/04/07 10:45 AM)
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DJYoshaBYD


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Re: 50/50 JiffyMix Casing [Re: MonstroniuM]
#7714750 - 12/04/07 10:42 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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just do a search on casing nutes or something to that effect.. you dont want nutes in the casing.. the goal of casing is moisture, not food... thats what the substrate is for
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MonstroniuM
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Re: 50/50 JiffyMix Casing [Re: DJYoshaBYD]
#7714759 - 12/04/07 10:45 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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There are a lot of 50/50 teks from peat moss, to horse dung. Which one are you referring too? Thanks again.
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DJYoshaBYD


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Re: 50/50 JiffyMix Casing [Re: MonstroniuM]
#7714776 - 12/04/07 10:49 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: 50/50 JiffyMix Casing [Re: DJYoshaBYD]
#7714869 - 12/04/07 11:10 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I would look for a mix without fertilizer if possible. It really won't hurt your fungus, but it could stimulate algae. The chemical plant food won't feed the mushroom mycelium or contaminant molds, but for my grows, I'd prefer to keep it away. I don't even use that stuff on plants. RR
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Re: 50/50 JiffyMix Casing [Re: DJYoshaBYD]
#7714875 - 12/04/07 11:11 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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DJYoshaBYD said: you dont want nutrients in the casing soil.. it will attract contams..
There is a great new "tek" people have been discussing. It takes about late casing your sub for better pinning results. Looks real promissing, and in that case the casing layer isnt colonized so you dont have to worry about contams.
I case with perfectmix, similar to pro mix and jiffy mix. The perfect mix is based on peat moss and horticulture perlite. Mixing 50/50 with verm and casing helped get me this, and it was the first time I used that casing material.

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Slimz said: PS, topic should have been something like "Is Jiffy mix with plant food ok?"
Lastly, Slimz, thank you. I hate searching for posts or just skimming new threads and read titles that are so general or some that arent even a sentence. Props for telling the noobs how to title a thread. No offense to MonstroniuM.
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MonstroniuM
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DJ - Figured that was probably the one you were getting at, thanks for linking it. Seems
RR -I have sense returned them, and now either going to do the 50/50 tek posted on here, or attempt your concoction LH, because that was a marvelous flush.
LH - None taken, just figured the title fragment was pretty self explanatory, after all if you know what the post is about, how fun is that, haha. Did you use birdseed? Also when you cased yours, how many jars did you use, and did you spawn to anything then case, or just 1/2 in bottom layer --> mycellium culture --> casing. Did you dunk it after the first flush?
Thanks again guys.
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