southbayLA154
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alright got it
1 part coco
1 part Malibu compost
2 parts vermiculite
Bring to field capacity
And in she goes in the oven
adding some compost too it is fine ?
Anybody growing mushrooms willing to talk???
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1 part coco
1 part Malibu compost
2 parts vermiculite
Bring to field capacity
And in she goes in the oven
adding some compost too it is fine ?
canndo
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Sure.
oldsilvertip55
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thanks for the help on that one @7L!fTeD24,old skull do'nt keep things in stock like it used too.
oldsilvertip55
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shrooms have a way of adjustin a persons head!
7L!fTeD24
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Without a doubt!
oldsilvertip55
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things were really gloomie after, i had a cancer scare, been thru chemo/ cut on. Bummed out for about eight months then a local gal came up with shrooms ,first round (over 30 years since last dose) was a micro dose, a few days later i worked up ,the nerve to ingest 1and 1/2 grams ,really helped dispell the gloom and doom.i love my local stripper and her shrooms.
You don’t got to sterilize if you just use coco and Verm. Google bucket tek. Easier is best. To cook it is hella old school.
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Drop That Sound
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Apparently you don't even really need to pasteurize coco or verm either (using whatever tek, bucket, oven, etc). They say nothing really grows because its inert, but I do anyway when I grow plants indoors with it. I'm sure I've picked up dormant pest eggs from un expanded bricks before, and never had a problem since I bake or add boiling water to the bucket.
Yeah baking is much much harder/longer. I did that in like ‘02 last time or something. Here is a decent video of no one has posted for the monotub part. Roger rabbit has some super olds school videos. Him and PF are the reason we know how to home grow at all I think.
7L!fTeD24
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I just use coco and bucket tek it. I used to use vermiculite with the coco before but didn't really notice a difference. So I just use coco and put it in a bucket pour boiling water in it and put the lid on to pasteurize. So far so good.
Drop That Sound
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Water is way more effiecient to heat up. I'm used to doing that with coco when I used it more often, so thats what I'll do for substrate too. Easy bucket tek. I got a cooler I use when I expand blocks, and just dumping boiling water in (you can even estimate about the exact ratio for mushroom substrate field capacity) seems to work just right, and hold the temp long enough. Easy!
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the verm is there to hold water so it does help with 2+ flush. I toss them after 2 flushes anyway so it depends on the strain size if it is even worth it.
Drop That Sound
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I like the idea of those inflate-able tubs.
I was looking into tubs to setup in my new little temporary mushroom grow room space (my drying chamber), and was about to buy 4 or 5 larger totes to stack on each other..
Then, I got the idea to just buy a tall plastic storage rack, and cover it with plastic film all the way around. Better yet, I could use polycarbonate panels, so it can be washed down easier. I'll have a tall fruiting chamber with 4-5 shelfs to put the tubs in when ready.
You guys think thats a bad idea? Better to use multiple tubs so they are more isolated from one another?
I was looking into tubs to setup in my new little temporary mushroom grow room space (my drying chamber), and was about to buy 4 or 5 larger totes to stack on each other..
Then, I got the idea to just buy a tall plastic storage rack, and cover it with plastic film all the way around. Better yet, I could use polycarbonate panels, so it can be washed down easier. I'll have a tall fruiting chamber with 4-5 shelfs to put the tubs in when ready.
You guys think thats a bad idea? Better to use multiple tubs so they are more isolated from one another?
I would recommend using multiple tubs and stacking. Sometime a tub goes bad. Also the way a tub is with the holes and the bag you put on it keeps 95% of the pins on the top of the substrate. I am not sure how the air flow would be in the area you are talking about and that is what causes the pins. That is the entire point of the holes in monotub. I have definitely seen some old school hippies on shroomery do it that way in just foil trays even. But they are amazing skill level that helped teach us all the modern ways. it is harder unless you have yourself at the level where you set up and get no side pins.
Drop That Sound
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It seems like if you had a larger fruiting chamber rack, you could use meshed trays, and suspend them in the air from the shelve above. Grow a full 360 degrees all the way around the substrate, even through the bottom of the tray...