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Pexpeppers is a great source! Superb customer service and super fast shippment not to mention all the extra pods! I look forward to doing business with him again. Cant wait to try some of those delicious looking sauces.

No more mold yet. It seems to be going good most fermentation activity seems to have stopped it went a few days producing large amounts of bubbles with all peppers floating at the top. Now however it seems to have slowed down with all peppers sinking to the bottom of the jar. Its still got a...

I opened it up to smell it and noticed a few black spots on the underside of the lid there hasn't been anything on the peppers them selves. Up till not i have only slightly opened to release pressure as i dont have an air lock is this ferment doomed?

Could i use a store bought bag of marbles still in the plstic mesh for a weight? Or will having it sealed from beginning and resisting any urge to open be enough to hinder and bad mold?

So if the peopers are unwashed how do you get the spider webs and dirt out of the cracks?

I am planning on doing a hot pepper mash fermentation adding some pineapple and a few other things my question is do i need to add 6-10% of the total organic matter weight or just the weight of the peppers? Also do i loosely cover it immediately or let it sit open for a bit as i do not have a...