catnip40 said:

---

callmehippie said:

That was one of my thoughts.  Is it common to find milo mixed in with your bulk wheat from local feed stores?

---

evercloserutopia said:

Can I store plins in the fridge? Kind of don't have any uses for it right now.

---

evercloserutopia said:

Can I store plins in the fridge? Kind of don't have any uses for it right now.

---

tryptkaloids said:

Idk about timothy hay (should work) but they should also have just normal straw bedding.

Timothy hay is a specific type of grass i believe.

But a "hay bale" contains seed heads where a "straw bale" is just the plant stalks.

---

BeefSupremeJr said:

hay would turn to mold. one would think you can get straw almost anywhere in the world though.

---

Henry Swanson said:

Hay and Straw aren’t the same thing. You want straw, while it’s less nutritious than hay, it’s also less prone to contam. And unless you’re just wanting to use it, straw isn’t necessary to grow pans.

---

I use this though.



I submerged it in hot water for 30 minutes inside a brew bag and then squeeze as much water as possible out, then I mix with the rest of the substrate and pasteurize.

Henry Swanson said:

Hay and Straw aren’t the same thing. You want straw, while it’s less nutritious than hay, it’s also less prone to contam. And unless you’re just wanting to use it, straw isn’t necessary to grow pans.

---

Kloakk said:

Henry Swanson said:

Hay and Straw aren’t the same thing. You want straw, while it’s less nutritious than hay, it’s also less prone to contam. And unless you’re just wanting to use it, straw isn’t necessary to grow pans.

---

I use this though.



I submerged it in hot water for 30 minutes inside a brew bag and then squeeze as much water as possible out, then I mix with the rest of the substrate and pasteurize.

---

B Traven said:

Henry Swanson said:

Hay and Straw aren’t the same thing. You want straw, while it’s less nutritious than hay, it’s also less prone to contam. And unless you’re just wanting to use it, straw isn’t necessary to grow pans.

---

Just to add some on-the-ground context:

-Hay is grown, cut, and preserved specifically so that it can be fed to animals. It's usually some kind of grass, but not always.

Straw is the hollow stems of field crops, usually grains, after they've been harvested. Similar to coir in the sense that it's a nutrient-poor, cellulose-righ by-product of some other crop.

---

I truly had no idea of this, but now come to think of it, I have seen places sell both hay and straw bales and just never realized it or thought about it even though they were both right there. Thanks!