Hey Austin, Thanks for educating folks on moldy scoby's. I concur and have practiced that for years. I do always have back up scoby's, so I am never without a beautiful scoby.
Animals Are Our Angels, unfortunately I'm relatively new to scoby life as well, so I do not feel qualified to answer your question. However, I do like the idea of recycling and composting. So that all is not lost, it may be best to redirect your question to the gentleman who posted the video.
Are they in the same container? Meaning the mother is beneath the moldy scoby on top? If so then you should throw everything away even if you don't see mold on the mother underneath. It's better not to take a chance, because the mold can send filamens down into the kombucha.
Fermenters Club Thank you. I had made my first batch of Kombucha and it turned out amazingly well. However, I wanted to make a bigger batch and so I changed the glass container...After a few days, I could see a beautiful scoby developing. However, today, which is day 7, I saw a patch of green Mould floating on top which was about the size of a 25 cent piece. The rest of the new baby scoby looked very healthy. I poured out the top layer carefully and threw out the Mother scoby. The Mother scoby had other babies attached to her so I cut them off and rinsed them with apple cider vinegar. I do however, have another scoby from my first batch that is in my fridge ...I may do an experiment in two separate containers to see if I can brew another batch of Kombucha without any mould. Thank you so much for all of your help. Do you know if one can rinse the scoby with distilled water? Thanks once again!
I don't know if will do any harm, but I don't believe there's any benefit to rinsing a scoby with distilled water, as the pH is much higher (7) versus kombucha which has a very acidic pH of around 3. It's safer when it's in a more acidic environment.
Hey Austin, Thanks for educating folks on moldy scoby's. I concur and have practiced that for years. I do always have back up scoby's, so I am never without a beautiful scoby.
E- Make a kombucha out of it and send it to the people you dont like
I appreciate the humor of a proper burial & r.i.p. for your scoby. Wonderful idea to compost it.
MOYYA GLOVER Since I would think the scoby is acidic, do you think hydrangeas or acid loving plants would benefit from the scoby? Many thanks!
Animals Are Our Angels, unfortunately I'm relatively new to scoby life as well, so I do not feel qualified to answer your question. However, I do like the idea of recycling and composting.
So that all is not lost, it may be best to redirect your question to the gentleman who posted the video.
or, D. Always deep fry scoby before starting a new brew.
what about small patches of mold way up on the top of the water miles from the scoby
If it's anywhere in the liquid, it's best to toss it all out and start over. :(
Did it go mouldy because there was no liquid left?
Yes! I neglected it too long and the starter liquid evaporated out, exposing the scoby to mold.
YES IV USED APPLE CIDER VINEGAR TO CLEAN OUT THE CONTAINER AND THEN RINSED IT WITH SCOLDING HOT WATER!
Try to use distilled white vinegar, apple cider vinegar has vinegar eels in it sometimes
Put it in the garbage can
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What do I do if the mother is healthy but it produced a mouldy scobie? Thank you
Are they in the same container? Meaning the mother is beneath the moldy scoby on top? If so then you should throw everything away even if you don't see mold on the mother underneath. It's better not to take a chance, because the mold can send filamens down into the kombucha.
Fermenters Club Thank you. I had made my first batch of Kombucha and it turned out amazingly well. However, I wanted to make a bigger batch and so I changed the glass container...After a few days, I could see a beautiful scoby developing. However, today, which is day 7, I saw a patch of green Mould floating on top which was about the size of a 25 cent piece. The rest of the new baby scoby looked very healthy. I poured out the top layer carefully and threw out the Mother scoby. The Mother scoby had other babies attached to her so I cut them off and rinsed them with apple cider vinegar. I do however, have another scoby from my first batch that is in my fridge ...I may do an experiment in two separate containers to see if I can brew another batch of Kombucha without any mould. Thank you so much for all of your help. Do you know if one can rinse the scoby with distilled water? Thanks once again!
I don't know if will do any harm, but I don't believe there's any benefit to rinsing a scoby with distilled water, as the pH is much higher (7) versus kombucha which has a very acidic pH of around 3. It's safer when it's in a more acidic environment.