BIG PROBLEMES

hunter420 · 10-22-09, 17:01

I cant not for the life of me find any horse poo or worm castings in my town and the next closest place is a four hour drive which i cant make what do i do????????? I have the coco fiber or husk whatever you wanna call it but thats it for my substrate i heard maybe something about spent coffee grounds but i need some help for some new substrate mixes some very easy to get please???? rye grain is done and need some kinda mix?

Myc · 10-22-09, 17:13

coffee grounds are very acidic - in large amounts, they will promote competitors.

be careful

No access to straw or bermuda grass - (rabbit feed)?

Phx · 10-22-09, 17:15

When all else fails... this works wonders ...
http://archives.mycotopia.net/discus...tml?1039265527

Myc · 10-22-09, 17:15

even dried shredded leaves will work
worst comes to worse, just case the grains. They'll kick ass too!

hunter420 · 10-22-09, 17:18

what about timothy hay????anyone heard of it.

I can find coco coir. anything from a pet store like rabbit food or something?

levler · 10-22-09, 17:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by hunter420

what about timothy hay????anyone heard of it.

I can find coco coir. anything from a pet store like rabbit food or something?

I seen to stay away from timothy hay. Do U look to see what Hippie Has to offer???

hunter420 · 10-22-09, 17:25

all i can find is at a pet store and its very northern so everything i need is gone till next spring so i have to impravise. and what do you mean by hippie has to offer?

Phx · 10-22-09, 17:27

try www.mycrotopia.com .... thats Hippies other site

levler · 10-22-09, 17:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by hunter420

all i can find is at a pet store and its very northern so everything i need is gone till next spring so i have to impravise. and what do you mean by hippie has to offer?

The store on this site. Mycotopia.

Shroomette · 10-22-09, 17:29

Here is what Hippie3 has in store, check it out.

http://www.mycrotopia.com/catalog/catalog.php

Myc · 10-22-09, 17:30

put your ready-to-go spawn in the refrigerator
order bulk substrate from here:
http://www.mycrotopia.com/catalog/ca...-dial-a-hippie

when the items arrive - very quickly i've read
take your spawn out of the 'fridge, break it up, and mix it with your new ready-to-go bulk sub
pre-pasteurized and all

hunter420 · 10-22-09, 17:31

the only probleme is my rye grain are 100% colonized and i thought i wasnt good if you had to leave em in the jars. ( i kno i shoulda been on the ball) i just need and easy bulk substrate.

BGB · 10-22-09, 17:35

Putting the jars in the fridge will stop the mycelium dead in its tracks and it will be good to go by the time you get your supplies together!

Myc · 10-22-09, 17:36

I do it all the time
I have bags of colonized grains that are stored for months in the 'fridge prior to fruiting
just don't go more than about 4 months

I went and snapped these photos just for you.
Order bulk from Hip3

hunter420 · 10-22-09, 17:39

you just gave my heart a fighting chance hahah i am very thankful!

im gonna do it, i love the fridge.

Myc · 10-22-09, 17:41

levler · 10-22-09, 17:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by hunter420

you just gave my heart a fighting chance hahah i am very thankful!

im gonna do it, i love the fridge.

Bet U love this site more now,lol.

hunter420 · 10-22-09, 17:43

but is there really nothing i can do???? halloween is bascially here and i wanna get a lil something for my treats. i can find coco coir and vermiculite can i make anykind of sub??? I loved this site since i found it a month or two ago.

hunter420 · 10-22-09, 17:54

can experiment??? with say that compressed rabbit food? i have no clue hahahah just throwin it out there, theirs gotta be something

kcmoxtractor · 10-22-09, 18:00

Golly had luck with dried grass clippings! Lots of people use coir by itself and have success. Getting more nutrients will probably make your culture produce more though. Hip's products are supposedly A+, there are several threads about his donkey doo!

hunter420 · 10-22-09, 18:03

thats why i wanna find something to mix with the coir cuz i know that i need the nutes, i have grown herb so i kno everything thats grows need nutes and im just thinkin to myself that there has got to be something i can mix with that coir. maybe like rabbit food or something:S but i dont really wanna experiment and be wrong but i do have 5 jars of colonized rye grain

(neo)Figment · 10-22-09, 18:04

Grains have lots of food in them. Just a little lacking on the water....Spawning to equal amount of verm or coir can provide some nice results. Each quart of grain used to yield me an ounce dry in 3-4 flushes. All I was doing was casing with some cactus soil and dunking in between flushes.

Like Myc said tho dried leaves can give you a flush. Be creative.

hunter420 · 10-22-09, 18:11

im trying to be creative im just a noobie having a hard time trying to figure stuff out let alone creat my own mix but i mean its kinda basic if you really think about it i will figure something out...... what if i mix verm, coir and maybe some brown rice flour(ground up)
????

kcmoxtractor · 10-22-09, 18:16

The BRF would need sterilized and would probably just invite contamination. I would not recommend it. Coir and verm would be a fine combination. Here is a thread dedicated to alternate substrates- http://forums.mycotopia.net/fungi-gr...te-thread.html (Alternative Substrate Thread)

hunter420 · 10-22-09, 18:19

you are the man cool guy(Y) seriously you are thank u

Lazlo · 10-22-09, 19:04

If you're in that much of a rush, just use the coir alone. It works fine as is, but you'll have to pasteurize it for 2 hours @ 150 degrees.

hunter420 · 10-22-09, 19:11

im not in a huge rush and i no if i use just coir i will lose alot of overall wieght of mushies but im very eger if thats how you spell it
i just need to settle down i do have like 12 brf cakes about 25-80% done but i really wanna try the trye grain but its really not worth it

Lazlo · 10-22-09, 20:27

Coir done correctly, yields pretty good. Really good, in most cases.

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10-22-09, 17:01	#1 (permalink)
hunter420 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66	BIG PROBLEMES I cant not for the life of me find any horse poo or worm castings in my town and the next closest place is a four hour drive which i cant make what do i do????????? I have the coco fiber or husk whatever you wanna call it but thats it for my substrate i heard maybe something about spent coffee grounds but i need some help for some new substrate mixes some very easy to get please???? rye grain is done and need some kinda mix?

10-22-09, 17:13	#2 (permalink)
Myc El Jardinero Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,041	coffee grounds are very acidic - in large amounts, they will promote competitors. be careful No access to straw or bermuda grass - (rabbit feed)? __________________ "...we'd like to help you learn to help yourself..."

10-22-09, 17:15	#3 (permalink)
Phx Mycotopiate Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 405	When all else fails... this works wonders ... http://archives.mycotopia.net/discus...tml?1039265527 __________________ Phx

10-22-09, 17:15	#4 (permalink)
Myc El Jardinero Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,041	even dried shredded leaves will work worst comes to worse, just case the grains. They'll kick ass too! __________________ "...we'd like to help you learn to help yourself..."

10-22-09, 17:18	#5 (permalink)
hunter420 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66	what about timothy hay????anyone heard of it. I can find coco coir. anything from a pet store like rabbit food or something?

10-22-09, 17:25	#7 (permalink)
hunter420 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66	all i can find is at a pet store and its very northern so everything i need is gone till next spring so i have to impravise. and what do you mean by hippie has to offer?

10-22-09, 17:27	#8 (permalink)
Phx Mycotopiate Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 405	try www.mycrotopia.com .... thats Hippies other site __________________ Phx

10-22-09, 17:29	#10 (permalink)
Shroomette Fairy Princess Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,937	*Here is what Hippie3 has in store, check it out.* http://www.mycrotopia.com/catalog/catalog.php __________________ "If I'm not seen in this world.I'm lost in my own lil world"!!!

10-22-09, 17:30	#11 (permalink)
Myc El Jardinero Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,041	put your ready-to-go spawn in the refrigerator order bulk substrate from here: http://www.mycrotopia.com/catalog/ca...-dial-a-hippie when the items arrive - very quickly i've read take your spawn out of the 'fridge, break it up, and mix it with your new ready-to-go bulk sub pre-pasteurized and all __________________ "...we'd like to help you learn to help yourself..."

10-22-09, 17:31	#12 (permalink)
hunter420 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66	the only probleme is my rye grain are 100% colonized and i thought i wasnt good if you had to leave em in the jars. ( i kno i shoulda been on the ball) i just need and easy bulk substrate.

10-22-09, 17:35	#13 (permalink)
BGB the one who ate too many. Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 250	Putting the jars in the fridge will stop the mycelium dead in its tracks and it will be good to go by the time you get your supplies together!

10-22-09, 17:36	#14 (permalink)
Myc El Jardinero Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,041	I do it all the time I have bags of colonized grains that are stored for months in the 'fridge prior to fruiting just don't go more than about 4 months I went and snapped these photos just for you. Order bulk from Hip3 Attached Thumbnails __________________ "...we'd like to help you learn to help yourself..."

10-22-09, 17:39	#15 (permalink)
hunter420 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66	you just gave my heart a fighting chance hahah i am very thankful! im gonna do it, i love the fridge.

10-22-09, 17:41	#16 (permalink)
Myc El Jardinero Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,041	__________________ "...we'd like to help you learn to help yourself..."

10-22-09, 17:43	#18 (permalink)
hunter420 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66	but is there really nothing i can do???? halloween is bascially here and i wanna get a lil something for my treats. i can find coco coir and vermiculite can i make anykind of sub??? I loved this site since i found it a month or two ago.

10-22-09, 17:54	#19 (permalink)
hunter420 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66	can experiment??? with say that compressed rabbit food? i have no clue hahahah just throwin it out there, theirs gotta be something

10-22-09, 18:00	#20 (permalink)
kcmoxtractor Satan's Helper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,349	Golly had luck with dried grass clippings! Lots of people use coir by itself and have success. Getting more nutrients will probably make your culture produce more though. Hip's products are supposedly A+, there are several threads about his donkey doo! __________________ "It was the straying that found the path direct" - Austin Osman Spare

10-22-09, 18:03	#21 (permalink)
hunter420 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66	thats why i wanna find something to mix with the coir cuz i know that i need the nutes, i have grown herb so i kno everything thats grows need nutes and im just thinkin to myself that there has got to be something i can mix with that coir. maybe like rabbit food or something:S but i dont really wanna experiment and be wrong but i do have 5 jars of colonized rye grain

10-22-09, 18:04	#22 (permalink)
(neo)Figment Lets rot some poop! Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 324	Grains have lots of food in them. Just a little lacking on the water....Spawning to equal amount of verm or coir can provide some nice results. Each quart of grain used to yield me an ounce dry in 3-4 flushes. All I was doing was casing with some cactus soil and dunking in between flushes. Like Myc said tho dried leaves can give you a flush. Be creative. __________________ "If you don't like my fire then don't come around, cause I'm gonna burn one down."

10-22-09, 18:11	#23 (permalink)
hunter420 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66	im trying to be creative im just a noobie having a hard time trying to figure stuff out let alone creat my own mix but i mean its kinda basic if you really think about it i will figure something out...... what if i mix verm, coir and maybe some brown rice flour(ground up) ????

10-22-09, 18:16	#24 (permalink)
kcmoxtractor Satan's Helper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,349	The BRF would need sterilized and would probably just invite contamination. I would not recommend it. Coir and verm would be a fine combination. Here is a thread dedicated to alternate substrates- http://forums.mycotopia.net/fungi-gr...te-thread.html (Alternative Substrate Thread) __________________ "It was the straying that found the path direct" - Austin Osman Spare

10-22-09, 18:19	#25 (permalink)
hunter420 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66	you are the man cool guy(Y) seriously you are thank u

10-22-09, 19:04	#26 (permalink)
Lazlo old hand Join Date: Mar 1970 Posts: 7,591	If you're in that much of a rush, just use the coir alone. It works fine as is, but you'll have to pasteurize it for 2 hours @ 150 degrees. __________________ How can you have any pudding, if you don't eat your MEAT?

10-22-09, 19:11	#27 (permalink)
hunter420 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66	im not in a huge rush and i no if i use just coir i will lose alot of overall wieght of mushies but im very eger if thats how you spell it i just need to settle down i do have like 12 brf cakes about 25-80% done but i really wanna try the trye grain but its really not worth it

10-22-09, 20:27	#28 (permalink)
Lazlo old hand Join Date: Mar 1970 Posts: 7,591	Coir done correctly, yields pretty good. Really good, in most cases. __________________ How can you have any pudding, if you don't eat your MEAT?

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