I had a bit of grain left during my last run, so I mixed the bits I had left.
This is interesting, actually. Over the next few months, I'll continue this experiment to see what grain mixes might work better for spawn.
While this wasn't a "proper" test, I had still hypothesized that the higher starch content in the popcorn would do better. I guess not.
I'll try and separate testing into different categories like starch content, moisture content, mycelium strain, etc. There is probably a ton more conditions to isolate as well.
Interesting. If you'll be trying a bunch of stuff, have you thought about hominy?
The shell of the popcorn might be an issue, and hominy has no shell.
I haven't tried with hominy, but I do have 10lbs of millet in spawn now.
Just speculation, but hominy may need to be pH adjusted and might be prone to getting too sticky and breaking down a little too fast. This might be an issue if you are spawning a bunch and need to shake the grains for even propagation.
Other than that, I just read on another forum that it spawns very quick.