Hemp or other alternatives for IMO 3

Chris trump uses a wood box with slits in it for air for indoor IMO3 making iv been testing making IMO3 in a cardboard box (boot box) with holes cut in it with decent results i know i got not a good collection of IMO1 so i feel i wont get great results with anything i use to make IMO3 this yr but while winter is here im going to try to step up the size of the box and make IMO3 in my semi heated garage/basement …my thought is a cardboard box is just a wooden box in another form and it may not last as long but its free …..love the idea of crimped oats can get that at the feed store pretty cheap and if its a 2-n-1 that makes it so much easier….i also am taking the time during the winter months to make my inputs ( as gardeners what else r we supposed to do when there is 2-3 ft of snow on the ground lol ) i think if we can make our inputs during the off season it will help in our short 140 day grow season in the north east to have everything ready and i feel it makes for a good time to do it things might take a lil longer due to the cold but where i am i got 7 months of cold to wait for things to take there time lol …. i just bought some Gin to make OHN by what the recipe calls for to make OHN in a quart jar will take 3gal of liquor that is 7 1.75L jugs i did not realize how much was needed when i started in retrospect i would have used 16 oz jars not 32oz jars to save myself some money on the alky but on the bright side ill have OHN for yrs now lolololol

The leaky bucket with char is a great idea, I might gonna try that myself. I’m also new to KNF, the reason I asked about the mycelium in your mix is because I was thinking to just do the same, or similar at least, getting a bag of general animal feed mix, loaded with grains and see how it works. I know that in theory it should work, but it’s already encouraging to know your practical results. I think it will work, but the real question is: will it be as good or potent as when using wheat/rice millrun? The only way to know for sure is by using a microscope and compare, or using the low tech aproach, which is just using the final IMO4 in the garden and see the results. Right now I’m trying with shredded carob pods in order to make IMO3, I think it worked out fine. Although I didn’t get visible mycelium the pile has always been very warm, so yesterday I gave it a shot and started my IMO4 pile. Less then 24h in, the pile is still warm and now I spotted a fuzzy chunk just like the one we can see in Chris Trump’s video “how to IMO3”. SO I’m confident that there is at least some fungal activity happening, let’s see how it goes.

That’s right, it can be used as a substitute for chocolate, the pod itself tastes great right of the tree, it has no shell, no “skin” to peel, it doesn’t get mushy, it’s just a power bar out of the tree. When its ripe it’s already dry enough so that you can store it right away and not even bother about rotting or getting mold, it can also last for years, I have still some I picked 3 or 4 years ago and still looking/tasting good. It is also naturally high in fiber (around 7g) so I woud say the carbon content of the pod is enough for the IMO inoculation and propagation to succeed. It is definetly not as high as the amount found in any nutshell obviously, but still I think it’s good enough, let’s see.