Thank you for the response, I am going to continue to do the spraying and hope things work out.
- SuperK answered 7 years ago
In my experience aquatic plants tend to be harder to ferment. They tend to putrefy instead of ferment.
A ULC KNF Food may be a better recipe for doing this as it is based upon putrefaction.
- drake answered 7 years ago
Root aphids can be taken out with an ULC KNF Pest Recipe as follows:
- 5 liters of soft water
- 100 mL of liquid soap
- 100 mL of herbal solutions made from Jerusalem Artichoke or other herb
- 10-20 mL of liquid sulphur (optional)
Of course this recipe can scale as appropriate.
The method of application is to drench the soil twice a day until the aphids die. Once in the morning and just before evening are best. Be careful not to drown your plants. Also, if you are using this preventatively, reduce the soap and herbs to 50mL and do not include the sulphur.
- drake answered 7 years ago
- Guest answered 7 years ago
In practice, ULC KNF Microbes alone may not be enough to create a balanced soil ecosystem.
The microbes are like workers, and they need sandwiches, material to build with and tools to be productive. So to extend this analogy out in terms of the KNF Solutions we work with:
- Workers = (ULC) KNF Microbes
- Sandwiches = (ULC) KNF Food
- Materials to build with = KNF Minerals
- Tools to be productive = KNF Cleanser and KNF Medicine
In the case of nematodes, this complete recipe needs to be drenched deep. Either fully saturating the substrate or if in the ground, going at least a meter down once a week. If you apply before a rain, can make more concentrated and the water will do the depth penetration for you!
Now, if you need to immediately kill the nematodes I found this paper that says “In addition, sulfur 100 mg/kg of soil caused 70% and 69% decreases in the final population and reproduction factor of the nematode, respectively”
So go with liquid sulphur diluted at 1:100 and liquid soap diluted at 1:50 into soft water, and drench it deep! Only use this 2-3 times in a row to kill the nematodes, then follow it with the above recipe to restore living balance to the soil.
- drake answered 7 years ago
Tree wounds and scars in trees can be healed with KNF Microbes made into a paste with seawater and bound with oatmeal so it sticks to the bark.
Master Cho talks about this solution in regards to sunburn in the following video (starting at 7 minutes 40 seconds), but the solution is the same for healing wounds and scars.
- drake answered 7 years ago
- last active 7 years ago
Well Blossom End Rot is caused from a lack of Calcium so WCA and WsCaPhos would both work.
- Jonathan Traxler answered 7 years ago
Yes, it is still important to toast coral sand. The reason for toasting to a light brown like a perfectly done marshmallow is twofold:
- Remove the moisture from the calcarb so the vinegar will penetrate more easily and thoroughly dissolve all the calcium out into solution
- Coral is full of tiny bits of organic matter, so to cook them out so that the mixture will not rot later during storage.
I recommend doing this on a slightly higher heat that has been traditionally taught, around a low medium so that it will take about 15 minutes with constant stirring as not to burn. Try not to burn the coral and turn it black as that chemically destroys the calcium and starts to carbonize it. Sort of like the marshmallow, it takes keen effort and the right heat to cook it just perfectly!
Good luck, and Long live the natural farmer!
- drake answered 7 years ago