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SuchSmartMonkeys
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casing material q...?
#7899814 - 01/18/08 11:30 PM (16 years, 14 days ago) |
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I found some stuff that may be of interest at the hardware store yesterday. i was looking for potential bulk substrates and found a compost mix that the ingredients were: aged and processed hardwood bark and sawdust, composted animal manures, dried poultry waste, and feather meal. Would this be a good bulk substrate if i mixed in something like straw or vermiculite or something of the like to give it a little more body/air space? I can't remember the brand of it, but it was all organic, looked like good stuff...
note: sorry, this is the exact same post i made in another forum that i created, but it got hijacked
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RoachMan
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As you might be the first to come across this particular material there may not be anyone with any experience with it.
As long as there isn't any soft-woods in the mix... ...you would still want to adjust the substrate's pH by adding calcium carbonate and gypsum.
Also...hydrating the mix would be a bit more difficult than hydrating wood chips seperately from the mix.
I think that using this mix you would need to pasteurize using the pillow case method to allow proper hydration.
Adding straw or some coco-coir to the mix would be a good idea, but...you can use either of those by themselves (after pasteurizing of course).
In the end...it's all up to YOU.
P.S.- If you haven't mastered PF cakes yet...I suggest you wait, and if you have never pasteurized anything I would wait on using the compost mix for a substrate as well. (Start with the straw or coir, IMO.)
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RogerRabbit
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Re: casing material q...? [Re: RoachMan]
#7900851 - 01/19/08 09:11 AM (16 years, 13 days ago) |
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Sounds like a great substrate for shaggy manes, but for cubes I'd look for something without the bark and wood. RR
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SuchSmartMonkeys
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Re: casing material q...? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#7905534 - 01/20/08 12:04 PM (16 years, 12 days ago) |
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cool, thanks RR...the wood is what detracted me from it as well. i've got a bit to figure out what exactly i'm going to do, just nocced up m jars 2 days ago... and to the poster before, sorry, but i'm sick of people telling me to go back to BRF. i have experience growing oysters on rye, and pasteurizing straw for bulk subs, i'm just transferring all of that knowledge over to cubes, and naturally have to make a few adjustments. I've got a good enough dea of what i'm doing to make a few of these adjustments, and besides that i'm asking questions here
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