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swope904
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Monotub Tek-Questions On Sterilization? Help!!!
#9410183 - 12/10/08 11:45 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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i am going to be inoculating a 4lb rye bag and use it to spawn a tub full of black kow/verm mix but i have some questions about sterilization with the black cow and verm.
Once my bags are fully colonized i am gonna take a non-transparent storage tub and line the inside with black plastic then lay a 1/2 layer of verm and then break up the bag of the colonized substrate and mix the black kow and mycelium and put it on top of the verm then let incubate. after the substrate has been spawned i am gonna case it with some more verm and fruit.
I have a couple of questions about this tek i have. i have been reading around the forms and cant exactly find a trust-able answer for these questions that Im sure about.
1.before using the verm at any part of my tek rather it be for casing or the spawning the substrate do i have to sterilize the verm at all? Ive read that i can wet it and microwave for 10 Mins? this possible or may work? and i plan on misting up the verm before use.
2.so i have to sterilize the black cow before mixing it up with the mycelium and spawning? i had already planed on bring it to Field Capacity before mixing with the mycelium and putting it on top of the verm in the tub. i have read that i dont have to pasturize or sterlize the black kow just might take a little longer to cloinze and should be fine with just bring it to Field Capacity.
3.When i spawn the substrate and let it incubate how much of the substrate should it take over before i case it? the whole thing or about 85-95%? or 100%?
thanks for the help:)
Edited by swope904 (12/11/08 12:22 AM)
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BeyondN0thing
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Re: Monotub Tek-Questions On Sterilization? Help [Re: swope904]
#9410282 - 12/11/08 12:06 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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you do NOT need to sterilize dry verm but Sometimes you need to sterilize WET verm
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swope904
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Re: Monotub Tek-Questions On Sterilization? Help!!! [Re: swope904]
#9410784 - 12/11/08 02:10 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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someone please give me some adivse. thanks.
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Re: Monotub Tek-Questions On Sterilization? Help!!! [Re: swope904]
#9410882 - 12/11/08 02:52 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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1 + 2. Couldn't tell if you're using Black Kow alone or with verm mixed in, I recommend the latter. Mix dry and you'd probably get away with adding boiling water, letting cool and squeezing out excess water with your hands. But if you want to do it by the book, bring to field capacity and put in jars with candy thermometer in pan of water, heating to 70-80C for 60-90 mins. Get water content right before adding mycelium to avoid losing some draining.
If using 100% verm as a casing layer, microwave wet for 10 mins. Might as well though you'd get away without it.
3. Don't case till substrate's 100% colonised.
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Re: Monotub Tek-Questions On Sterilization? Help!!! [Re: roquet]
#9410929 - 12/11/08 03:21 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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hmm, big pot full of water with your 60/40 or whatever ratio you have for poo/verm. Heat up for about 30 minutes til its 140F-180F. Monitor it frequently to stay in this range, for 2 hours. Time starts when you hit 150F in the center. Throw it somewhere to drain. let it cool for 6-8 hours. Then squeeze the water out. I like mine muddy like. It looks like diahreha lol . Use the search bar... this website is a giant libary.
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