HPOO Stank and re-pasteurizing questions from first time grower.

AndrewBoone

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First time fungi grower with some questions!
Ok I pasteurized 6 10 pound bags of hpoo/verm 50/50 + 5% gypsum mix in tied contractor garbage bags @ 170 degrees for 2.5 hours. I wasn't able to use the substrate immediately and it sat for a couple days. It now stinks like fresh fresh shit and somewhat of a sour rot smell. I have read you can re-dry your mix and pasteurize again and it will be OK I just waited to long and the bacteria grew causing the stank. I've laid out the substrate outside on some plastic bags in the sun and added a little more verm to help the drying process (See pictures). Am I going in the right direction. If I re-dry and re-pasteurize and use as soon as it cools will I be ok? I got 30 colonized Golden Teacher WBS jars ready go (See pictures) and I'm hoping my re-drying research is correct so I can get it going.
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HeatlessBBQ

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Sounds like You needa get a new compost mixture?

I wish I had some recipes on hand but they are around google.
The horse poo method always seems to go in a weird place at first. For Me at least...
Many people get away with it successfully though. I just have no success and experience with bulk methods.

You have a lot of mycelium there.
 

iHearAll

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yea you can practically ferment your substrate prior to pasteurizing. Ive done this with spawn bags and it worked fairly well on a bulk scale. like a meterXmeter pile of substrate fermented with probiotics. you probably didnt need to redry it though. the bacteria go dormant and come back, so changing the environment wouldnt matter, as long as it is fluffy enough to allow heat to penetrate. I have cooked jars twice and them not colonize well since they become like over cooked rice after a while (pastey-like). Anyway, just make sure your water is at field capacity/fluffed up and you're ok to pasteurize.
 
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