I ordered the decked out monotub from you guys a few days ago and I also ordered the 5lbs loose coco coir substrate layer that was the 18.00. Is that bag ready to go or do I need to do the heat up method before putting it on top of my grow? Just wanting to make sure I don’t mess anything up.
Coir can be thought of as a pretty neutral ingredient that contributes carbon and not much else to a grow from a nutritional perspective. That said, it adds a ton of structure and moisture retention. Some folks do grow with nothing more than grain spawn and coir. Some will add vermiculite and gypsum for moisture retention and pH balance. Nutrition-rich components like manure, soyhulls, wheat mids or alfalfa can be yet another addition. So, while you can use coir as an ingredient to grow pretty much anything, it is most often used to grow certain popular dung-loving medicinal mushrooms. Even though they grow in the wild on manure, these mushrooms do incredibly well on coir mixtures with a high grain spawn rate!
A little confused here just wondering if when the hot water is applied to the coco coir brick if its fully pasteurized and can be cooled and used to grow mushrooms right away. Or do you have to do the canning thing to complete the pasteurization process?
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Can I freeze the Coco coir that was rehydrated too? Or is it more for the stuff that went through pasteurization?
Yes, you can freeze rehydrated coco coir!
I ordered the decked out monotub from you guys a few days ago and I also ordered the 5lbs loose coco coir substrate layer that was the 18.00.
Is that bag ready to go or do I need to do the heat up method before putting it on top of my grow? Just wanting to make sure I don’t mess anything up.
Your bag is ready to go, no need to hydrate 👍
Do you mix the coir with other substrates and what mushrooms prefer coir?
Coir can be thought of as a pretty neutral ingredient that contributes carbon and not much else to a grow from a nutritional perspective. That said, it adds a ton of structure and moisture retention. Some folks do grow with nothing more than grain spawn and coir. Some will add vermiculite and gypsum for moisture retention and pH balance. Nutrition-rich components like manure, soyhulls, wheat mids or alfalfa can be yet another addition. So, while you can use coir as an ingredient to grow pretty much anything, it is most often used to grow certain popular dung-loving medicinal mushrooms. Even though they grow in the wild on manure, these mushrooms do incredibly well on coir mixtures with a high grain spawn rate!
Should I set up the fully automated systems before or after the coir is colonized ?
Only after.
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A little confused here just wondering if when the hot water is applied to the coco coir brick if its fully pasteurized and can be cooled and used to grow mushrooms right away. Or do you have to do the canning thing to complete the pasteurization process?
You don’t have to pasteurize bricks . They’re already fairly sterile.
Correct, it's a bit overkill.
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