Thread: Blackening

On 4/16/2012 10:28 AM, NT wrote:
> When drying leaves, they dont normally blacken in 2 days of cold
> fanned drying. The last batch I did though they ended up being left in
> a plastic bag overnight before being washed and put in drier next day.
> A few had gone black, i pulled those out. Now theyre dry, some more
> are blackish. What's the situation with these? Is it harmless like
> black tea, or what?
>
>
> NT
>

Overnight in plastic might have allowed some mold to grow.

On Apr 16, 5:00*pm, Shawn Martin <panl...@starband.net> wrote:
> On 4/16/2012 10:28 AM, NT wrote:
>
> > When drying leaves, they dont normally blacken in 2 days of cold
> > fanned drying. The last batch I did though they ended up being left in
> > a plastic bag overnight before being washed and put in drier next day.
> > A few had gone black, i pulled those out. Now theyre dry, some more
> > are blackish. What's the situation with these? Is it harmless like
> > black tea, or what?
>
> > NT
>
> Overnight in plastic might have allowed some mold to grow.

of course. I'm going to bin the whole batch, and treat it as a lesson.


NT