Rye Grain vs. Brown Rice for Grain Spawn

In this video, we'll compare rye grain and brown rice for grain spawn in mushroom growing. Find out which is the best option for your mushroom cultivation needs! #grainspawn #mushroomgrowing

[@Allison-405]

Many thanks for your experimentation !!

[@90SecondMycology2.0]

Brown rice gang! 💪💪

[@HowToShroom]

You already know!

[@mrnobody1456]

Wow 48h!!?? As a rye guy I need to try that

[@christman25]

U can place the bags ontop of eachother in pressure cooker use steel divider on top so bags don't swell or unroll and clog up vent hole

[@HowToShroom]

Good tip, thanks, I guess I was trying to keep them separated but the reality is the separator does not help steam flow between bags anyways. It is good to have feed back from people to make me thing and try new techniques.

[@DoughyDad]

You can get 25 pound bags at gordon foods for like 20.00. I know not everyone has one nearby.

[@TitoAmati42]

Triple washed pony oats

[@OzkAltBldgCo-bv8tt]

Deer corn And popcorn

[@legacygaming2427]

Whoo 100th subscriber......

[@HowToShroom]

Nice, thanks so much, greatly appreciated.

[@alkeryn1700]

i wonder if it would be possible to do it without precooking and no rinsing by just puting rice and the right amount of water in the bag / jar.

[@HowToShroom]

Yes I wonder that also. Maybe I will try that next

[@brendenvisger3781]

Yes absolutely I use 1/.75 rice to water ratio get hydrated but not to soft , really hard to find the median sometimes tho I find the rice gets kinda clumpy because of the starches

[@alkeryn1700]

@@brendenvisger3781 hmm thanks for the heads up, maybe throwing in a bit of verm may help with clumping.

[@peterwatttraceyshaw5689]

Can you tell me why you used a pressure cooker and didn't just cook the rice fully (very new to this). Thanks

[@bebophippie1781]

A pressure cooker brings the temperature to a higher level than boiling alone allowing for sterilization. The initial boil is to put water into the grains of rice. The idea is to have a grain that is dry and hard on the outside and moist in the middle (I have heard it called al dente). Then sterilize and inoculate.

[@alepulen]

For how long do you cook it in the pc?

[@HowToShroom]

I boil it for 15-20 min and then PC for 2 hours. 1 out of the last 40 or so bags got contamination

[@alepulen]

@@HowToShroom thanks!

[@russmhunt]

What unicorn bag is that?

[@HowToShroom]

T4 small

[@ShaneDotz]

Instead of running cold water on it try tossing while still hot, the extra water will steam off the grains, I get perfectly hydrated rye grain every time, haven’t tried brown rice tho

[@mercurius1488]

Yeah but rice has a high starch content which makes it clump together if you dont rinse it after boiling

[@ShaneDotz]

@@mercurius1488 good to know

[@HowToShroom]

Good tip, I think I need to try rye grain again. I think I was having issues because it just was not hydrated enough even after 24 h soaking. The brown rice is amazing, super fast to colonize.

[@HowToShroom]

Yes 100%, it sucks to use in jars for this reason, you need to bang the hell out of the jars and even then still stays mostly in clumps. If using the unicorn bags it is a none issue, obviously very easy to break up clumps.

[@brescalofrio1]

im buying my PC right now this is so easy

[@HowToShroom]

Growing mushrooms is pretty easy.

[@brescalofrio1]

@@HowToShroom you have multiple tubs!!!! i love it

[@brescalofrio1]

maz are aggressive

[@deej7783]

Nothing had beaten brown rice for me man its amazingly fast and also great once spawn to bulk.!!!. But trying popcorn now just. Whole oats are trash. I couldn't get them right waisted 15 lbs.

[@HowToShroom]

Yes I want to give popcorn a try also. I think that because the kernels are so large there are not as many inoculation causing slower colonization.

[@DrGaryGreen]

Such tiny bags.

[@keypiggy_]

Drop it in a big tub and it won’t matter much

[@HowToShroom]

agreed, I was struggling with constant contamination with my rye grains so I down sized the bags to try and get a better chance at thorough sterilization. Didn't work. At this point after switching to rice and having great success I think I had a bad grain supplier.

[@DrGaryGreen]

@@HowToShroom Fantastic! Thank you for a great response. I'm forwarned and forearmed.