Trouble with mold

[Guest guest]

Finding mold on your SCOBY can be frustrating.

Depending on the climate that you live in(wet and

damp) it may be hard to keep molds at bay.

A couple of things one may try:

1. Keep the fermenting kombucha/brewing jars isolated

from the rest of the house. A large fish tank w/

cover works well for this or you could build a special

box. This will help keep mold " fallout " down. You

could also try using a ion/air filtration system in

the room/area where to kombucha is kept, this will

clean airborn molds looking to land on your SCOBYS.

2. always keep the brewing tea and cultures covered.

Never leave the jars uncovered for more than 30

seconds, if you live in a high mold region you may

also have to double up your cloth covering.

3. Keep your dry green or black tea in sealed jars,

too. This can be a source of mold, especially if it is

organic tea (no preservatives or fungicides as normal

teas have)

4. Wipe down your working area with a disinfectant of

some type. This step you may or may not wish to do.

Care must be taken not to contaminate the kombucha,

say with disinfectant on your hands.

I hope that this information will help.

Peace,

Nirinjan

www.kombuchaculture.com/

> From: " CM Ross " <cmross@...>

> Subject: Re: sterilize

>

> Hello again,

>

> Mold usually has nothing to do with hygiene, I did

> not wish to impugn your

> cleaning habits. I would hope that any mold problem

> would have been dealt

> with during renovation, but that might not be the

> case. I thought that

> perhaps it might be growing in the walls where the

> insulation is; mold loves

> carpeting too, no matter how often you vacuum it.

> You can get a mold problem

> with new construction merely by putting up wet

> timbers and sealing up the

> building before they have time to dry out.

>

> (not Cristine)