MadDog607
Active Member
This is a Spawn Bag Tek that I have perfected through trial and error. This is how i make them and They work very well. I used to make jars, but I found I could make more spawn in the pressure cooker at one time with bags. what you need is as follows:
1. filter patch mushroom grow bag ( http://out-grow.com/mushroom-grow-bags-c-13/large-mushroom-grow-bags-with-02-181m-filter-p-121.html )
2. RTV silicon blue
3. Grain. hard wheat or WBS ( http://www.walmart.com/ip/Augason-Farms-Emergency-Food-Hard-Red-Wheat-26-lb/22985145 )
4. Impulse sealer or vacuum sealer
5. Pressure cooker
6. Tinfoil
7. Heavy plate (stoneware or porcelain)
8. Thermostat for cooking
9. Clear packing tape
10. Choice of alcohol (for drinkin and gettin drunk and shit)
Get yourself some grain. I have done this tek with WBS. However I like to use hard red wheat berries because myc loves it. I use this kind:
Measure out the amount of grain you want to use. Wheat will double in size so if you wanna do a monos worth measure out 2qts since a mono calls for 4 full qts of grain. I have done this tek with 3 and 6 full qts all with success. For this tek i will be making 2 bags each with 4qts of grain.
Measure out 4qts of dry wheat and give it a good rinse. I put a frying pan under a strainer to catch any grain escapees. Then put it in the pressure cooker without the lid on. Fill the pc with water a few inches higher than the grain. Get another pot of water hot alongside the pressure cooker to replace any water evap and hydration.
This next part will take some practice, but when you get it down you will be very pleased with the results.
Simmer the grain until the the center of the grain is creamy caramel color kind of transparent. Use the thermostat to keep the temp at about 205-209F just below boiling.
Check the grain often. If it has any white in the center it is not ready. I split the grain down the middle at the crease with my thumb nails. Check several at a time. When the majority are clear in the center they are done. You will probably notice a very few starting to burst open. This is okay.
This is not ready:
This is done:
The window is very small when they are ready. Thats why you have to check it often. A few minutes more and you can have a bunch of busted berries and that would be oatmeal. When about 90% of the grain you check look done turn the heat off and get ready to cool em down. They will continue to cook while you are cooling them down. Remember the window is small.
Pour the hot water out of the pc into the trainer with the pan. Put any grain that fell into the strainer and pan back into the pc and refill the pc with cool water. Do this as many times as needed till the contents are cooled off. Drain the grain with the strainer and set it aside while you get the bags ready.
I make my s.h.i.p's (self healing injection port) in advance just so i have em when i need em. Nothing like having to wait for RTV to dry. I dab some RTV on a plastic bag and set it out to dry. Then i peal them off when i need them.
1. filter patch mushroom grow bag ( http://out-grow.com/mushroom-grow-bags-c-13/large-mushroom-grow-bags-with-02-181m-filter-p-121.html )
2. RTV silicon blue
3. Grain. hard wheat or WBS ( http://www.walmart.com/ip/Augason-Farms-Emergency-Food-Hard-Red-Wheat-26-lb/22985145 )
4. Impulse sealer or vacuum sealer
5. Pressure cooker
6. Tinfoil
7. Heavy plate (stoneware or porcelain)
8. Thermostat for cooking
9. Clear packing tape
10. Choice of alcohol (for drinkin and gettin drunk and shit)
Get yourself some grain. I have done this tek with WBS. However I like to use hard red wheat berries because myc loves it. I use this kind:
Measure out the amount of grain you want to use. Wheat will double in size so if you wanna do a monos worth measure out 2qts since a mono calls for 4 full qts of grain. I have done this tek with 3 and 6 full qts all with success. For this tek i will be making 2 bags each with 4qts of grain.
Measure out 4qts of dry wheat and give it a good rinse. I put a frying pan under a strainer to catch any grain escapees. Then put it in the pressure cooker without the lid on. Fill the pc with water a few inches higher than the grain. Get another pot of water hot alongside the pressure cooker to replace any water evap and hydration.
This next part will take some practice, but when you get it down you will be very pleased with the results.
Simmer the grain until the the center of the grain is creamy caramel color kind of transparent. Use the thermostat to keep the temp at about 205-209F just below boiling.
Check the grain often. If it has any white in the center it is not ready. I split the grain down the middle at the crease with my thumb nails. Check several at a time. When the majority are clear in the center they are done. You will probably notice a very few starting to burst open. This is okay.
This is not ready:
This is done:
The window is very small when they are ready. Thats why you have to check it often. A few minutes more and you can have a bunch of busted berries and that would be oatmeal. When about 90% of the grain you check look done turn the heat off and get ready to cool em down. They will continue to cook while you are cooling them down. Remember the window is small.
Pour the hot water out of the pc into the trainer with the pan. Put any grain that fell into the strainer and pan back into the pc and refill the pc with cool water. Do this as many times as needed till the contents are cooled off. Drain the grain with the strainer and set it aside while you get the bags ready.
I make my s.h.i.p's (self healing injection port) in advance just so i have em when i need em. Nothing like having to wait for RTV to dry. I dab some RTV on a plastic bag and set it out to dry. Then i peal them off when i need them.
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