Beginnier927
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Hello, this is my first time malting, I washed 6 pounds of 6 row barley and soaked it in water for 8 hours, then I gave it an air rest for 8 hours, then another soaking for 8 hours, I forgot to measure the starting point and I didn't have that accurate of a scale anyway, I just read somewhere that many maltsters stop steeping when they see chits, temp here is 18-25 so that explains why I'm seeing chits on about 20 percent of my seeds here, I know I need to do the steeping until there are more chits and moisture content, but won't the next 8 hour soaking suffocate the live seeds?