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lardnar said:
Honestly, I do not understand the issue. Turn up the heater on your house so you can have 170+ degree water come out, or use a good water cooler with heat (mine did over 170). I then pour this water into a stockpot full of poo and try to insulate it. After a half hour its only lost 10-15 degrees if you insulate it well. From there I take it outside and pour in a strainer (in windy open air) and squeeze it out with my clean but ungloved hands until i like the moisture content. Then I take it inside and spawn right then

I've done this 6 times now and have never had contaminants post-spawn.  Poo is, the shit

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agar said:
Ponder this.

Manure is 3 tier gang bang.

Bovine eats it, in bovines gut other microbes/bacteria have a go at it, once expelled everything out there as a go at it.

Only the strong survive.

So the turd pile is pretty well occupied with whatever is still munching down on it.

It is also depleted on most nutrients other things - besides those microbes in it - even look for. Hey, it's a shit pile.

On top of that, the microbes that do occupy that turd pile, defend their space fairly well.

So, any outside microbe tries to get a foothold, the homey's either eject them, kill or eat them.

All in all, the turd pile is some well defended turf.

Now, sterilize that turd pile.

Suddenly, it is no longer - well defended turf.

So, any blue/green mold gang that happens to wander by, can enter & set up housekeeping.

so, if you sterilize manure. Treat it like you would an LC.

In other words, be very very careful not to allow anything to come in contact with it.

Except, what you want to introduce into it.

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