Just a thought - some of my batches of fruit wines took up to 72 hours
to start. And some yeasts almost show no foam or "head". I agree with
other posters - check temperature of must, and give it more time. In 72
hours, you need to consider re-pitching, maybe with some nutrient
energizer, not much.
DAve

Tater wrote:
> On Sep 1, 6:27 pm, Tater > wrote:
>> ok, started pitting and such, noticed that the plum material is a bit
>> to fine to stay in a straining bag(looks like mush).
>>
>> How will we measure the SG? the stuff is like mud. I'll assume that
>> and addition of some water might help things out, but i Don't want to
>> add too much.
>>
>> got about half a batch of plums ready, pitting contnuing on the rest.
>> hoepfully everyone is not on vacation and can chime in
>
> as per spud, I'll keep my questions about this batch on this thread to
> keep things neat.
>
> as per the other thread, my yeast isn't taking off like i thought it
> should. i'll hold off as others have mentioned, although i do think i
> killed my yeast in my too cold freezer(maybe not completely killed it
> off, so some hope)
>
> anyway, here is data about this batch.
>
> 30lbs wild plums
> water to 6 gallons produced a tartartic acid level of .9%, added
> approx 1.5 gallons to drop it to .7% (ideal listed on box was .6% but
> also listed white grape as .75%) decided to let it go as 10 gallon
> primary looked too full.
> initial gravity was 1.010. needed 13 lbs of sugar, only had a ten
> pound bag partialy open dumped that in and got 1.060. bought more
> sugar and upped it to 1.100. added enzyme, nutrient, campden. let sit
> for 16 hours. took sample of liquid to mix yeast in. pitched in last
> night, went to bed. morning no activity, posted about that and waited.
> at noon very very little activity, possible bubbles could be yeast,
> could be outgassing of disolved air.
>
> once I know yeast *is* active, i'll probably pull 2-3 gallons into a 5
> gallon pail to primary in, until i am sure foam is nto an issue. might
> put it back then, not sure. sg at 18 hours (about) is 1.095 and temp
> is 72 degrees
>