after inoculation pf tek help
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dankillerbs
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The foils only purpose is to keep your filter material dry during pressure cooking. Steam collects on the lid of the pressure cooker when in use and drip back down to the bottom which can get your filter material wet, which gives contams a chance to enter your jars. If you have a proper filter(dry verm layer for pf tek/ tyvek or polyfil for grain jars) then you can take off the foil after pressure cooking and you will be fine. Keeping the foil over an already proper filter is only slowing down gas exchange and could potentially lead to slower colonization times. However, tin foil over a jar is not airtight and would still allow for gas exchange and would still work... It's just not necessarily necessary
DarthD3vl
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I chose making bigger holes in my lids over removing the foil. but yeah more gas exchange could be needed.
timeismoney1
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on pf tek you dont need to keep foil on
if your really worried and dont want to use foil i like to use micropore tape Good luck!
if your really worried and dont want to use foil i like to use micropore tape
Good luck!
DarthD3vl
Well-Known Member
on pf tek you dont need to keep foil on
if your really worried and dont want to use foil i like to use micropore tape
you dont even really need any type of filter if your area is steril, I dont even use lids any more! but i digress, some people prefer that extra layer of protection vs the extra gas exchange, i sometimes prefer both.
timeismoney1
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Really no lids? Never new that one
But i dont have a dedicated area to make sure is steril 24/7 so that extra layer of protection brings me comfort
DarthD3vl
Well-Known Member
Really no lids? Never new that one
But i dont have a dedicated area to make sure is steril 24/7 so that extra layer of protection brings me comfort
Yeah most people need some tpye of filter, i started playing around with no lids, and i got jars to colonize sooo much faster, my jars before where definitely choked by one of the things i was doing... lids, filter, and or foil.. so i cut it down to just filter and foil. or just lid and foil.
timeismoney1
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Well thats nice to know. I will experiment with that next time!
