I’ve been putting it in a 5gal bucket, then add boiling water, close up the bucket with a lid, and then let it sit until it’s room temp.Do you cook your cvg at all? As in 200° for 2 hours at least?
What's messed up to me about coir is that people claim that you don't need any heat at all. While others claim that you need to pasteurize it. The tek that I've been following calls for cooking the coir to provide a better nutritional value to the cvg.I’ve been putting it in a 5gal bucket, then add boiling water, close up the bucket with a lid, and then let it sit until it’s room temp.
Yeah, I’ve heard you can cold pasteurize it but I find pouring boiling water in it to be easy enough.What's messed up to me about coir is that people claim that you don't need any heat at all. While others claim that you need to pasteurize it. The tek that I've been following calls for cooking the coir to provide a better nutritional value to the cvg.
Yeah the bucket tek is pretty tried and trueYeah, I’ve heard you can cold pasteurize it but I find pouring boiling water in it to be easy enough.
How much did that set you back? I’ve heard they are expensive.View attachment 125863
My laminar flow hood came in today! I'm super excited to get into agar, grain to grain, cloning, and liquid cultures.
450How much did that set you back? I’ve heard they are expensive.
He gave me a permanant discount code but he didn't send enigma. I didn't ask for it, though, because the discount and his prices are great as it is.Did you get an enigma and a permanent discount code?
use it all agin, probaly take some work to get it ready for shrooms!So I had a thought not sure how well it will work but I'm going to recycle my coco from my grow into mushroom substrate...and after that outside into my garden beds
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Do you already use the same coco for your shrooms? The reason I ask is because a lot of coco that it made specifically for plants comes with trichoderma in it purposely to fight of fungus. It's one of the reasons people recommend using coco that is made for reptile bedding.So I had a thought not sure how well it will work but I'm going to recycle my coco from my grow into mushroom substrate...and after that outside into my garden beds
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No I use two different kinds of coco floraflex quickfills for growing then the blocks of coir for my boomers.Do you already use the same coco for your shrooms? The reason I ask is because a lot of coco that it made specifically for plants comes with trichoderma in it purposely to fight of fungus. It's one of the reasons people recommend using coco that is made for reptile bedding.