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I did add DAP and it seems to be going again. I'm going to measure it tomorrow again.

The temperature is about 20C, its in my basement. We added about 1 campden tablet per gallon. It seems to be going a little now. It has a nice layer of bubbles on top. I personally think its because of the DAP, these are all pretty much wild apples, so absolutely zero nitrogen fertilizer...

The initial reading was about 1.06. One of the batches is 1.05(12L) and the other is 1.04(23L). Only problem is I am going by my friends measurement for the 1.06, one persons 1.06 can be another persons 1.05. They both seem stalled now. I just put 1 tables spoon of DAP in the 23L one and...

If it was nutrient deficit then why would the saflager be going okay? I guess I can go and buy some tomorrow and see. Its already 5 days I think, I hope it doesn't get infected.

Oddly, my safale batch isn't bubbling after more than 48 hours. I've tried pouring it into a clean bucket and back to introduce some oxygen. If it doesn't work I guess I'll be going to buy another yeast packet. Not really happy with the fragile cider sitting there.

Long time reader, first time poster. TL;DR: how long can I leave my cider in secondary and still have it carbonate in the bottle? Long story so that folks can critic. A friend and I managed to scavenge about 7 bushels of windfall apples from about 14 different trees. About 5 bushels...