Slightly OT Mold... is.... evil...

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I'd guess over your side Gayle.

Our " Mold " id spelt " Mould "

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From: Gayle Marks

Subject: Re: Mold... is.... evil...

It will very much help us to answer/help you if we knew approximately

where in the world you are?

At least country and province or state? :-)

Gayle

On May 6, 2009, at 1:46 AM, adrianabascal wrote:

> I was happily brewing my Kombucha with great results and noticed

> that I began getting mold on my Scoby.

>

> So I made things EXTRA sanitary. Cleaned everything with vinegar,

> and brewed another batch. I got mold again!

>

> In the process of doing all of this my father was in and actually

> poured the scoby into the toilet cause he one didn't see that there

> was a solid floating creature in the bowl and two didn't know what

> the hell it was. I cleaned it with vinegar and brewed a new batch

> and she survived and made a healthy baby! Awesome!

>

> But even then, still mold. I clean everything and buy a new Scoby

> and still same problem with mold!

>

> Eventually I found out that there was a leak behind the walls and

> the walls were rotting filling the air with poisonous mold spores!

>

> So the kitchen was torn up and the walls had to be replaced. I

> actually am strapped for cash so I built the kitchen! I used Plywood

> and Laminate flooring and Calking to seal the cracks. It looks great

> very durable and I can remodel by changing the laminate for like 20

> bucks! Was super cheap! How cool is that?

>

> Anyway!

>

> I always talk about Kombucha and how awesome it is with my friends

> and students but don't have any to share from my Mold fiasco! Many

> of my students ask for it and I'd like to share the babies with them

> but I so strapped for cash I can't buy a new one. I hate asking for

> handouts so I was wondering if any one had a baby I can buy? I like

> Laurel Farm's culture but its way to expensive for me to buy. Anyone

> can help out? Thanks!

>

> -Age

>