waiting too long to use grains and not suring up storage bin

[Honest_Liberty]

Well,
I've been busy with getting married, buying a new house, finishing the basement, building a cabin, new baby...etc.

I didn't really think about how long I had left my grains in my Rigid 5' gang box...close to 18 months. I thought it was insect and rodent proof. NOT!
I have it in my basement in the room with the furnace. It used to be in my detached garage with no temperature control.

WEEVILS!!! EVERYWHERE! I lost 100 pounds of grain because I kept delaying making a new batch and I would have to say there were 15k weevils inside the gang box all throughout my grains! I started seeing them once it got cold out and they just pummeled my grains. I feel so stupid.

wow, super embarrassed.

[still_stirrin]

Yuk! Get it cleaned as quick as possible. They’ll get into your kitchen cupboards and that’s a real mess....cereal that rustles inside the box...pancakes with spots! They’re a curse.
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[OtisT]

.cereal that rustles inside the box...pancakes with spots! They’re a curse.
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High protein food. Eating bugs is our future. Otis

[Tummydoc]

If you direct a blow off tube from a ferment onto the grain it we I'll asphyxiate the weevils. The also don't survive freezing. Once killed, just mill them with the grain.

[pope]

Lol Otis! Weevils are in the grain usually so no amount of sealing will prevent them... has anyone brewed with weevil laden grains though? Is the flavor affected?

[NZChris]

If corn has been cracked for too long, I don't care if it has weevils or mold or whatever or not, it gets fed to the local ducks.

[Tummydoc]

Yeast don't seem to mind stale grains or weevils. I have only brewed once with Weevil infested grain, infestation was not huge, and I could detect no difference (other than not needed to add protein nutrients!!)

[Honest_Liberty]

since posting I've used a bunch of Diatomaceaous Earth to kill them.

I had no less than 30k weevils. They are finally down to manageable numbers. I may see about 20 per week in the basement, and dwindling.
I should have taken photos but it was so disgusting I just wanted it out of the house

[Tummydoc]

If you direct a blow off tube from a ferment onto the grain it will asphyxiate the weevils. The also don't survive freezing. Once killed, just mill them with the grain.

[still_stirrin]

...I've used a bunch of Diatomaceaous Earth to kill them.

That’s what I used too. It took a while (months), but eventually they were eliminated. Now, I keep grains and flours in the freezer.
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