pasturizing Hpoo, How long

[sozzled]

Hey everybody.

Ive got a quick question.

Im going to spawn some Popcorn to some horse poo and coir. Im using only a small amount about 2 quarts, i was hoping i could just use the kitchen stove and boil it for some time in a pillow case as i think ive read. My question is: How long do i cook it, how long is too long? What temperature?

Any info would be so great

Im really stoneded

-peace

[Ben Dover]

I shoot for ~150F for 2 hours. Try to not go above 175F

Guess you really can't pasteurize to much but IMO anything more than 3 hours is over kill.

[hyphaenation]

Pasteurization: A process by which bulk materials are partially sterilized by contact with live steam, hot water or dry heat at temperatures between 140- 160 degrees F for 1 to 1.5 hour.

cold pasteurization may also be done using hydrated lime or bleach .

see pasteurization/archives
also see pasteurization/vaults

Good luck.

[sozzled]

Thanks for the info and fast as shit replies, really really really appreciate it.

[MLBjammer]

These are just things that I had to learn the hard way:
If you do the pillow-case method, make sure you have a towel or something between the bottom of the pot and the stove burner to keep the case from getting too hot. And after you let it drain for several hours, wring the living hell out of the pillow case to push out any excess moisture. The biggest trick is to make sure your poo/coir is at field capacity. If you even have to add a little extra vermic. or coir, do it. Overly wet substrate is one of the biggest causes of failure in my experiences. And 2 hours between 140 and 160 F has always worked for me.

Good luck.

[hyphaenation]

As mentioned you can hang the pillowcase on a string. It will drip slowly and take overnight. When i'm wanting to do the batch the same day I like to set the pillowcase on a clean , wide board and then place another board on top and surf the water out by standing on it.

Either way you have to let the batch completely cool before using it and it has to be field capacity which is only drops of water when you squeeze hard , not streams.

[GadgetGuy]

Until I get my steamer hooked up I use this tek http://forums.mycotopia.net/fungi-gr...ion-123-a.html (Easy Oven Pasteurization 123)

[Myc]

I back the 'surfing' method.

Two paver stones with the pillowcase in between......squish,squish,squish and you're done
Allow to cool prior to spawning.

[MLBjammer]

That is a really good tip, Myc.

[viewer6922]

Like about 2 years ago I used someone's TEK on stove top sterilization using quart jars on donkey poo and I had great success with it, I cannot find it. Can someone direct 'us' to that process?

[peakster]

i heat up a big pot of water to 170F, then put my pillow case with hpoo in a cooler and fill the cooler with the hot water. Put the lid on and leave it overnight. In the morning I use the surfing method with the cooler lid in the bathtub. sometimes after that if it still feels a bit damp i'll pour the hpoo out onto a clean dry towel n squeeze out a little more moisture. works great!

[losfreddy]

For pastralizing, i usually bring to boil, then turn temp down to simmering or below. May not be true pastrualizing, but has never messed up any of my grows. Lol

[essentrik1]

Boiling liquid is the same temperature no matter how hard the boil.