Posts by dagoofman

i add dolomite lime to my garden beds and it does not effect the microbes in there

its the evolution over the years of testing even master cho changed his recipes over the years

never heard of using fruits to make a IMO3 and i would not think it would be a complete carb sufficient for making IMO3,  but a great source of complete carbs that can be found almost anywhere very cheaply is cheap bags of dog food it is packed full of grains and is a complete carb, rolled or crimped oats sold as horse feed is another good inexpensive source …id use the apples to make KNF foods (FPJ/FFJ) and KNF cleanser (BRV) can use un-ripe apples to make Sour Food, ripe apples for Sweet Food along with other fruits and ripe/over-ripe apples to make Cleanser… chipped maple and apple wood would make for great carbon in a IMO3 lots of sugars to help boost microbe production

Happy Experimenting

the gunny sacks would work but you might need more then 3 months for the compost to finish and be plantable the biggest risk in planting in pure compost is it not being finished yet and heating up ..in the gunny sack method i would  mix the compost with something else before use to help reduce the chance it will go off again

my favorite way of filling raised beds is the hugelkultur method … start with large pieces of wood, logs and sticks and such on the very bottom to take up space and retain water, back fill with whatever organic material you might have wood chips ,saw dust, cut grass, unfinished compost pretty much anything to fill in spaces between large wood and fill the bed, add moisture to this layer, using JMS here is a good way to get microbes going in this mid layer, reserve the top 8-10 in (20-25 cm) and fill with a mixture of compost, IMO4 and biochar FMCs also work really good here can also add some bulking substrates in the soil mix like coco coir or peat moss maybe some perlite, if you need to bulk out the soil mix (this is the soil mix i used to bulk out all my garden beds)  …top dress with IMO4, water in with Soil Prep Formula and plant  …depending on how deep the raised beds are you might need to dig down a little for layer 1 …. hugelkultur is a mounding system at its roots and the mound planting might also work well in agroforestry

Happy Experimenting

first we need to know how you added more salt was it 10x more in the dilution of salt to water (i.e. 300g of salt per liter) or was it 10xs more the diluted salt water (i.e. 10k ml per gallon of SW) and how/where was it applied (i.e. a garden bed or an open field)

I do not need to log into KNF Support to watch the past office hours using the link located on this site …there is no subscription to use KNF Support or watch office hours here or on youtube

you just might be one of the droids they are looking for !   lol  =)

In making OHN molds will be killed off with the alcohol …i would think its ok to scrape off the mold and continue the OHN process as the amount of alcohol that will go into it should kill off any spores that are present …if we where just making a FPJ then i would not use it and just discard it into the compost pile

as for adding more sugar next time it might work out better to add a sugar cap to ensure that all plant materiel is under the sugar and not exposed …iv found in my area that the sugar cap helps to get a better extraction and prevent bad juju from moving into my ferments

if you are looking to make a FPJ/Food and wondering what you can use look around your area and see what weeds grow the best and fastest, that will be the best for you to use …any non poisonous or non harmful plant can be used to make KNF Food and even better if the plant is edible …can use the same plants if making a JLF

OHN is made by volume and can be made in any size vessel, dry herbs are added to 1/10 the volume of the vessel then filled to 1/2 the vessel with beer let set for 2 days to rehydrate, brown sugar is then added to 2/3 the volume and left for 5 days to ferment, garlic and ginger is made like a FPJ and fill 2/3 the volume of the vessel and ferment for 5 days also, the last 1/3 is then filled with liquor ….so depending on the size of vessel you use determines how much OHN you have, i used 32oz jars to make my OHN and in the end had 3gal of OHN to use    Note: by using smaller vessels we need to buy less liquor for the end process

Hope this helps you find the correct vessel to use to make your OHN

May the Force be with You !