Guest guest Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Hello and Bless you all! I hope y'all don't mind answering more rookie questions! I really am trying to search the files/old posts to find answers before asking what may have been asked before. I completed my first brew and then put my scoby mother (small cut section of one given to me) and the new baby (that covered the top of my 4 qt. bowl) still attached to each other in a deep dish pie plate with about a cup of KT in there with it. I put a cloth and rubberband over it just like when brewing in the bowl. I let it set there a couple of days while I was waiting on answers to my first few questions. After getting an answer to some of them and figuring it had turned out okay the first time, I proceeded to make the next brew. When I took out the scoby(s) I realized I had stored them with the dark stringy side up and the lighter smooth side down. After a few days it had already made a new thin covering over the top of the bottom (I hope someone can follow this!). So, when I put the scoby mother and baby and now extra baby in the bowl - one side floats and the other side sinks almost to the bottom of the bowl. After just one day there is already a film forming on teh surface of the liquid to make a new scoby but it won't be attached to the other one(s). Is this okay or should I take it out and do some sort of surgery?! Now that I enclosed it with skins on both sides, will it be able to " breathe " ? Will it grow a dark stringy bottom again? I know I'll come to " know " the kombucha one day and this will all be second nature and I'll chuckle when I read other newbie questions. Thanks for your patience while I learn! Angie www.WelcomeHomeFamilies.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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