Yemoos Nourishing Cultures Forum

In the instructions, it says that an airlock is okay, but I tried that once with kombucha and it suffocated. I know yeast fermentation works best without oxygen once it gets going, but aren't there additional bacterial cultures in the Ginger Plant, and would they potentially require oxygen? Is it re...

I tried kombucha once with an airlock, and it suffocated, but I've also had batches ruined by little flies that infiltrated the cheesecloth. I would prefer to keep it as closed as possible, but I don't want to suffocate it. Will I be okay with just a covered space over the airlock hole, or does it n...