Posts by dagoofman

a lil white mold is fine as long as theres not a rotting smell or black or green mold… a lot of fermentations get a bit of white mold its mostly yeast from what i am to understand and id guess they r feeding on the oils floating on top iv noticed if i put a lot of garlic in a batch of pickles or something the oil floats up and white mold will grow on it sometimes …. if u wanted to u could spoon it off or just mix it in the LAB in there breaking down the fish should take care of it

iv had some green & white molds but never like a black mold would recommend carefully removing the curd from the whey then smell the whey ….is it rotten ..bad juju …does it smell fine .. should be ok trust your nose it will tell u if its bad or not the only other concern i would think would be the amount of microbes u r harvesting the longer it set as the microbes feed the more that would have died off as the food ran out but id say as long as its not rotten it’s fine LAB is really hardy and will beat out most bad juju as long as there’s enough food and if all else fails compost it nature will make it great food in time

u really shouldn’t be using anything frozen plant matter wise by freezing u will kill off microbes that u trying to gather freezing also breaks open the cell walls of the plant matter exposing things u r trying to avoid through the osmotic process any plant matter u ferment should be picked early in the morn wile the growth hormones r still active in the tips of the new growth along with all the microbes that r there from  over night b4 the sun comes up n runs em all off then the sugar draws out the water and hormones through the cell wall with osmotic pressure…..the best thing to do with your kitchen scraps is composting IMO the best style of composting kitchen scraps is a inoculated substrate compost or a “bokashi” compost great way to break down kitchen scraps of all kinds including meats cheeses n fats i keep a 5gal bucket in my kitchen screw on top fill it as i go it dont stink and i make my own substrate almost free of cost using KNF methods and it works amazing in FMC

when watering new plants FAA is a nitrogen source not something a starting plant needs to much nitrogen could cause burning in the new starts what u need at first is high root development the WCAP and growth hormones from the FPJ is what is needed no nitrogen is needed till the first set of true leaves has come in and even at that point only very little is needed at first …….but as a seed soak u would use OHN BRV FPJ LAB FAA WCAP SW if u r missing a couple its not the end of the world remember in KNF there’s a 40% leeway window over or under…..also if u dont have it theres a really good free chart at the KNF site thats the CHO Nutritive Recipes good info to keep

I have seen no justification for the recent attempted modification of the recipe from 2/3 to 1/3.……. Folks may have individually practical concerns such as affordability, as the original recipe calls for more alcohol which carries significant cost, but this is weighed against the volume of KNF Medicine rendered per usage of herbs which is significantly greater. Individual variance should be allowed as necessary, but the whole recipe should not be changed by any other reason than proven effectiveness.

so what Drake is saying is the OG recipe calls for more alcohol so the 1/3 from large vessel then 2/3 alcohol is the correct way due to the greater tincture of the herbs from more alcohol

on a personal note when i made my OHN to avoid the confusion i just went 50/50 Drake says theres a 40% leeway in KNF both +/- so over 1/3 under 2/3 …. 50/50 just sounded like the way to go

i think this comes to knowing what the plant n soil life needs and what each do separately im no expert but it looks as if the 2 do diff things for the plants  i do believe theres a recipe also in there about making  potassium out of tobacco but its not used in the KNF recipes much at all i also think its a way to make the nutrients plants need that might not be used much but also the KNF way so u dont go out and buy but make at home

( Phosphorous acid can be injected into trees and stimulates improved rooting and pathogen resistance. When plants are colonized with mycorrhizal fungi the ability of plants to utilize soil Phosphorus is increased. )

( Phosphoric Acid is a multi-function agent, used for plant nutrition, pH adjustment and cleansing irrigation equipment (notably dripper lines) from lime precipitation. It is an RICH source of phosphorus for plants. it is suitable for greenhouse crops, open field crops and fruit trees. )

( For example, calcium bonds with phosphorus to create phosphate of calcium. The phosphate brings the calcium through the plant and drops it where it belongs. It transports all nutrients throughout the plant with the exception of nitrogen. )

i use leaky buckets for biochar charging and i just dump left over JMS left over KNF solutions even use it as a lil boys room the leak in the bucket keeps it from going foul smelling but lets it set in the liquid for a bit b4 it all leaks out and its a good way to reuse a old bucket as for the anaerobic Jadam is based on anaerobes buckets of foul smelling swamps that u feed to the plants the plants dont care what it smells like =)

to the question is it ok that theres a bit of chicken in your FFA mix – yes its fine its not gonna hurt anything

yes ACV is fine if u r using it in a spray solution i do advice getting a live vinegar but its not necessary if u r making WCA or WCAP use a pasteurized vinegar u can even use white vin in WCA & WCAP ….all ratios r the same