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dr0mni
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jar broke in PC... wtf!
#3953922 - 03/22/05 01:52 PM (19 years, 10 days ago) |
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I had a jar of water and honey in my PC, getting ready to do a liquid cult for the first time. I PC for about 30 mins. Let it cool. I'm all ready to inoculate, but I open it up and the bottom of the jar looks like it just FELL off!
I had the stove set at the exact same setting as I usually do, and I did it for 15 mins less than usual. I've done casings in the same jars and this didn't happen...
Any ideas? I'm about to try again in 15 mins. I want some feedback first though...
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MushroomFriend
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Re: jar broke in PC... wtf! [Re: dr0mni]
#3953975 - 03/22/05 02:02 PM (19 years, 10 days ago) |
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put a wet towel @ the bottom of pc
and dont open pc to quicky after PC-ing, let the pressure escape first.
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MushroomFriend
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and use heat resistant jars
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djsage420
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you can bend wire mesh to make a 1 in shelf on bottom of pc, somtimes my jars will crack if I have PCed them a bunch of times, jars clanking together in boiling water can do it somtimes.
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Roadkill
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Re: jar broke in PC... wtf! [Re: dr0mni]
#3954038 - 03/22/05 02:16 PM (19 years, 10 days ago) |
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you might have already had a crack on the bottom of the jar and didn't know it.
always look for cracks...before loading them with substrate or what have you.
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Are you using a wire rack or a divet type rack?
If your using a wire rack...I'd suggest getting a divet type.
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If you are using a divet type rack...and your jars didn't have a crack to begin with.
If you have enough room inside your pressure cooker...prop the jars up with something else to raise them up a little more.
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I have noticed that alot of my Kerr jars are getting these little round cracks in the bottom of them...that are hardly noticable. I plan on buying some new jars and returning the ones that have the little round cracks in them.
I think they are defective...cause it can't be me. lolzz
good luck!~
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dr0mni
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Re: jar broke in PC... wtf! [Re: Roadkill]
#3954070 - 03/22/05 02:25 PM (19 years, 10 days ago) |
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yeah, I might've had a crack. But the bottom FELL OFF, like in a perfect circle. I figured it was from direct heat transfer, so I just put a towel under it and started it up again just now.
the jars are heat resistant. Their fucking mason jelly jars...
The rack I have is a flat peice of metal with little round holes in it. It only props it up like 1/4" though. I don't know if this would be wire or divet
We'll see how this goes.
I am doing this honey culture for the first time because I have about 2cc of 1+ year old B+ spores. I got them for free, so I don't really care if this doesn't work. I don't really expect it to since they are so old. The syringe has no threads for a needle, so I figure I'll stick em in a liquid culture since I can't inject any jars.
Thanks for the help
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Roadkill
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Re: jar broke in PC... wtf! [Re: dr0mni]
#3954100 - 03/22/05 02:34 PM (19 years, 10 days ago) |
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Quote:
The rack I have is a flat peice of metal with little round holes in it. It only props it up like 1/4" though. I don't know if this would be wire or divet
Thats a divet type rack.
yeah using the towel will work.
good luck!~
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rojeee
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Re: jar broke in PC... wtf! [Re: Roadkill]
#3954282 - 03/22/05 03:22 PM (19 years, 10 days ago) |
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i have a 21 quart pc and put three empty jars on the bottom covered with a cheap plate place all jars on top and can still fit 22 jars cant get them to hot must elevate or waste money and time
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agar
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Re: jar broke in PC... wtf! [Re: dr0mni]
#3954423 - 03/22/05 03:49 PM (19 years, 10 days ago) |
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About 1 out of 200 / 300 / 500 quart mason type jars will have an air bubble flaw in it - the factory doesnt catch. Or - sometimes you already have a micron size crack in one. Over the years, I have had about 5 jars crack / bust for no apperant reason. One I picked out of PC & bottom just fell off. Shit just happens - sometimes.
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Fluxburn
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Re: jar broke in PC... wtf! [Re: agar]
#3954483 - 03/22/05 04:00 PM (19 years, 10 days ago) |
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hum, never had this probelm as of yet.
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MushroomFriend
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Re: jar broke in PC... wtf! [Re: Fluxburn]
#3954493 - 03/22/05 04:02 PM (19 years, 10 days ago) |
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Me neither but dude Agar is in this business a little longer the nwe... I guess..
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Holydiver
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Hundreds of jars here and I've never seen one break. I've always wondered how people end up breaking their jars.
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agar
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Re: jar broke in PC... wtf! [Re: Fluxburn]
#3954504 - 03/22/05 04:04 PM (19 years, 10 days ago) |
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If your jars are carefully inspected for cracks / chips, it seldom if ever happens. Only happened a few times over the YEARS, for me.
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