
Coir [merged]
#61
Posted 07 January 2006 - 03:18 PM
#62
Posted 07 January 2006 - 05:17 PM
#63
Posted 11 February 2006 - 12:39 PM
-Aettis
#64
Guest_freakachino_*
Posted 11 February 2006 - 01:37 PM
Ahhh, but these are my lone thoughts, hopefully others will give ya some good coir opinions :)
Happy growing :)
#65
Posted 11 February 2006 - 01:37 PM
A bulk substrate also contains food. Some kind of poo will make a good mix with coir. The coir is used primarily to fluff the substrate and hold water to support good sized fruit bodies.
A good plan is to innoculate WBS jars and then either crumble and case or just bury the tube of colonized seed in casing.
If you want to try a bulk substrate, 50/50 worm castings/coir is a nice mix. Just make sure not to over hydrate. A big handful of bulk substrate should just drip a few drops when you squeeze it very hard.
If you do bulk, you would colonize the jars and then crumble 1:3 into sterilized/pasteurized substrate, cover and incubate again. A casing layer is good thing, but is also optional.
#66
Posted 12 February 2006 - 09:22 AM
you can mix it with your wbs after full colonization
but don't waste time/effort trying to colonize jars of coir.
#67
Posted 12 February 2006 - 10:16 PM
#68
Posted 12 February 2006 - 10:20 PM
#69
Posted 12 February 2006 - 11:14 PM
#70
Posted 13 February 2006 - 01:11 AM
Assuming that a new bag of verm is being used, would you recommend separately pasteurizing/sterilizing the verm for coir/verm casings?i think maybe folks should just stop
pasturizing their coir casings.
I usually nuke moistened verm in order to sterilize.
I've seen some nice results using 100% verm, straight out of the bag, as the casing layer, but I've also seen some forest green...
Not sure if it was my technique or dumb luck when it worked.
I'm about to case a compost tub (from the Wagner) with coir/verm.
Trying to limit variables as much as possible, since I'm new to steam pasteurization.
Cold water/bleach soak for the verm, perhaps???
#71
Posted 15 March 2006 - 10:01 AM
i never bothered pasteurizing it.
#72
Posted 15 March 2006 - 10:14 AM
#73
Posted 15 March 2006 - 10:16 AM
#74
Posted 15 March 2006 - 10:29 AM
#75
Guest_dial8_*
Posted 15 March 2006 - 10:40 AM
#76
Posted 15 March 2006 - 10:42 AM
Mostly coffee grinds. If you don't pasteurize the coir mixed with coffee grinds, it will explode with trich if the ph isn't adjusted high.
makes sense, good point.
i don't use coffee grounds anyway but some do.