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antmanmax
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How long do quart mason jars last in this hobby?
#26484191 - 02/13/20 06:24 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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I assume Ball and Kerr didn't imagine that their customers would be smacking the shit out of their mason jars every couple of weeks.
Should I be worried about the jars ever cracking due to stress? Or perhaps microfractures letting contaminants in? When do I stop using jars to make spawn and use them to give gifts of shrooms to friends? How long do you guys use your jars for?
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Re: How long do quart mason jars last in this hobby? [Re: antmanmax]
#26484199 - 02/13/20 06:28 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ages.... Glass is a liquid so eventually they will be Reusable Petri Dishes!
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Re: How long do quart mason jars last in this hobby? [Re: Sockadin]
#26484207 - 02/13/20 06:32 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Sockadin said: Ages.... Glass is a liquid so eventually they will be Reusable Petri Dishes!
Lol I don't know about all that, glass is kind of in a weird quasi-state. It would take billions of years for them to be come petri dishes, I would assume they would shatter due to stress long before than haha.
Still, it's good to know I won't be shattering jars across my grow room any time soon lmao.
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Re: How long do quart mason jars last in this hobby? [Re: antmanmax]
#26484210 - 02/13/20 06:38 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Use a bike tire or something other than your palm and I think you will be fine. '
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Re: How long do quart mason jars last in this hobby? [Re: Sockadin]
#26484211 - 02/13/20 06:40 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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I've been at it for 18 months. Only jars I break I drop on the floor. Lids are a different story
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Re: How long do quart mason jars last in this hobby? [Re: Bph]
#26484214 - 02/13/20 06:42 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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15 or so years. But best guess is that the jars I currently have (cabinets stacked) are probably 10 years old.
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Re: How long do quart mason jars last in this hobby? [Re: antmanmax]
#26484218 - 02/13/20 06:45 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Glass is imperfect, thus some jars have weaknesses and will crack under minimal stress. I've seen new glass crack in a canning bath and have jars that have contained everything from salmon to spawn that are twenty years old and won't die. 98% trend toward the latter.
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Re: How long do quart mason jars last in this hobby? [Re: alaskappalachian]
#26484228 - 02/13/20 06:57 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Sockadin said: Use a bike tire or something other than your palm and I think you will be fine. '
Yeah I use a bike tire.
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Bph said: I've been at it for 18 months. Only jars I break I drop on the floor. Lids are a different story
That's a good point. Some of my lids are showing little bits of rust. And jeeze, they're almost as expensive as the jars themselves! Something to be aware of I suppose.
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alaskappalachian said: Glass is imperfect, thus some jars have weaknesses and will crack under minimal stress. I've seen new glass crack in a canning bath and have jars that have contained everything from salmon to spawn that are twenty years old and won't die. 98% trend toward the latter.
Fair enough. I suppose if the ones I've been using for a year haven't cracked, there's no hurry to get rid of them.
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Re: How long do quart mason jars last in this hobby? [Re: antmanmax]
#26484342 - 02/13/20 08:29 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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I use them until they break or crack. Otherwise nothing to be concerned about.
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Re: How long do quart mason jars last in this hobby? [Re: PrimalSoup]
#26484430 - 02/13/20 09:51 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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I haven't seen much correlation between the age of the jars and when they crack although you would think there would be. It seems to happen rarely and almost at random. I have a feeling it's more defects during their production than anything.
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Re: How long do quart mason jars last in this hobby? [Re: Kizzle]
#26484464 - 02/13/20 10:35 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Mine lasted until I dropped them
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