>>2427179If you're having ongoing issues with fungus gnats, they're probably in any potted plants in your place. Buy some mosquito bits and add them to your water when you water your plants. That will kill the larva. Sticky traps help keep down the fliers. You can add a layer of sand to the top of your potted plants to prevent the adults from getting to the soil to lay eggs. If you're using a hydrated bag of coco that has been outside, that can also be a source of gnats.
The maggot in your picture does look a bit big for a fungus gnat, but it could be about to pupate, so I don't know. The BT in the Mosquito dunks/bits will kill most flying insect larva. Compost bins are another major source. Make sure you're emptying that every day, if you have one.
I personally like millet. I use 1 cup per quart jar. I rinse that in a rice strainer, to get any dust off. I then add it to jars along with half a cup of water and about 1/8tsp gypsum. I give those a stir, add lids, foil and place them in the PC. I vent the PC for 10 minutes and then PC the jars for 3 hours at 15psi. Millet has a tendency to clump. To get as little clumping as possible, you need to shake them as soon as they're cool enough to handle with gloves/potholders. If you wait until they're cool, they'll be a major pain to shake and will have large clumps. That said. I've never had a problem with clumps colonizing. And I break them up by hand when I spawn. I use reusible stainless steel jar lids with a half inch hole drilled in the top with two .3micron filter patch stickers, one inside one outside.
How are you inoculating your grain? Are you using agar plates or going spores directly to grain? Also, where are you doing your sterile work? SAB? Flow hood? please don't say box fan with a filter :P
