Grain Spawn without Soaking and Boiling? An Experiment to Find Out if it'll Work. Part 1 of 2

@maxlynn9877 asked a question the other day that got me excited to do a new experiment...is it possible to skip the soak and boil with grain spawn? I ran this experiment to find out.

This is part 1 of 2 videos; the second part will be out in a few weeks when phase 2 of the experiment is complete.

[dack]

I've only been pressure sterliizing my grain for only 25 minutes and doing around 50% water weight to grain works great and no contamination

[dirtdiggerjerry]

If you put the oats and water together into a 5lb bag and pressure sterilize it, you'll wind up with mold. I lost 200 lbs of grain spawn by short cutting the process. I now soak my oats for 24 hours then let them drain for an hour. After drained, I bag them and pressure cook them for 2.5 hours @15psi. The soaking Method opens the gain allowing for full pasteurization though and through. No more mold.

[darladawn]

What worked best for me so far relative to excellent moisture content and a lack of busted oats, was to boil water and then pour it over the oats in a 5 gallon bucket, put the lid on and let sit overnight. Dry the oats on a towel with a fan aimed at them for a couple hours or so, and then sterilize them as usual. Anytime I soaked in water 12 - 24 hours and then cooked for 15 min, I get busted oats.

[joshflanders]

I do 2 pounds oats 1.5 pounds water, and I rarely have an issue. I got the method and math from one of Midnight mushrooms videos. I even use a pneumatic gate valve to crank out bags from big bend mushrooms.

[TheNorthwestForager]

Thanks for sharing! Any update in the works?

[doworku]

Just in time. I have been deciding the best route. For hydrating and sanitizing.

[maxlynn]

Ha great video! Thanks for the shout out!

[BoroBootBoy]

I tried this method back in January, and for some reason it cracked my jars near the base. It had never happened before or since using the old method.

[joshuafreeman]

Damn, of course theres no part two. Ugh

[johnwheeer]

So what happened? Been months at this point...

[ScottWConvid]

I've seen you mention ads before and I guess maybe you don't know, but YouTube automatically places ads on videos whether they are monetized or not. So just by uploading a video, it will have ads, the only difference is that you're not getting the money from your work... you're giving it all to YouTube

(Edit) there's ads on my videos and I'm not monetized, but I haven't seen any ads on your videos yet. Is there a setting that I can totally remove ads that YouTube puts on my videos, where it can just be uninterrupted content?