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shiitake
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Coco Substrate
#954137 - 10/12/02 12:45 AM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm a few days away from spawning with Coco. I wanted to hear from anybody that has experimented with Coco substrate. Mycotek realy talks ot up so in sure it performs well,what have you found works best?
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cnidarium
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Re: Coco Substrate [Re: shiitake]
#954731 - 10/12/02 08:31 AM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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Coco coir typically isn't a substrate material, its for the case layer. I supose you could crumble the cakes and put it in coir just like straight vermiculite. Is that what you intend to do?
I havn't seen any posts of people's pets doing a coco coir substrate. And I grovel in awe of mycotek's grows that use coco to cover a bulk substrate.
Mostly it is used to cover the substrate providing moisture control and contamination protection.
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happygrins
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Re: Coco Substrate [Re: shiitake]
#954741 - 10/12/02 08:40 AM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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If your spawing your cakes or grain then spawn them to straw or poo or a combination. Use your coir as a casing layer. Add some verm. and oyster shell or hydrated lime for better results.
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shiitake
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Re: Coco Substrate [Re: cnidarium]
#954868 - 10/12/02 11:20 AM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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Mycotek has come up with a concoction useing several ingredients, coco among them. Check it out at www.myco-tek.com . This sounds great, like I said I was just looking to hear from somebody that has used it. thanks guys
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criminulmindid
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Re: Coco Substrate [Re: cnidarium]
#955975 - 10/12/02 10:58 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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My friend has jars colonising now using Coco coir/BRF/TAZ. It seems the same as verm/BRF. He uses 1 cup BRF to 2 cups of coir. he told me that coir gets cobweb mold pretty easy so steralize it good. hopefully it produces well.
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daussaulit
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Re: Coco Substrate [Re: shiitake]
#956260 - 10/13/02 02:05 AM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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Are you just trying to colonize just the coco coir? Because I read on another forum that there's no nutrients, and it won't do much.
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dubt
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Re: Coco Substrate [Re: shiitake]
#956597 - 10/13/02 08:23 AM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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i spawn coco with a couple brf cakes along with vermiculite and hay (optional) in a pot outside. should be pinning soon
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durban_poison
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Re: Coco Substrate [Re: shiitake]
#956626 - 10/13/02 09:07 AM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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just lace the coco with nutrition and some whole grain. Straw works great for making the substrate have a more manure type texture. Only difficult thing about this substrate is that moisture content is hard to get right. When you think its dry enough try and get more moisture out.
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