lifebinder
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I was wondering what is the need for Fresh air exchange in grain spawn jars ,my best guess is to prevent contamination...?
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Reason for FAE exchance in grain jars
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lifebinder
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I see a lot of things are cleared out to me now...I followed a tek by a DMT member-infinitylove using rye(wheat) instead of BRF/verm mixture for the cakes and have gotten 3 contaminated and only 1 healthy pint jars and I thought it was the lack of gas exchange that caused this.
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In his mushroom growing books, Paul Stamets points out that the quality of rye can vary greatly and that some brands/batches of rye have a lot more endospores than others. Perhaps even good quality rye seeds have more endospores than brown rice flower. Perhaps when pressure cooking, the steam can't reach all parts of the seed as easily as it can with the brown rice flower, affecting sterilization efficiency.
Stamets also advises to soak the rye seeds in water for 24 hours, to trigger the endospores out of hibernation. After the soak, discard the water, rinse the rye with clean water and sterilize in a pressure cooker.
Stamets also advises to soak the rye seeds in water for 24 hours, to trigger the endospores out of hibernation. After the soak, discard the water, rinse the rye with clean water and sterilize in a pressure cooker.
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SnozzleBerry said:
Linked post is essentially right, but folks, please, there is no such thing as myc piss, forget you ever saw or heard of it. Its a metabolite with antibacterial properties.
'Myc piss'.... LOL.
