Hard Red Wheat on craigslist
 

I found this ad today on my local craigslist. I've been procrastinating buying wheat.

http://omaha.craigslist.org/grd/1045274058.html

http://images.craigslist.org/3m63pf3...0b6fd11a7d.jpg

Is this good enough for eating? The price sounds pretty decent.

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Do not count on that being organic. I would pay the little extra and have it purchased from a known source. One with a good name that will deliver or you can pull right up to the dock. That is the kind of wheat you want though.

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It's not treated and not GM. At $12 for 50# bag, I would not hesitate to get it if I needed wheat and was close enough.

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Look! when you shake it around the bug start crawling!

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Actually this is a serious concern of mine. I had 2 25# bags of rice I got from local supermarket, well known brand. Put in mylar, 5# each, and were all set out in a row, waitning to seal. Saw a small black dot move, so after a little effort got it out, have no idea what it was, left all out for couple days, out of 16 of those myler pouches, found 11 of those bugs, they would come to top, for some reason. After a day of seeing nothing, I sealed them with oxy absorbers. The absorbers will kill them, right? I mean, even that small, they need oxygen? Is this a problem with getting bulk grains, that are not pre sealed???:bear_cry:

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Put the bags in the freezer for about 3 days to kill any bugs that may be in there at the time.

Then put the wheat in food-grade buckets with a seal in the lid, and add oxygen absorbers. That will prevent any other eggs from hatching, and your wheat should be bug-free when you open it.

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+1

I've never had black bugs, but I have had plenty of experience with grain moths and all those cobwebby strands, dusty grain fragments, and sometimes even little wormies. UGH!

A few days in the freezer stops 'em in their tracks. They seem to almost always be in there, but if you hit them in the egg stage, then what you don't know won't hurt you, eh?

We're working on clearing enough space in the chest freezer to be able to rotate our 4-gallon buckets through.

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Do you think freezing could also destroy the eggs? I haven't been going the oxygen absorber route, but I did freeze my rice for several weeks. I'm also a little concerned about possible condensation (leading to mold, etc which would likely survive).

Oh, and if this deal was local, I'd definitely be buying a few bags.

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$12 for #50 lbs? I'd buy em.

Bugs is protein. Just so long as you aren't paying $12 for #50 lbs. of bugs.

Even if it turned out to be not especially organic, you could still plant it or even sprout it for wheat grass or feed it to the chickens.

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saw a vid where guy was storing large qty of wheat in mylar, but was feed for animals, actually was post Forest put up yesterday. Actually looked pretty clean when pouring. What is best source for getting around 100# or so? actually have a feed place near me, may feel funny asking , but they are country folk, so may answer honestly. Booth feeds & another place called southern states.

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I've never had any grain moths come out of anything that I froze hard first. I like a week-long freeze, but that might be overkill.

I haven't had problems with condensation causing mold so far--I double bag everything or seal it in plastic, tins, or glass, so whatever moisture was in there first is the same when I bring it out. Condensation will happen on the outside, not the inside.

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I'm sure it does, but we always put the O2 absorbers in just for good measure. They're not expensive, and it gives a little extra peace of mind.

As far as condensation, we always take the bags out, let them come to room temperature and dry out completely before putting it in buckets.