Re: SCOBY climbing out of the jar

[Guest guest]

I had this happen and the group just told me to let it go. It will not dry out.

It will still be drinking the tea. And eventually it will go back down on its

own. So I did not worry and sure enough, that scoby never dried up or anything

else bad happen to it.

To: original_kombucha

Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 9:49 PM

Subject: SCOBY climbing out of the jar

 

Hello all,

I am experiencing a situation where my SCOBYs are growing out of the jar and

touching the paper on the top of the jar. What do you do in situations like

these? I use 2 1-gallon pickle jars to brew. The tops are narrow and the

SCOBY is forming a tight seal where the jar narrows and then it is popping

up like a jelly fish. I used a wooden spoon handle to push it back down.

Thanks.

[Guest guest]

I had this happen and the group just told me to let it go. It will not dry out.

It will still be drinking the tea. And eventually it will go back down on its

own. So I did not worry and sure enough, that scoby never dried up or anything

else bad happen to it.

To: original_kombucha

Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 9:49 PM

Subject: SCOBY climbing out of the jar

 

Hello all,

I am experiencing a situation where my SCOBYs are growing out of the jar and

touching the paper on the top of the jar. What do you do in situations like

these? I use 2 1-gallon pickle jars to brew. The tops are narrow and the

SCOBY is forming a tight seal where the jar narrows and then it is popping

up like a jelly fish. I used a wooden spoon handle to push it back down.

Thanks.

[Guest guest]

I had this happen and the group just told me to let it go. It will not dry out.

It will still be drinking the tea. And eventually it will go back down on its

own. So I did not worry and sure enough, that scoby never dried up or anything

else bad happen to it.

To: original_kombucha

Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 9:49 PM

Subject: SCOBY climbing out of the jar

 

Hello all,

I am experiencing a situation where my SCOBYs are growing out of the jar and

touching the paper on the top of the jar. What do you do in situations like

these? I use 2 1-gallon pickle jars to brew. The tops are narrow and the

SCOBY is forming a tight seal where the jar narrows and then it is popping

up like a jelly fish. I used a wooden spoon handle to push it back down.

Thanks.

[Guest guest]

In message <02ac01cc7025$101eda20$305c8e60$@com> you wrote:

> I am experiencing a situation where my SCOBYs are growing out of the jar

> and touching the paper on the top of the jar.

As Lyn already said, it's fine. You just have a very healthy and vigorous

specimen (mountaineering genes? ;-) The mighty bubble activity in the scoby

and underneath it acts as a 'floating-up mechanism'.

> What do you do in situations like these?

You might try not filling the jar as high.

But prodding the adventurous jellyfish downward is fine too.

Congratulations!

Margret:-)

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