Wheat Grass Mold

[glib]

Can you elaborate a bit on what you did with the solutions and what ratio you used?

JT

Peroxide was the original 3% diluted by 10 times. It is best if you wash the grains first because there is a lot of dust in there that will neutralize your peroxide and make it ineffective against bacteria and mold. Bleach was 1 or two tablespoons per gallon, which is cheap. Salt was 4 ounces per gallon.

 

[jthornton]

Just to update this thread a bit I've not found any chemical that prevents mold on the seed hulls. However a procedure change (well several till one worked) has resulted in no mold. I was putting the seeds in a very warm place (85°F) for the first 4 days and lightly covering them with an hour or two soak each morning. I changed to putting them in a cooler spot (72°F) and the mold didn't grow. The couple of days under the grow bulbs I don't cover them so air can circulate and keep them a bit cooler while under the hot grow bulbs. If anyone needs some photos let me know.

JT

 

[syndylli]

Well, they are not sprouting, but they look good to feed to the chickens as is. I don't waste any grain unless it is so full of mold that I don't want to toss it to the chickens. Then it goes into a pallet wood compost bin, moldy grain and all, and eventually will be recycled back into my gardens as compost.

Sorry for responding to an old post, but I've recently started sprouting and growing fodder for my chickies and found this forum. I had been using mason jars to sprout a mix of wild birdseed and wheat successfully. I started throwing in some Purina scratch and found mold growing usually around day 2. Tossed away 3 jars due to mold, which I only fill with a small amount of seed, so it wasn't super wasteful. Stopped using the scratch and no more mold. I had a question about the remaining scratch, if that can still be fed to the chickies, even though they grow mold when I try to sprout them - they don't look moldy at all. That should be safe for the chickies, right?

I also successfully sprouted a tray of wheat and a tray of oat grass last month. It took 2 weeks to grow a good height because I only watered once a day. I started 2 trays of wheat (from the same bag) on 9/9 after soaking for a day. Been watering them twice daily and all was well...until today. I missed the 2nd watering yesterday because my aunt was in the ER. I went to water them this morning and I noticed the empty seed tray I had covering the 2 trays was a bit moist, then I saw the mold. I think it was mold. I watered the trays quickly and went back to the hospital. Came back this evening and looks like the mold is rampant. Can these trays be saved or just toss in compost? Attached some photos.

Wondering if the tray I had on top caused it to be too moist.