{"product_id":"milo-red-dari-sterile-grain-for-mushroom-grain-spawn","title":"Basics : Milo (Red Dari) Sterile Grain for Mushroom Grain Spawn","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis might well be my favourite grain experiment so far, the early test were remarkable. Super quick colonisation, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/products\/pleurotus-columbinus-blue-oyster-liquid-culture\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlue Oyster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from 20% break-and-shake to fully colonised in 48 hours. Mental.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s part of the job that’s pretty cool, to be honest. We get to dick around and try out different things, if they work we put them out to test pilots in our \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/mycopunks\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiscord community\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and then if everyone’s happy we roll it out for general use. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo why red dari instead of the other grains? Once again, it’s a bit of a personal choice thing. Red dari’s a slightly larger grain than millet, but has a much cooler name. It’s like a gang name. If you were called “Red Dari” in your friend group then you had a cooler name than the poor fucker that got called “Millet”, hands-down. Here’s the secret though: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRed Dari is only one of this little secret agent bastard’s names.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e It’s actually sorghum (sorghum bicolor), and god this gets into some conspiracy theory style shit because another name for it is “Giant Millet”. What a massive and awful fuck-you to millet, it just never ends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe grain’s got a great selection of vitamins and minerals that you need to grow big healthy mushrooms, like B1 (thiamine) and B3 (niacin), you’ve also got your magnesium and iron in there which all helps. Phosphorus? Yup. It’s the right blend that’s going to make sure your mycelium has all it needs to produce some decent flushes once you’ve added this to your substrate. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the non-mycological world, people use it for normal grain stuff, like making bread, booze, syrups, that kinda stuff due to the carbohydrate content. It’s really bloody good for growing mushrooms with though so let's do that instead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe give it a nice wash like it was a loved one, bag it up, then pressure cook it to make sure it’s pasteurised like we would an enemy, and that’s about it, c’est magnifique!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✅ Red, and it actually does go faster so that’s interesting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✅ Sterilised to perfection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✅ Can make booze out of it if you’re desperate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✅ Buy more? Pay less!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✅ Needs to be mixed with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/collections\/sterile-substrates\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhatever substrate you like\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e once colonised\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHave more questions about grain? Check out our \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/pages\/sterile-grain-faq?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=grain+faq\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrain FAQ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStorage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUse it quickly if you can but it’ll be good for six weeks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCool and dark\/yes once more\/store it like your peppercorns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKeep upright, don’t block the filter or it won’t breathe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo freezing, please\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MycoPunks","offers":[{"title":"1kg","offer_id":44656138060011,"sku":"MILO","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"1.5kg","offer_id":44656138092779,"sku":"MILO-1.5kg","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0542\/6721\/6063\/files\/Milo_Red_Dari_Sterile_Grain_for_Mushroom_Grain_Spawn.webp?v=1746711141","url":"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/fi\/products\/milo-red-dari-sterile-grain-for-mushroom-grain-spawn","provider":"MycoPunks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}