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Unhulled Barley grain with grain weevils as spawn material

 
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I have some unhulled barley grain that has dead grain weevils in it.  (I put it in plastic buckets and froze it).

I have had great success in the past sterlising unhulled barley and growing on spawn, but the weevil addition is a new thing.

I have read about people adding a protein source to their spawn medium, but usually something like soya beans rather than weevils.

Anyone know how oyster mycelium will respond?  Will they break it down or will it be a source of food for competing molds / bacteria?
 
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I will start off with, I have not tried this!

I would assume that if you sterilized the spawn, you should be okay with using it. An educated guess would be that you might have a sliver more chance of a contamination event but weevils are SO small I don't know if you would even notice.

I'd give it a shot, oysters are pretty decent in holding their own against competing things.
 
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