Camden Tablets

[Jaoqua]

Reading around here and elsewhere it looks like Camden Tablets are used by wine makers to stop the fermentation. So they're clearly not poisonous but they do inhibit yeast growth, I deduce. So won't it harm my fermentation if I treat my water with one before I start a kit?

Should I do anything between crumbling in the tablet and starting the kit? e.g. leaving it 1/2 hour or so?

[steve_flack]

Yes and no.

They can be used to kill off yeast but you use a much high concentration to do that. The amount used in treating water is fine for yeast.