Done any jar spells with fresh ingredients in the past several weeks?
Please check on them now for mold. Cancel out the spell, cleanse the jar, whatever – promise me you’ll throw out the contents.
If you meant for them to mold, then just don’t keep them indoors. That’s just gross and unsanitary.
I took my own advice too late last week.
Goodbye, herbs from 2014!
WITCH TIP:
A small chunk of charcoal (for those that don’t know what charcoal is- its the burned out chalky chunks of burned wood from a woodfire) will absorb moisture and prevent mold!! It doesn’t have to effect your spell in anyway.
If your jar contains liquid, put a tsp of vodka for the same purpose.
THIS. This is so important. And no, do NOT try to salvage the ingredients, honey, just CHUCK them. And make sure you wash out that jar with some scalding hot water and antibacterial soap if you’re going to try and reuse it. (Which I don’t recommend.)
Also, double-check your jars of stored herbs from time to time. If anything is turning fuzzy, throw out EVERYTHING in the jar, and start over. If you’re drying herbs yourself, don’t put them in the jar until they’re crunchy all the way to the tip of every leaf. Even the smallest amount of moisture can produce mold and BOOM. You’re out an entire jar of herbs.
Also, keep your drying herbs and stored jars out of direct sunlight. That’ll reduce the problems with bleaching and mold growth by a fair amount.
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