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Office Hours – Dr. Drake – October 30, 2022

Office Hours
TimeTopic
0:00:00Intro and Welcome
0:01:33I Ching Reading – Peace- 11- Heaven over Earth
0:05:53KNF Structure (WCP) in the Nutrient Cycle?
0:06:56phosphoric acid (WPA) vs. calcium phosphate?; phosphorus in banana farming; stunted growth; flowers suppressed; thick skin
0:15:02master the basics, bring balance
0:15:19how to make WPA, apply and use
0:20:03can use charcoal bone meal?
0:20:48what nutrients for vanilla beans? see the Prescriptions in the Recipe Book- get the book at www.knfsupport.com
0:24:52Master Cho videos on Drake’s YouTube channel about Nutrient Cycle
0:25:30can use KNF Structure (WCP) for same symptoms you would use WPA for
0:26:07why would you use KNF Structure( WCP) over WPA?
0:27:06can use deer bones for KNF Structure (WCP); can use fish bones too
0:27:18what to do with leftover cooked crab shells? make chitan; chitanase
0:30:02planting a lot of plants and have everything but IMO
0:31:20planting advice
0:34:24is chitan the same in the shell and in mycellium?
0:36:20excess phosphorus can bring imbalance
0:37:40Partida’s comment about microbes; wilt; pathogens can be beneficial
0:44:33how to scale up JADAM techniques?
0:45:33can JADAM sulfur solve potato ate blight?
0:46:06good soil, good farming practices are the answer
0:46:18fish aminos
0:47:19facultative bacteria?
0:47:47what method does JADAM use for potassium? no specific solutions- Master Cho is sophisticated
0:48:46solutions combined to make prescriptions/formulas are better after blending for @12 hours before use
0:51:57soil environment recovery from Master Cho’s presentation
0:52:043 solutions for soil environment recovery- IMO, Seawater, Grass
0:53:48no pesticides, no herbicides, no tilling, no chemical fertilizer
0:55:47what happens when you use pesticides, herbicides, tilling, chemical fertilizer
0:56:35bad and good rhizosphere environments
0:57:56collect IMO
0:58:40scaling up IMO- use liquid IMO
0:59:17seawater and sea salt dilution
0:59:32microbes on leaves
1:00:28power of nature- trees can split rocks, don’t till
1:02:39making lye
1:03:13thanks; email Drake at drake@pureknf.org
1:03:22IMO3 pile photo
1:04:18keep spreading Natural Farming
1:04:57video by Simon Michaux. “Minerals Blindness”- this is why Natural Farming is important
1:06:30long live the Natural Farmer

Office Hours – Dr. Drake – October 16, 2022

Office Hours
TimeTopic
0:00:00Intro and Welcome
0:01:43I Ching Reading – 3- Difficulty at the beginning
0:07:25combatting California thistles; fireweed study in Hawaii; make a pesticide from it; bioremediation
0:16:10www.knffarm.com- register for Drake’s course
0:19:27what is the best place to collect IMO?
0:24:35what happened to the Institute of Natural Farming channel? on YouTube
0:25:55JMS and IMO to remediate pasture land
0:31:31does Drake plan to teach online classes?
0:32:30come to the KNF Farm to train and have a tactile experience
0:36:20Drake’s YouTuba channel- Hawaii Field Days, last time Master Cho was in Hawaii
0:39:39avoid collecting IMO in woods where there are parasitic mushrooms
0:40:18using FAA with urea?
0:40:44Master Cho’s book referencing human waste- human liquid fertilizer
0:49:02making vinegar; temperature fluctuation
0:50:50Master Cho’s “The Farmer’s Heart”- 291 slides- on Drake’s channel- you can hit the thanks button and donate
0:52:34Master Cho always starts with the basics
0:54:01Master Cho- the Constituents of Air
0:54:31Master Cho- where does your water and natural fertilizer come from
0:59:06Master Cho- livestock concept applied to plants
1:01:51Master Cho- Faith and Religion
1:02:05can IMO be collected in Saudi Arabia- see microbialsecret.org- see episode 32 and 24 and Sam Bevans about farming in the desert & www.knfsupport.com to search Office Hours “desert”
1:04:15is there a list of which KNF Foods have which nutrients? search internet to see properties; check out Steve Dread’s Potent Ponics website, Open Nutrient Project
1:07:34thank yous- come to a class at www.knffarm.com
1:08:00continue presentation next week
1:08:19Go Fund Me- crowd source to help yourself to come to a class and then you can teach them
1:09:30long live the Natural Farmer