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help with casing
#7853352 - 01/09/08 12:24 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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Ok i am looking for a decent/easy casing tek and i also need some opinions on what ever use give me. i am use to cakes and pretty much a noob at casing ( will be first one) so any takers?
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Re: help with casing [Re: Supplier]
#7853359 - 01/09/08 12:26 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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My advice is to use the search function. Please stop posting false info, and starting new threads on subjects that have been covered 24234234 times.
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Re: help with casing [Re: Supplier]
#7853362 - 01/09/08 12:27 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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ok well once again im a noob at casings and endepth i posted here because i want opinions FROM PPL not a search engine k? now captain how do u check the ph levels of the substrate? and do u do this when u are first mixing it?
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Re: help with casing [Re: Supplier]
#7853393 - 01/09/08 12:36 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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Plenty of peoples opinions and casing techniques have been posted here. Quit being lazy.
Leaving this thread now.
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Re: help with casing [Re: Supplier]
#7853395 - 01/09/08 12:36 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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Supplier said: OK well once again I'm a noob at casings and en depth i posted here because i want opinions FROM PPL not a search engine k? now captain how do u check the pH levels of the substrate? and do u do this when u are first mixing it?
Get some pH test strips, or a Kelway, which is what farmers use.
Most garden supply stores carry pH kits, Hydroponic stores do.
You usually add about 10% oyster, hydrate, then let it sit for a few hours, to do it's magic.
The oyster is for the peat, which is way to acidic, and needs to be buffered to help prevent contams.
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Re: help with casing [Re: Supplier]
#7853396 - 01/09/08 12:36 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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Well you did ask for an easy tek, then asked for ppls opinions. Anyway start with something easy like the 50/50 that CC said. There is a few teks that will explain how to do so. You can just go buy a bag of jiffy mix from a hardware or gardening supply store.
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Re: help with casing [Re: endepth]
#7853400 - 01/09/08 12:37 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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endepth said: Plenty of peoples opinions and casing techniques have been posted here. Quit being lazy.
Leaving this thread now.
Really, find me 3 links to good casing teks then Endepth.
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Captain Cubensis said:
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endepth said: Plenty of peoples opinions and casing techniques have been posted here. Quit being lazy.
Leaving this thread now.
Really, find me 3 links to good casing teks then Endepth.
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/3290155/an/0/page/0 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1308057/an/0/page/0 http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/565456/an/0/page/0
wow... that was hard y0.
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jesus it seems like ever other post someone has to be an ass. if i wanted to do a search for casings i would of done that but i want ppls own opinion and meathod of casings they liked and got good results from. and thank you captain.
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Re: help with casing [Re: Supplier]
#7853429 - 01/09/08 12:43 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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this is what got me started even though it cases with coir: http://www.shroomery.org/8432/From-syringe-to-print-using-rye
once having that down i now am trying bulk coir with nitrogen additives and proper 50/50 casings.
for ph i use test strips by sqeezing the small amount of water in the casing soil over the strip to read the ph.
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Re: help with casing [Re: poot]
#7853441 - 01/09/08 12:45 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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will the simple pool ph kits work? it's like a bottle of ph strips.
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Re: help with casing [Re: Supplier]
#7853475 - 01/09/08 12:51 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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yeah they should, the ones i use are multi-strips for like ph amonia etc. and they make you compare to a colored chart. basically you dont have to be right on, but its nice to see an estimate and know your ph is higher and less acidic. you can get a bottle of 25 multi-strips at walmart's aquarium section for around 10$
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Re: help with casing [Re: poot]
#7853487 - 01/09/08 12:53 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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yea my grandmother has an extra bottle of the same ones.
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Re: help with casing [Re: Supplier]
#7853520 - 01/09/08 01:00 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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they should work fine then. are you going to do the 50/50 casing tek?
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Re: help with casing [Re: poot]
#7853582 - 01/09/08 01:14 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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Hey, the forums are here for a reason. People seeking help should be able to get it right off without any harassment. I dealt with the same sarcasm when I first came onboard. If you are unwilling to help, don't respond- EZ 'nuff. Casing did not come easy for me, I use a 50/50+ mix, but I read alot of cultivators are using Miracle Grow Moisture Control with good results. MGMC no worries about pH, just bring to field capacity, pasteurize, and case.
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Re: help with casing [Re: resptodd]
#7853640 - 01/09/08 01:24 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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Thank you resptodd very much atleast someone agrees. and yes i am gunna do a 50/50 with oyster or im gunna do an easy verm/perlite casing like don'tplay is doing atm in a small tin tray. i think im going to use 2-3 cakes for the casing. i just need to get the hole thing down pact. so pretty much my frist one will be the verm/perlite. im gunna mix it up steam it since i have no pcer for about 90 mins. but what im confused on is when to do the layering. should i sterilize my first layer of 50/50 then put the broken up cakes then do a this layer of the 50/50 again. then throw it in a ziplock and put it in the dark till i see patches of myc.
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Re: help with casing [Re: resptodd]
#7853656 - 01/09/08 01:29 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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Just remember that the forum rules state:
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Please read the Shroomery Cultivation FAQ before asking questions in this forum...many of the answers are already in the Shroomery Cultivation FAQ.
In addition to this the Shroomery Grow Section offers probably more information than you will ever need.
It isn't the fact that people ask questions that pisses them off it is questions like yours in which you want people do do your research for you.
If on the other hand you had asked:
Hey! I have been reading casing teks and can't make my mind up. Is there anything better than 50/50? Can I use coir for my casing?
You would have got a lot more answers and people wouldn't have told you off.
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Re: help with casing [Re: Supplier]
#7853665 - 01/09/08 01:30 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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No need with strips, If you use the right ratio of lime you'll be fine ... AND....you don't even need to heat treat a 50/50 peat moss/vermiculite casing IF you use Non-Dolomite low magnesium Lime
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Re: help with casing [Re: Nibin]
#7853666 - 01/09/08 01:30 PM (16 years, 23 days ago) |
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ok i understand that and i did read up. but i wanted ppls opinions on what they liked best and what they got the best results from.
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