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>every time I do that I think I kill off the lacto.

I have seen some people recommend to put some fresh chillis in with the roasted ones for this reason.

>I get mold every time I try the fermented version.

It is airtight? Is the brine salty enough (2-3% salt to water usually recommended)?



I’m following the same process I use for other fermentation without issues in the other ones, 2% salt to water, mason jar with a bubbler, I actually go over and above with this one because I’ve had problems… I double clean everything, I use acid sanitizer from beer brewing to make sure the jars and lids and everything is clean, I don’t leave it uncapped unless I’m working next to a candle (a technique to keep falling spores out of yeast samples from home brewing)

I’ll try adding some fresh peppers in just for the lacto and try again.




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