Developed BabySCOBY in mason jar filled with "Starter Fluid" ready for adoption. (lower left)
Mason jars filled with green tea (two left) and 1/2 ginger tea 1/2 natural (flat) soda (right) with a chunk of MotherSCOBY and "Starter Fluid." Notice left-most tea brewed much darker than middle tea.
1/4 MotherSCOBY floating and producing FULL BabySCOBY. (left)
Full MotherSCOBY floating and producing BabySCOBY. (right)
Mason jars of harvested, completed Kombucha left outside (avg temp 85) with adequate shelter from rain and direct sunlight. Started producing BabySCOBYs on their own WITHOUT MotherSCOBYs!
Healthy SCOBYs
Creamy (slimy) Off-white Solid Thick
Two sisters grown side by side can look very different. They are both healthy. But one clearly has bubbles, incompletions and appears thinner.