Kale wash stuck!

[Robbo12]

Hi I've had a kale wash on the go for 2 weeks sg 1070 5kg t&l suger and 500ml kale juice temp been around 28°© now i think is stuck it's on 1030 and not moved in a week and I've gave it a good beating any ideas lads thanks.

[gaza the instructor]

Maybe not enough Kale juice, but try crushing a vit B
table into a little sterile/bottled water and stir in
then have a wait.

[Robbo12]

Ok will try it thanks

[Mash]

Can you ph test?

[Robbo12]

I've not got a pH tester I've added a vit b tablet fingers crossed.

[gaza the instructor]

Hope it works for you. Our water here in London
is so hard I never suffer from Ph problems.

[just sayin']

Does it taste dry?

[Robbo12]

No still got a sweet taste to it

[Mash]

If it still don't start you can do a add back / recovery starter with it.

[Mash]

try adding 1/2 tsp (smallest dribble) of olive oil and airate it again.

[Robbo12]

I will try that tomorrow not checked it today

[Klunk]

Sometimes mine get stuck this time of year as the air temp drops in my workshop, even though the the workshop has a gas heater and bins are heated and well insulated. What I do is give it a stir, let it almost settle, drop a flat teaspoon of bicarb in and put the lid on and make sure the damn thing is airtight. You might want to up the temp to 30 as well and see how it goes

Best of luck.

[Robbo12]

Ok thanks put vit b tablet in the other day nothing as yet but will try the barb soda worth a try .

[Mash]

Stop messing and do a recovery.

Make a simple 1 litre starter.
Once it's going well, add 1 litre of the stuck ferment to the starter.
Once that's going well, repeat doubling the volume each time with stuck ferment.

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[Robbo12]

Ok took the plunge i had a pack of yeast restarter so put that in many thanks.