just bought a 89L tub from casa de pot for my glove box (3.6 sq.ft). for my last glove box I used a 3" hole saw. the holes were too small, and the box cracked. this new one i used duct tape, and a jigsaw. the holes are 4.25" - i used a lid to trace the holes. it only took 15 minutes to make. p.s. don't wear a sweater when cutting the holes :)
i want to return the large tubs I just bought, and get two more 89L tubs...so that they can store away when not in use. it will go a long way to not having them repurposed or thrown out :)
here's my method:
1. rinse 3.5 cups rye 5 times, then soak for 24 hr (to germ endospores, clean dust, starch, etc). antibacterial soap doesn't hurt here.
2. drain and simmer rye for 45 minutes
3. pack four 1L small mouth mason jars (just over half full)
4. I use filter discs from mycosupply
5. cover jars with foil, and pressure cook at 15 psi, for 70 minutes
6. this first run I innoculate with spore syringes. subsequent runs use grain transfers :D (alcohol and bleach are your best friends) i usually work in the bathroom right after a shower
7. incubate in a double tub with aquarium heater set to 28C
i innoculated with 6 ml per jar tonight. should be colonized in 10-14 days.
can i skip the simmer step and just go from soak to pc?
fwiw i read through my old notes, and discovered the little tubs had a bottom and top casing of vermiculite/
promix, with all grain substrate (what a waste of potential).
i hear horse manure is the best, but pasturizing it in your kitchen is straight nasty. coir does have some nute thats why you dont want to case with straight coir, you have to cut it with peat or verm to reduce nute content. this is why i also requested you use gypsum. everything drugley stating is true besides coco not working for a sub, im assuming drugley been doing this for a while or has been taught by a OG as coir is newskool.
it all works just some better for others!
Thanks Pockets.
Yes I have been doing this for quite a while but the last couple years have been kinda spotty. Mostly shit and verm subs.
You are correct about the coir having some nutes but it really doesn't have enough to support many flushes with ease. But mix some verm and some worm castings or manure and "flush" takes on a new meaning. :)
Some good info here.
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i would love to use coir, but i don't know how you pasteurize it AND add castings/manure. do you add the castings to the water BEFORE you add the bricks? then pasteurize in a pan in the oven? also, how do you get the perfect moisture?
at what rate do you add manure/castings to a brick? will chem ferts work? my diy pot nutes are close to cow manure's npk.