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Burnt soil
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My casing material consists of 1part Verm, 1 part flower soil and 1 part
agricultural lime (50% chalkeffect, 3% Magnesium). This mix was grilled for an hour at 200C when all of a sudden I had unexpected visistors. While entertaining my guests in my smelly apartment I had to let the casing sit in the oven for about 2 hours. So when the guests left I figured I would quickieburn all the new germs on top of the casing. Putting the oven on grill mode for a while suddenly made sparks fly from the casing. Some of the vermiculite (I think) turned into embers.

When the casingmix had chilled, I cased a couple of jars with it. The cases with this mix reeks charcoal and burnt soil still. I'm gonna give it a few days but what do you all think about
a) the ratio of the ingredients in this casing mix?
b) any side effects of burning the mix?

Should I recase with an unburnt mix?


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Re: Burnt soil [Re: laguendo]
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Well first you should look into reading more about using suitable casing materials. Soil is really not that great, my first casing was soil and yield was pathetic. Peat/verm, with a little hydrated lime and oyster shell is much better than soil, IMO. I don't know how much burnt casings will affect your mycelium, but if I had to guess, I'd say not good. For next time Read a little more, learn a little more, try something a little different. Good Luck


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Re: Burnt soil [Re: laguendo]
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Yeah, dont use any potting soil...it wont do you any good. If I were you, just use the vermeculite or mix it with a 50-50 mix of Verm and peat.

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