Either I read wrong or someone told me to clean your fermenter with camden tablets at the beginning. I used one table in my original water and now I read where it kills the yeast. I'm at 48 hours now and am getting no fermentation. How can I get rid of this camden in there with starting over. What if I boil my beginning and start it again. Leaving off the camden?
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What are you making? And what all have you added and done?
I cleaned my 2 gal fermenter well and put my 2 cans welches concord frozen juice. I added one camden tablet, yeast and yeast energizer. I also added about 2 lbs of sugar. It has been 48 hours and no fermentation yet. my readings are: 1.100, 73 degrees and 15 % PA. That's about it. Thanks.
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Sorry about disappearing 
In reading your post I was trying to figure out if you used the campden tablet to clean your ferementer or if you put it in the water that you use to dilute your concentrated juice.
If you put it in the water to dilute your juice that's gonna pretty much stunt all your yeast, rather than try and add more yeast or boil anything if it was me I would just start over. If you just used the campden in some water to clean your fermenter, it should be okay.
Anyway I think this is a recipe for the juice you are using, maybe it will help
WELCH'S FROZEN CONCENTRATE WINE
In reading your post I was trying to figure out if you used the campden tablet to clean your ferementer or if you put it in the water that you use to dilute your concentrated juice. If you put it in the water to dilute your juice that's gonna pretty much stunt all your yeast, rather than try and add more yeast or boil anything if it was me I would just start over. If you just used the campden in some water to clean your fermenter, it should be okay.
Anyway I think this is a recipe for the juice you are using, maybe it will help
WELCH'S FROZEN CONCENTRATE WINE
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Most of that initial SO2 addition will become bound in solution (becoming 'inactive' basically), with the remaining dissipating over a short amount of time... Stir it vigorously until your arm threatens divorce.
How long did you wait between the campden tablet and the yeast addition? If it was less than 24hrs (1 gallon batch right? 1 tablet?), you may have took that packet of yeast right off its feet and you'll want to pitch another packet. But whip it up good first, get that SO2 to dissipate.
There's a chance it could start anyway, but I'd pitch another packet were it me.
How long did you wait between the campden tablet and the yeast addition? If it was less than 24hrs (1 gallon batch right? 1 tablet?), you may have took that packet of yeast right off its feet and you'll want to pitch another packet. But whip it up good first, get that SO2 to dissipate.
There's a chance it could start anyway, but I'd pitch another packet were it me.
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I am not sure how long it will take for a single campden tablet in a gallon of juice to dissipate enough for a new packet of yeast to take off. Any ideas?
