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shrooman420
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oh no i need help i might have messed up
#8688322 - 07/27/08 01:25 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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i was looking at my jars and the substrate looked real tight so i spanked the bottom a little to loosen it up then i heard that it can cause contams if i do that am i in trouble
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Re: oh no i need help i might have messed up [Re: shrooman420]
#8688333 - 07/27/08 01:27 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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if you are using pf tek then shaking them can loosin the dry verm contam barior thus opening it for contams.. only time will tell
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Re: oh no i need help i might have messed up [Re: shrooman420]
#8688335 - 07/27/08 01:27 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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No. It can cause contams because you are shaking the dry verm layer which could allow collected contaminants into the wet substrate. Most likely you didn't do this. Just don't tilt, knock, or shake them too much. Use discretion.
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Re: oh no i need help i might have messed up [Re: Ledd]
#8688346 - 07/27/08 01:30 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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the thing I don't get is how can that dry verm layer in the jar stay dry?
It's sitting atop the brf/verm/water layer, won't water get wicked up into that, that can help cause contams from the holes in the lid?
I've got my lid holes taped with micropore, but even still.
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Re: oh no i need help i might have messed up [Re: chiz]
#8688420 - 07/27/08 01:50 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Most people are losing even the tape now and trusting only the verm level. I asked this same question during colonization of my first jars! Somehow it works. I don;t fully understand myself.
Not only would it seem to wick, but during PC'ing water vapor must be escaping from the wet substrate and traveling upwards...
Hmm...Maybe RR will enlighten us on this one.
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Re: oh no i need help i might have messed up [Re: Ledd]
#8688444 - 07/27/08 01:56 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Ledbonzo86 said: Most people are losing even the tape now and trusting only the verm level. I asked this same question during colonization of my first jars! Somehow it works. I don;t fully understand myself.
Not only would it seem to wick, but during PC'ing water vapor must be escaping from the wet substrate and traveling upwards...
Hmm...Maybe RR will enlighten us on this one.
Led
In my particular case I think I am going to keep the tape on. I somehow didn't fill the dry verm all the way up to the top, real good. In other words, in some of my jars there's a quarter inch of space at the top. This is no good and I am kicking myself for not doing it properly.
On the other hand I have no contams in any of my 14 jars (11 pints, two half pints and a quarter pint) so far...
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Re: oh no i need help i might have messed up [Re: shrooman420]
#8688853 - 07/27/08 03:43 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
shrooman420 said: i was looking at my jars and the substrate looked real tight so i spanked the bottom a little to loosen it up then i heard that it can cause contams if i do that am i in trouble
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