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Cubic
What are the advantages of using manure in stead of just coco coir for cubensis?
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doobiebreath
Horse manure is hands down the best substrate. But it is not my go-to substrate because of time and workefficiency. Manure requires finding a source, collecting, processing. Its a lot of work. Straw is my choice. About 5 bucks a bale (which will last you quite a while) and you can process large amou... View More
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doobiebreath
Methods for pasteurizing large amounts of manure have many drawbacks. For instance, pillow case tek will leach a lot of nutrients from the manure and can make it difficult to get proper field capacity. The other option is to pasteurize in jars which is a lot of work. Pasteurizing large amounts of st... View More
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Cubic
Oh wow!! I started using straw, but got some contam issues. I started growing mushrooms using only straw with moderate results. Every now and then I would get a monster. I had issues with contaminations and then I found out many people use coco coir so Im giving that a go. I also tried adding cow m... View More
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doobiebreath
yeah i load a tote with lightly fluffed straw, it wont work if you leave it as dense as it is in the bale. Cut a hole in the lid big enough to drop a weed wacker in. Less than 5 mins i can get the straw to the perfect size pieces i want. And thats dozens of quartz of straw. Very efficient proc... View More
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