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Magicius
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casing: dry old pine needles (have little resin) compared to COIR/ peat?
#7971824 - 02/03/08 04:53 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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hi there. I was just thinkin about dry old pine needles. I mean that are a few years old have been lyin on the forest floor, and are all brown from dryness; all the resin and stuff is out; when you smell them you don't get any hint of resins whatsoever; and i mean we see the forest floor cover with it.
Just wondering what the nutritional property of it is; and i mean it could possibly be used in a coir kind of way for casing/
I've had incredible success years ago with dry old needles and poo as a substrate (really, it was incredible flushes)...
Im just wondering how it would fare, and what the nutrient levels are, compared to say coir , for casing rather than a substrate additive. I havent noticed anyone else talking about it. everyone *IS* all anti resin, yes,
but like i said I HAVE had great success with it as substrate mixed with donkey poo; years ago....
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KillerPicklez



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Re: casing: dry old pine needles (have little resin) compared to COIR/ peat? [Re: Magicius]
#7971827 - 02/03/08 04:59 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Im pretty sure casing layers are supposed to be nutrient-free.
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brainsOplenty
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Re: casing: dry old pine needles (have little resin) compared to COIR/ peat? [Re: KillerPicklez]
#7971829 - 02/03/08 05:11 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i might be wrong but i think pine needles are highly acidic
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Magicius
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Re: casing: dry old pine needles (have little resin) compared to COIR/ peat? [Re: KillerPicklez]
#7971835 - 02/03/08 05:21 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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but arent those dry old pine needles oh i guess, loaded with nutrients?
honestly though, i had a slow mexican strain, but the cakes took like 2 months to colonize., with hardly a damn contamn too, i might add, which was weird. it was in an old empty deepfreeze and it was leike 102% humidity, like soak dripping off the sides although I did cover the cake with black rubbish bags... still. but yes it colonized VERY fucking slow. I've never had anything colonize that slowly.
im just lookin for a FREE alternative to COIR. YES, I *am* that cheap =]
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Re: casing: dry old pine needles (have little resin) compared to COIR/ peat? [Re: Magicius]
#7971840 - 02/03/08 05:26 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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You dont want nutrients in your casing layer, perhaps you arent following.
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Magicius
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Re: casing: dry old pine needles (have little resin) compared to COIR/ peat? [Re: KillerPicklez]
#7990282 - 02/07/08 02:11 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Nevertheless, guys, about 4 years ago, i grew massive flushes and immense sized mexicans (cubensis, not mexicana), on donkeypoo and dry old pine needles. I've just sniffed my bag of old needles, and yes there still is a fain pine smell; but like i said, i did grow a lot of mushrooms on 50% pine needles, 50 % donkey poo (same as horse, a bit denser maybe...)
anyways. but it did colonize slow, but i dunno i think it was a slow strain to begin with...
yz i agree i dont want nutes in the casing, I agree.
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wyattb
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Re: casing: dry old pine needles (have little resin) compared to COIR/ peat? [Re: Magicius]
#7990374 - 02/07/08 02:36 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i know they work well 4 psi. cyanescens.
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