cider from apples- how to use campden tablets

[gdyker]

Hi all,

Doing my first cider after a few beers. I've read of someone else juicing a load of pears and adding campden tablets to sterilize it. As I have a juicer and no press I'm going to do the same with apples but have a couple of questions:

I'm going to juice the fruit then put in CTs before starting the ferment. Firstly, should I use them at the normal strength of 1 per gallon and secondly how long do I need to leave it before adding my yeast as I don't want to kill that?

Thanks all!
Gabriel

 

[GREBO75]

1 per gallon should be fine, and yeast will surive if you wait 24 hours before adding it.

 

[gdyker]

Thanks very much!