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    fermenting Top of fermentation turning dark

    Hey all,   This is likely covered elsewhere, but I didn't find it addressed after a quick search.   So I have a few fermentations going, and I just put together a dozen more airlocks to start more. I've noticed the top inch or so of the mash starts turning a darker color, sometimes to the point...
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    fermenting Stopping the fermentation

    I realize this is almost certainly covered in one of the pinned posts above, but I got ahead of myself and have some of the habanero mango ferments processed and heating on the stove now to bottle.   Question is, does bringing it to a boil stop the fermentation from continuing? I'll be storing...
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    Anaerobic environment

    Hey all,   So the fermentation thing produces CO2, which being heavier than air pushes the oxygen out of the airlocks, leading to an anaerobic environment in the jar, right? I'll bounce it off my coworker in grad school for biochemistry, but if I were to inject a little CO2 into the jar or...
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    Early start up North

    Sorry for rehashing what is likely a well covered topic, but my quick search didn't give me an answer.   I have a bunch of seeds currently in moist paper towels stuffed in sandwich baggies, and I'm curious whats the preferred method for germination.   I've seen some germinate in the paper towel...
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    Hello from Michigan!

    Hello everyone,   Just wanted to say hi.   Relatively new pepper grower, meaning I've grown a few jalapenos, serranos, habaneros and various bell peppers in the garden, but this coming season I intend on focusing MUCH more on the peppers!   I'm currently germinating tabasco, 7 pot primo...
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