Grains dilemma

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I am just trying to get more ideas to my recent dilemma with my grains. I got

these grains locally just over 2 weeks ago and they have been doing good,

according to my talk with the lady farmer yesterday. I called her just to see

how I was doing with them and she said all sounded good. Today I was totally

surprised by what they turned into. It was separated into curds and whey the

most I have seen yet. Over half the qt mason jar was whey. But when I put my

spatula in to stir, the curds were solid. Completely solid. No amount of

stirring and cutting with the spatula would break that mass up much.

My setup is that I have a mug warmer providing heat under an upturned box a foot

square and my mason jar is in there along with a closed jar of coconut oil that

I want to stay liquid. Dawn is her name and I called her today and she said that

probably my grains just dried out because the temp in the house did not drop

much last night. She just told me to get them back into milk and give them a

frequent stir to get them hydrated again. They also grew overnight and I have

them separated now into two jars of milk cuz I thot maybe the massive growth

that took place fermented the milk too fast and I should have poured it off

before I went to bed.

I have stirred 3 times now since noon, but they still feel the same when I stir.

Does anyone else have any ideas as to anything else I could be doing?

Lyn