How to Prep and Sterilize Rye Berries for Mushroom Growing.

[@Lagger-HD]

I was just clicking video after video looking for someone who skips the soak, skipped it with popcorn and some gypsum powder and having good results so far, didn’t know how different this would be, but I think doing the 30-40 min simmer makes more sense if it works

[@mushlovebewellfarms]

The simmer gives me the best results, but without the soak I've had contamination pop up more often.

[@Lagger-HD]

@ it unfortunately ended up getting dumped and I’m starting over with diff projects, but I had loads of agar in there for like 5 days and it didn’t spread at all, I was attempting a soak for the 2nd try and I had to restart, this next week I’m going to soak for 12-18 hours, then boil for like 5-10 (until I see a burst grain, then out and let steam dry for like 45 mins and then in jar and instant pot for like 2 hours, the grain with only simmer might have been working, but there was a lot of burst grains and it didn’t appear the grains actually retained enough water, but maybe this was just too long of air dry time, regardless, I’ll give it another go, for corn, I had no issue at all, 25 min PC in instant pot with gypsum, then dry, jar, hour 40 on high in IP then I had very rapid growth, I was only trying to get the rye down because I heard it’s one of the best, but specifically for growth of sclerotia, or truffles, so I’m going to keep trying, I think it’s a load of fun, I’m obsessed with trying more things and expanding my knowledge on the process. Thanks for your advice and reply.

[@sk8urbike935]

This was the only video explaining how to sterilize the grain without a pressure gauge on the pressure cooker

[@EskimoLearning]

The rockers rock at specific pressures if this was a 15 psi rocker you can gage internal pressure by the wobble

[@Eliqueme]

But there are Rye berry grains that differ from Whole (wheat) Oats, I've used both. Different preps for either

[@mushlovebewellfarms]

I bought "rye berries" and took them to the feed store, the guy showed by whole wheat oats and they looked the same to me. Perhaps I was given bad info?

[@Eliqueme]

@MushLoveBeWellFarms Yeah there are a few grains out there, My guess is they got it wrong as a one-off. There are Whole Oats, Millet, Milo, Popcorn Kernels(Food grade), Rye berries, WBS (Wild Bird Seed), and Brown Rice. There's more but those are the main ones used as grain spawn

[@SparQz]

They are different. Rye berries and whole oats are different....