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Mushy looking rye grain substrate and too few spores?
Option 1: rye grain
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Option 2: too few spores
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I am starting a rye grain substrate for the first time and when I sterilized my 1 pint kerr jars in the pressure cooker for 90 minutes I looked at the bottom and it looks kind of mushy. Anyway I inoculated the jars with a very small part of a spore print that I put in water and inoculated the jars with that. My question is can you use too few spores and the jars not colonize? :huh:
" I looked at the bottom and it looks kind of mushy."
I'd start over with a new batch.
Grains are not to be mushy after PCing them.
Baph
Yeah thats what I thought I would have to do. Its okay though. Thanks Baph!!!! :mellow:
try putting the jars in the cooker for 60 minutes at 15 psi. that should keep the seeds from cooking
i cook mine for 90 with good results. 60, i think could work but IMO ure pushing ure success rate
I always pressure cook 60min. The mushyness sounds like they got too wet.
PW
really, just 60 min. shit id rather do that i thought 90 was recomended
Its wbs tho.
PW