Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 I'm finally the proud father of a very thick healthy scoby. This thing is over an inch thick and maybe 10 inches in diameter. Little did I know during my first year or so of making kombucha that a) I should keep my scobys in a 'starter pot', not in the refrigerator and that is where the big fat scobys form! Thanks to everyone that recommended the starter pot! - Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Congratulations Papa.;-) Starter pot is 'storage' when the scoby is not in fermentation? > > I'm finally the proud father of a very thick healthy scoby. This thing is > over an inch thick and maybe 10 inches in diameter. > > Little did I know during my first year or so of making kombucha that a) I > should keep my scobys in a 'starter pot', not in the refrigerator and > that is where the big fat scobys form! > > Thanks to everyone that recommended the starter pot! > > - Mark > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Yes, I'm referring to a container of SCOBY's in kombucha tea awaiting their next batch (or sharing with others). - Mark > > Congratulations Papa.;-) > > Starter pot is 'storage' when the scoby is not in fermentation? > > > > > > > > > > I'm finally the proud father of a very thick healthy scoby. This > thing is > > over an inch thick and maybe 10 inches in diameter. > > > > Little did I know during my first year or so of making kombucha > that a) I > > should keep my scobys in a 'starter pot', not in the refrigerator > and > > that is where the big fat scobys form! > > > > Thanks to everyone that recommended the starter pot! > > > > - Mark > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Actualy, I've read that between choosing black or green tea, that one makes thicker scobies and the other makes faster ones. Not sure at the moment which was which though. I am still working at it, got thin one this first time. -Audrey <Snipet> > that is where the big fat scobys form! > > Thanks to everyone that recommended the starter pot! > > - Mark > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Hi Mark, I, like you, never even considered leaving my scobies out on the counter and stacking them all together in a starter pot. I've had them all lined up in order in their own little personal jars in the back of my fridge. Just a couple of weeks ago, after reading the posts on this list, I decided to pull some of them out and put them all in a pot with all the liquid I had saved them in. It pretty much filled up a gallon jar. And I've started my last two batches with these. They seem to have started working very quickly. And it sure saves a lot of space in the fridge What I havn't quite figured out yet, is that if you're trying to use your scobies in a logical order of the oldest first, do you have to fish down to the bottom of the pot each time???.....which would seem to cause some disruption in the pot. I've just been using from the top and not putting any new ones in. Since I'm experimenting, I'm still keeping some in jars in the fridge. In my starter pot, since the scobies are the shape of the jar, then I would have to turn them on their side to get to the bottom---and then doesn't that disturb the scoby on top? I'm sure there is a very good way to have a starter pot to place scobies in but then still use the oldest first-- Any guidance from anyone on this? I add my thanks to Mark's for the starter pot recommendation! a On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:20:41 -0400 Mark writes: I'm finally the proud father of a very thick healthy scoby. This thing is over an inch thick and maybe 10 inches in diameter. Little did I know during my first year or so of making kombucha that a) I should keep my scobys in a 'starter pot', not in the refrigerator and that is where the big fat scobys form! Thanks to everyone that recommended the starter pot! - Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Hey Mark, Congradulations! Glad to hear you got a big one, LOL... In original_kombucha , Mark wrote: > > I'm finally the proud father of a very thick healthy scoby. This thing is > over an inch thick and maybe 10 inches in diameter. > > Little did I know during my first year or so of making kombucha that a) I > should keep my scobys in a 'starter pot', not in the refrigerator and > that is where the big fat scobys form! > > Thanks to everyone that recommended the starter pot! > > - Mark > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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