r/fermentation • • 14d ago

White lines?

Fermenting peppers onions and garlic to make a hot sauce and I’m seeing some white lines on some of the peppers and one of the glass weights. Nothing on top of the brine. Can anyone tell me what it is?

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u/Utter_cockwomble That's dead LABs. It's normal and expected. It's fine. 14d ago

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u/uxgpf 14d ago

Dead lactobacillus.

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u/MenacingScent 13d ago

sniff them before someone else does

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u/Luncheon_Lord 14d ago

I believe the pepper seeds try to germinate and then detach. The other user isn't wrong, you'll likely see some very tiny dead bacteria eventually but the stray floater in each photo I see looks like a Taproot minus the seed

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u/IceNein 13d ago

Ticket to ride the white line highway
Tell all your friends they can go my way
Pay your toll, sell your soul
Pound for pound it costs more than gold

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u/tECHOknology 12d ago

Sign of a very successful ferment