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it just sounds like your jar was to small to allow proper separation of the curd and whey i personally use 1/2 gal of milk in a 1 gal jar just to leave enough head room the curd expands a lot ….. and getting a lil curd in the final solution i don’t think does much TBH i have yet to strain a LAB collection w/o getting a lil bit of curd in there and haven’t had a issue yet

theres a support thread on this here https://knfsupport.com/questions/question/ohn-recipes-1-3-or-2-3-confusing

odd … ok well theres another way to get there lets try that … look for a folder icon that says  Medicine (Oriental Herbal Nutrient) click on that and scroll down through the posts then u r looking for ohn-recipes-1-3-or-2-3-confusing is the name of the post

Yes, using a wetting agent will help get the maintenance solution closer to the leaves surface for better absorption. However, if you are using a soap based product, more will be needed than recommended as the vinegar has a soap cutting effect. This can also perhaps cut down on the amount of maintenance needed, but I do not have much data on that, so go for it, and perhaps add a comment on this thread of how it goes.

Alright- more research in. Guy at the home brew store says campden tablets, made of potassium or sodium metabisulfite, will clear chlorine and chloramine from water.

Tablets are for convenience, but powder is cheaper! .44g powder/10gal h2o to clean it up.

1lb bag @ ~$10 is about 10,318 gallons purified. Not too shabby.

Vitamin C online @ ~$20/kg is about 20,000 gallons purified. Both do the job for about the same cost.

If you are in a situation you have to use tap water with chloramine, hopefully this helps!

What I have done is just run the garlic and ginger 1 more time to get the final levels right …..The thing I love most about KNF is its not a science where everything has to be perfect or u kill stuff its a method that has been evolving for 1000’s of yrs Nothing HAS to be exact if u don’t want it to be, a lil off here a lil off there no biggie …unless it has gone bad then no bad juju in the garden that goes in the compost and becomes great juju for the garden in time   Happy Experimenting

Thank you. I will buy the recomended book

theres a few diff ways to collect imos id try in your area to find a good shady tree with lots of activity and semi burry the collection box in the ground and cover well to hold in moisture …i do this in upstate NY to help not dry out as fast also u might have just waited to long to go back up the mountain and get your box ruffle 3 days is all it takes for me to get a good collection        …. happy imo hunting

Another recommendation is to make sure that you are burying the box into the soil and then cocooning it with leaf litter that is around. This will help hold in the moisture and with direct contact with the soil, it will ‘bond’ together and share the precious water.

I talked a lot about collecting microbes in the desert in these episodes of the Microbial Secret Society Podcast:

#24 Sam Bevans: Desert KNF, Israel, Farming without Water

#32 Sam Bevans & Mike Kaplin – Irrigation without “water”, Polymorphism, Bechamp