The one gallon batches are blackberry, pear, and peach.
The five gallon is a traditional mead that will have vanilla bean, oak, and orange zest added in secondary.
Mead = honey, water and yeast
Melomel = the same with fruit
Metheglin = the same with spices
Pyment = the same with grapes
Hippocras = the same with specific spices (cinnamon)
All are fermenting nicely and smell amazing!
All have been getting aerated twice daily and got fed nutrients at 24,48,&72hrs.
House is usually 70°F+ during the day and that out the 5gal at 75° so moved all to my veg tent with the humidifier. Now running 65-68°! Will make for a lot more flavorful and less of an alcohol taste.
They produce CO2 as a byproduct of the fermentation so there is CO2 venting into the tent, but don’t have a setup to direct the CO2 to any plants. I have all the carboys inside my veg tent to keep the temps optimal for fermentation and to keep them in the dark, there are currently no plants in the tent.
I’ve been considering a grow utilizing CO2 from a concurrent ferment. I’m using Exhale CO2 generators currently. I do not know if it actually improves growth or not. I will say that my plants have been quite lush and happy.
The last and only time that I made mead, I recall that it was a very long ferment, after transfer to the secondary, it continued intermittently for a year! Every time that I would move the carboy, it would restart.
Seems that yours should be putting out decent amounts.
Once I get my “room” done I will have the ability to use the CO2 coming off my mash ferments, they are 30-35 gal ferments in 55 gal barrels, interested in how your infusion goes, as stated I have a Gin basket for my still to put botanicals in, has worked well for flavored Vodkas.
So far I have only heard that CO2 is useful in sealed grows otherwise the CO2 doesn’t build up enough. Usually people breathing raises the CO2 in the air enough to keep at optimal lvl anyways. Have 2 adult, 3 kids, 2 cats, and a dog all producing CO2 so shouldn’t be short there anyways.
I do have the exhaust for the little tent blowing towards the intake of my flowering tent atm as it adds cool moist air that is CO2 rich just in case tho. Lol
Those should produce enough CO2 to keep your plants happy!
Was thinking next time to add some everclear to my decarbed Rosin to dissolve it and then add in secondary. Might have to press some kief and use that. Make sure it’s from a sweet fruity tasting flower. This one had an earth flavor with sweet fruity notes.
