
Coir [merged]
#1
Posted 08 March 2005 - 09:50 PM
I advise coir people to buy now while they can.
#2
Posted 08 March 2005 - 09:56 PM
#3
Posted 08 March 2005 - 10:15 PM
#4
Posted 08 March 2005 - 11:03 PM
#5
Posted 09 March 2005 - 01:40 AM
#6
Posted 09 March 2005 - 04:18 AM
www.petdiscounters.com/catalog/Hermit_Soil_Compressed_Disk-p-1143116.html
Kinda funny cuz these are right by the 4 dollar bricks, but it would probably take about 12 of these, at 2 bucks a pop, to equal one brick.
#7
Guest_busst_*
Posted 09 April 2005 - 08:18 PM
i cant find vermiculite ANYWHERE in my entire fucking state, and i only have 3 quarts left, maybe 4. Shobimono suggested using coir, so i had to take an hour bus ride to the only petstore in the entire area that had some.
Now, when using Coir as an addative to a PF BRF style cake, should i expand the coir, and then let it dry, and then mix it with verm at a 1:1 ratio? and then use the verm/coir mixitre in place of the straight verm in the PF cake substrate? or just let it stay moist, add some verm, and brf, and go by judgement on how much water to add?
How big of a piece of the coir brick should i use, if i wanted like 4 quarts of expanded coir?
also, i bought 3 mini-bales from this arts and crafts store, i wanted to make sure this is really straw. one bag was 2 bucks, i know tis a ripoff, but i cant find straw anywhere.
So this is the plan. I was gonna make like 10 or so pints of coirBRFcake spawn. I was gonna make a poo bed. I was gonna powder the cakes, mix it in with straight bagged manure, maybe some wet straw, dig a hole in the ground somewhere, fill it with the substrate, cover with 1 inch of regular dirt, water alittle bit, and scatter some tree limbs, leaves, and stuff over the bed.
Will any plain old bagged manure work, as long as its horse or cow?
Sounds like a plan?
#8
Posted 09 April 2005 - 08:30 PM
#9
Posted 10 April 2005 - 12:25 AM
Your plan sounds ok. Id see if you cant locate a bale of straw somewhere tho. Lowes usually carries straw. Its best to add more straw than bagged manure.
Look in the phonebook under greenhouses or nursurys to find verm, straw, ect.
#10
Posted 10 April 2005 - 02:33 AM
If they didn't have mini straw bales, did you ask for straw wreaths.
Most craft stores are gonna have straw wreaths in various sizes and styles (finished vs unfinished).
You could also try Joanne Fabrics stores for straw wreaths.
#11
Posted 10 April 2005 - 06:39 AM
we sell verm at www.mycrotopia.com
anyway
can you find perlite there ?
perlite actually can make a decent spawn, esp. outdoors
as it won't attract the critters.
there's a recipe for perlite spawn in the old archives
#12
Guest_busst_*
Posted 10 April 2005 - 06:57 AM
also, how much does one brick expand do? if it expands to like 8 quarts, im gonna need a bigger bucket
cant find thaT perlite spawn in the archives, care to just summarize what i have to do? perlite is good for aerating the manure also, is it not? and retains moisture very well also.
#13
Posted 10 April 2005 - 07:02 AM
Well, what i got ISNT straw?
nope.
not even close.
the brick of coir will expand to about 6-8 times it's current volume
once water is added.
#15
Guest_Peter Cottontail_*
Posted 10 April 2005 - 07:05 AM
RR
#16
Posted 10 April 2005 - 07:13 AM
so it's possible.
the less grain you use, the better, imho.
#17
Guest_busst_*
Posted 10 April 2005 - 07:35 AM
#18
Guest_busst_*
Posted 10 April 2005 - 07:36 AM
so i can use perlite as a substitute for verm in the pf cakes?
#19
Posted 10 April 2005 - 07:40 AM
#20
Posted 10 April 2005 - 07:46 AM
and instead of wheat bran , could i use BRF?
so i can use perlite as a substitute for verm in the pf cakes?
well, kinda but you won't get much from perlite cakes 'as is',
they must be used as spawn to manure/straw.
i wouldn't even use jars either,
bags would be faster and hold more.