Easy Bulk Substrate Pasteurization with Bucket Tek | Mushroom Cultivation Guide
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- In this video, I'll show you how to pasteurize a bulk substrate, using the Bucket Tek Method, a simple and effective way to prepare your coco coir for mushroom cultivation.
I demonstrate how to pasteurize the coir using the Bucket Tek Method, which involves filling a large bucket with boiling water and immersing the coir in the water for several hours. This process ensures that any harmful bacteria or contaminants are eliminated, creating a safe and sterile environment for mushroom growth. Then, I squeeze out the excess water and get the coir to field capacity, the ideal moisture level for mushroom growth.
By following these simple steps, you'll have a high-quality bulk substrate that is ready for the next stage of the mushroom cultivation process, spawning to bulk. So if you're looking to grow mushrooms at home, be sure to try out the Bucket Tek Method for pasteurizing your coco coir.
The next step in the mushroom cultivation process is Spawning-to-Bulk. Be sure to check out my video on how to Spawn-to-Bulk here: • How to SPAWN to BULK: ...
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:06 What is Pastuerization and Why is it Important?
01:48 What is Bucket Tek
02:23 Materials Needed
03:41 Coco Coir Brands
05:14 Mixing Coir and Boiling Water
06:39 Adding More Coir
09:19 Let it Sit for 2-3 Hours
10:20 Field Capacity: The Perfect Moisture Content
17:40 Next Step: Spawn-to-Bulk
18:08 Sneak Peak at Grain that will be Spawned to Coir
18:39 Conclusion
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Hi! At around 11:44 you apologize for getting the ratios wrong and say "some have shared with me the right ratios on my other channel". Any chance you can post the correct ratio of water to ground coco coir?
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Substrate ratio: coco coir (125 grams, if dry brick; 190 grams, if loose), vermiculite (50 grams), gypsum (5 grams), and boiling water (3 1/2 cups, if brick coir; 2 1/2 cups, if loose coir).
The coir bricks may not be as convenient to use as the loose stuff, but I regularly use 650 gram bricks of coir with 4 cups of vermiculite (at least, it's easy just to eyeball it), and 3.5 to 4 quarts of very hot water. If the substrate (after soaking 4 to 5 hours) is still a bit wet, I just add a bit more vermiculite to get it to field capacity. It takes time, and a bit more work to ensure the coir is broken up and hydrated, but even with the added expense of vermiculite, I have found it to pretty much replicate sensei's bucket tek every time.
Most recipes I’ve seen that had that much water, also called for 500ish grams of vermiculite. That would probably correct the saturation issue.
Suggestion for you. If you take accurate measurements of both your water and coco prior to the soak, then measure the amount of water you squeezed out to reach your ideal field capacity, you should be able to figure what your ideal no-squeeze water/coco ratio is. As long as you have the bucket lid on through the entire soak and no water is lost to evaporation, i think this should get you pretty close to dialed in. Hope this helps.
i have a question, so if i kept my bucket of substrate in say like 65-70 degrees would it still be okay to jus use or does it need to warm up, also if water does evaporate is it okay to re pasteurize?
Philly's recipe is 650g coco, 2 qts (8cups) of vermiculite, 1 cup of gypsum and 4.5 qts (18 cups) water.
💯💯 ive been using that recipe for over a year and havent had any issues
Always add less water than needed. If you need more then you add more boiling water to keep pasteurizing. If you add too much water then have to add more coco you’ve dropped the temperature and therefore are just hydrating and not pasteurizing.
Turkey bag and pressure cooker. Simple and easy
It's approximately 2 & 1/4 quarts (2.1 litres) of hot water per 650 gram brick of coir.
I was just looking for this, thank you so much. You're a lifesaver! Thanks so much for watching and for taking time to write. Hope you have a good one.
Would love to know if you found out what the correct amount of water is to add. Let me know!
Nice thanks for the vid, what are you usinsing the substrate for is it oister ?
Let the man keep it a mystery
I bake my substrate in the oven at 140F for an additional 20 mintues. I live in a cold climate and the hot water is probably not pasteurizing much because the temp quickly drops inside the bucket.
how do you do this, dump wet coir into ovens?
@@floorfungus4209 Yeah just add the coir and water to a turkey bake pan. Mix it up. Then put it in the oven with aluminium foil on the top of it. Poke a few holes and insert a temperature guage.
Use two buckets. Drill holes in the bottom of the one you're putting the coco coir in. Place a spacer in the bucket so the water can run through the first bucket and gather in the bottom of the second
This is awesome, I'm stealing this. Thanks for the idea and thanks for watching!
Hi! Any chance you can post the ratio of water to ground coco coir? I do not know the channel you are referring to in the video.
Philly Golden Teacher
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@@raytry69 Thank you. I heard that at the beginning. of the video. At around 11:44 he apologizes for getting the ratios wrong and says "some have shared with me the right ratios on my other channel". It is that channel I was wondering about.
@@Shainito I see. Please let me know when you find out. Thanks. :)
@@raytry69 sure. I will be knocking up my own batch soon so I will let you know how that works out. cheers
I think his recipe was 650g coir with 350g vermiculite and 50g gypsum. That would probably balance the water.
You’re right: 650g is 650g
Theres always contamination the goal is to minimize it
650 grams of dry coir bricked is about 12 quarts of loose coco .
You're missing the 8 cups of verm, I do 1300g coir, 16 cups verm and 2 cup gypsum and I have found about 5.25qts of water to be the sweet spot
Isn't adding gypsum make it in to substrate instead of casing?
5 quarts of water is just about perfect for 650 grams of coco ✌
Thank you!
@@TheMycologySociety. ✌
Did you find the ratio?
Yes! Some other viewers helped me out. It's about 5 quarts of water to 650 g of cocoa coir. Hope this helps!
if the oryginal one was with gypsum you know why its soupy ;)
Silk hose and a cheap sous vide heater from Ollies. You're welcome.
You need Vermiculite!!!
i mean its not necessary but it definitely helps, if u wanted to u can jus use coco coir
And perlite