Need some advice on wheat

[TNguy]

I just bought 600 LBS of hard red & white wheat, had 6 Gal buckets and Mylar bags to pack them in.... while waiting for wheat to arrive, I filled my buckets with oatmeal and rice, my question is, can I store the wheat in galvanized trash cans and then use silicon to seal the outer part of the lid? (the lids seal tight) and they will be stored cool and dry in my basement.

[cranky1950]

It's not a good idea. get more buckets, or seal you wheat in one gallon mylar pouches and throw those in a trash can and seal them.

[goose3]

I hope you also used O2 absorbers. Oxygen is the culprit with long-term storage, you want to store in an inert environment.

Unless I was planning on eating wheat in a year or two, I wouldn't store it without mylar and O2 absorbers.

[hypervel]

I wouldn't.
I ended up buying a co2 tank and filling my 5ers before sealing. Dry ice works too, of course.

[TNguy]

thanks everyone,

[ArmaHeavy]

YES! if you line them with mylar first. I know you can get 55 gal. mylar bags.

[karlsgunbunker]

I use Mylar Bags in 5gal buckets, I add 1 - 2000cc O2 absorber and a couple of Tablespoons of DE (Diatomatious Earth) to each bag.

The O2 absorber should remove all of the O2 but if anything does manage to hatch the DE should kill it.
The DE also adds lots of Trace Elements to your grain when you grind it.

(Food Grade DE of course)

[JonoUNC89]

Where does one buy 600 lbs of wheat in bulk?

[fire65]

Well in the town where I live in Oklahoma, you just go to the Coop and can buy wheat for about 7 dollars a bushel, a bushel weighing app. 60# at 13.5% moisture content. The weight may change with moisture content. There are tons of it stored in huge piles on the ground with tarps over them and grainarys full of wheat also, waiting for a train ride. You would be surprised to see how wheat is stored for a year or two.

[fire65]

Well gee is that all you found wrong, one typo. I am sorry. Fixed it for ya.

[TNguy]

i bought it from an Amish country store, in 50 LB bags, they said it is shipped from Montana, with a brand name of Montana Gold, $26.00 per bag

[stephpd]

Originally Posted by hypervel

I wouldn't.
I ended up buying a co2 tank and filling my 5ers before sealing. Dry ice works too, of course.

Old technology that's even been replaced by the LDS for canning. It's been found that O2 absorbers are far more effective and safe, getting oxygen levels below the 1% needed to kill all bugs. Nothing else comes close or is as easy to do.

And I hope your 5ers have Mylar in them since the LDS have also shown that 5 gallon buckets make a poor oxygen barrier.
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/it...ISOBOX=1&REC=1

[Pangea]

Originally Posted by TNguy

i bought it from an Amish country store, in 50 LB bags, they said it is shipped from Montana, with a brand name of Montana Gold, $26.00 per bag

Where did you buy this wheat? I have been buying mine from Fandrich's in Belvedere.

[MikeK]

Originally Posted by hypervel

I wouldn't.
I ended up buying a co2 tank and filling my 5ers before sealing. Dry ice works too, of course.

O2 absorbers lower the O2 level more than gas flushing, and if you have to buy the tank, they're cheaper too.

[Allamakee County]

Originally Posted by Pangea

Where did you buy this wheat? I have been buying mine from Fandrich's in Belvedere.

Do a board search for Wheat Montana, lots of info - even Walmart is starting to carry it in 25 lb sacks in some stores.

I get mine at Northwood Country Market in Sparta, WI, owned by a Mennonite family.

[fire65]

Originally Posted by Meat Guy

I can rest at ease now.

I am sure you peruse all the post looking for something you can correct, no matter how insignificant. Keep up the good work, keeps all the little people working to meet your standards. LOSER

[CO-retired]

There will soon be an Amish store opening up in my town(vineland NJ)....I can hardly wait!! I'm tired of paying shipping costs for wheat,etc in super pails.