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richismalls
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Re: First time compost disaster. [Re: joshua m]
#7889057 - 01/16/08 04:46 PM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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how do you figure out the water content of straw? is there a certain type that you need to use?
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joshua m
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Re: First time compost disaster. [Re: richismalls]
#7889119 - 01/16/08 04:59 PM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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Just use normal covering straw from a garden supply store. The kind you use when u lay down fresh grass seed so that the birds don't eat it. Water content huh Y. Just use one brick of coco coir inflate it with one gallon of water. Mix in your straw till you have enough to pack in to a 5gallon paint straining bag. Tie of the bag with a zip tie. Pasteurize. After 3 hours take the bag out the water. lay the bag over the separator for your kitchen sinks till it stops dripping. Open bag and mix spawn and substrate usually 3/4 of a gallon per bag and bingo. Awesomeness
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Re: First time compost disaster. [Re: richismalls]
#7889121 - 01/16/08 05:00 PM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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Quote:
richismalls said: after that i le it sit in my incubator and didn't look at it for two weeks. when i took a look at it i was fucked.
bulk substrates do not go into an incubator, that was probably what did it. they create their own heat so you should put them somewhere at room temp.
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richismalls
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Re: First time compost disaster. [Re: CantiSama]
#7889136 - 01/16/08 05:02 PM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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wow thats awesome. thanks for the help everyone...yeah i just covered them and put them in the incubator with my jars
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joshua m
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Re: First time compost disaster. [Re: richismalls]
#7889183 - 01/16/08 05:14 PM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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Yup never incubate bulk substrate
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richismalls
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Re: First time compost disaster. [Re: joshua m]
#7889244 - 01/16/08 05:26 PM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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whats the ratio of water to straw to coir?
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joshua m
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Re: First time compost disaster. [Re: richismalls]
#7889363 - 01/16/08 05:49 PM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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ok dude i can't make it any simpler add one gallon of water to your coir brick, this is not to hydrate it just to inflate the compressed coir. after that just add straw until you can fill one whole 5gallon paint straining bag once the bag is full tie off then dunk in your pasturizing water and the straw will absorb over the three hours of pasturizing all the water it needs. I have no clue how much water it absorbs just submerge and heat. If needs be over the three hours add water if it becomes unsubmerged. K?
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richismalls
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Re: First time compost disaster. [Re: joshua m]
#7889379 - 01/16/08 05:53 PM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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alright alright keep your panties on
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joshua m
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Re: First time compost disaster. [Re: richismalls]
#7889519 - 01/16/08 06:22 PM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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No no dude no worries im not upset or getting my THong th thong thong thong in a bunch. But do you get it now?
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richismalls
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Re: First time compost disaster. [Re: joshua m]
#7889833 - 01/16/08 07:26 PM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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yeah i get it thank you very much...its all good i must have read it wrong or something. i didnt take into consideration that its all going to be submerged at some point in time and the water amount was to expand the coir. thanks for your help
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joshua m
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Re: First time compost disaster. [Re: richismalls]
#7890534 - 01/16/08 09:46 PM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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No prob i'll give ya five mushies for being a good questioner. lol
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