It is like telling someone there is no scientific validation in washing ones hands or food???
Harvest & Curing How do i dry my seeds?
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On the actual subject of drying if you have a decient amount of seeds in a larger bag a paper towel does well
you can also put grains of rice in a coffee filter after you make sterile and and rubber band off the top like alittle tea bag so you don't have to fish through to seperate the rice
i have been working on a baking soda method cause it is used quite often in food source moisture control but still don't know if it can leach sometimes and hurt ph of seed if in dir contact for a long period of time i ould assume it would increase the chances especially the longer the term of storage is but i always two box in the freezer two in the fridge
you can also put grains of rice in a coffee filter after you make sterile and and rubber band off the top like alittle tea bag so you don't have to fish through to seperate the rice
i have been working on a baking soda method cause it is used quite often in food source moisture control but still don't know if it can leach sometimes and hurt ph of seed if in dir contact for a long period of time i ould assume it would increase the chances especially the longer the term of storage is but i always two box in the freezer two in the fridge
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There certainly is, I wash my hands whenever I handle food, but that's not what I was asking about. I just wanted a concise yes or no answer or specific examples of contamination from rice. If this is something that happens on a less than act of god basis I would like to know about it.
Act of God or scientific basis look sorry if i am not clear but if the FDA telling you that your chances are good statistically to have some form of contaminated rice than scientifically speaking it isn't a good practice to store a possible contaminate w/ a potential risk
as far as scientifically it is laughable one would really discuss storing two crops from potentially other sides of the world exposed to a totally dif ecosystem of problems native plants have become accustomed to just for the purposes of keeping it dry
potentially cross contamination of this sort could cause a potential very big problem
the wrong type of fungus can destroy an entire crop why take the chance especially for longer term storage
in a laboratory they would never use means like this knowing the potential risk involved so a scientific debate of the possibility is w/o cause if they can contaminate is yes and as i said
in one example that was w/in the year i got seeds that i only treated half and half had issues only variable in this example is seeds being contaminated or rice w/ the seeds
i have seen this alot over the years and think people easily overlook it as a potential threat
but really think of it more like putting a smidge of random dry dirt in there to keep them dry now get that dirt from some corner in china maybe and use it to control humidity??
any contaminate is a possible threat and should be viewed as such
just like washing ones hands while cloning and sterilizing the razor after cuts
it doesn't have to be done to obtain results but there is a well noted example if you wash equipment/hands you will lower the overall possibility of diseases/contamination in the grow room
i also waer a tyvek suit to make sure there are no kritters being trucked in hitchicking a ride to the perfect temps under the lights
a ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as i was raised
as far as scientifically it is laughable one would really discuss storing two crops from potentially other sides of the world exposed to a totally dif ecosystem of problems native plants have become accustomed to just for the purposes of keeping it dry
potentially cross contamination of this sort could cause a potential very big problem
the wrong type of fungus can destroy an entire crop why take the chance especially for longer term storage
in a laboratory they would never use means like this knowing the potential risk involved so a scientific debate of the possibility is w/o cause if they can contaminate is yes and as i said
in one example that was w/in the year i got seeds that i only treated half and half had issues only variable in this example is seeds being contaminated or rice w/ the seeds
i have seen this alot over the years and think people easily overlook it as a potential threat
but really think of it more like putting a smidge of random dry dirt in there to keep them dry now get that dirt from some corner in china maybe and use it to control humidity??
any contaminate is a possible threat and should be viewed as such
just like washing ones hands while cloning and sterilizing the razor after cuts
it doesn't have to be done to obtain results but there is a well noted example if you wash equipment/hands you will lower the overall possibility of diseases/contamination in the grow room
i also waer a tyvek suit to make sure there are no kritters being trucked in hitchicking a ride to the perfect temps under the lights
a ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as i was raised
While your right about the possibility of contamination, most people dont have a lab grade grow room or access to the instruments and supplies that a lab would have. For the common grower, rice is an easy to acquire tool, that gets the job done.
I understand that for some med patients, there is a need for the medicine to be kept as free of contaminants as possible, in all stages and agree that there are more sterile methods to store your seeds.
Do you have an alternative to rice, to suggest for people interested? Or do you care to share your method for decontaminating rice and/or seed that may help a patient or caregiver thats concerned by this?
No point in turning this thread into a debate on whether or not rice is sterile..OP asked how to dry his seeds :group:
I understand that for some med patients, there is a need for the medicine to be kept as free of contaminants as possible, in all stages and agree that there are more sterile methods to store your seeds.
Do you have an alternative to rice, to suggest for people interested? Or do you care to share your method for decontaminating rice and/or seed that may help a patient or caregiver thats concerned by this?
No point in turning this thread into a debate on whether or not rice is sterile..OP asked how to dry his seeds :group:
I apologize i wasn't more clear all that needs to be done on an average level is use h202 first jsut like treating them before soaking seeds to sprout
that is all that needs to be done take a small dish of rice pour h202 at a suitable enough to sterile for cuts swish it around for about 10 -30 seconds pour out onto a paper towel and they will dry fairly quickly but you could refrigerate in a container if larger amounts were used and needed alittle more time to dry
now of course some of contaminates from the drying environment could contaminate but really like you stated for the most part the time to contaminate is little
but you would eliminate the possible contaminates from abroad
chances are the environment that the person is in will be exposed to the plants anyway so like you said it isn't really the major factor the major factor would really be the dirtyness of the original environment the product comes from which is probably worse than the average kitchen so i would clean it
and i also mentioned i like paper towels they can hold alot of moisture and are easy to sterile for later use
if you were looking to do this for food storage though i would use a pressure cooker
of course
that is all that needs to be done take a small dish of rice pour h202 at a suitable enough to sterile for cuts swish it around for about 10 -30 seconds pour out onto a paper towel and they will dry fairly quickly but you could refrigerate in a container if larger amounts were used and needed alittle more time to dry
now of course some of contaminates from the drying environment could contaminate but really like you stated for the most part the time to contaminate is little
but you would eliminate the possible contaminates from abroad
chances are the environment that the person is in will be exposed to the plants anyway so like you said it isn't really the major factor the major factor would really be the dirtyness of the original environment the product comes from which is probably worse than the average kitchen so i would clean it
and i also mentioned i like paper towels they can hold alot of moisture and are easy to sterile for later use
if you were looking to do this for food storage though i would use a pressure cooker
of course
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