Posts by dagoofman

check out this vid for indoor IMO collecting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kpjd9Sv7cY   ….. IMOs should be stored with a breathable lid in a cool dark place KNF is intended to be shelf stable and IMOs dont really have a expiration date

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u do not need to roast oyster shells unless u r gathering them yourself then u would want to wash and bake or roast over a heat to clean and kill any bad juju b4 u put in vinegar

grass clipping r not the best thing for a FPJ they would be used more for a JLF …FPJ is more 1 plant type the microbes that live on that plant help in the breakdown process of the plant in the FPJ to get the micronation that we r looking for …grass clippings contain many different types of plants that make up a “lawn” when using multi plants in a FPJ the microbes compete as to who will break down the plant matter some win some lose and the full ferment process doesn’t kick off right and we r left with un desired results …as to the JLF we add microbes and water and a touch of salt to the clippings this adds more diversity to the pool a set of microbes that do break down everything in a large pool of water where they have plenty of room to move around this creates the environment to break down many things …FPJs are more about harvesting the hormones in a single plant and adding them as part of the complete solutions they r less of a fertilizer then as many think to where JLF is a fertilizer

how to FPJ from one of the Cho books i have

Collect the plant material. Growing tips that are easy to
snap off with your fingers are best. Do not use tough or
woody parts. Use only one type of plant at a time; do not
mix different plants in the same container.

Shake off dirt but do not wash the plant material. Tear
the plant into two- to four-inch pieces; do not cut it
with a knife. This is to increase the surface area and
promote osmotic pressure.
Measure the weight of the plant material collected.
Measure an equal weight of brown sugar. Use 1/3 to ½
of the brown sugar to toss with the plant material to
coat each piece with the sugar.
Layer the sugar-coated plant material with the
remaining brown sugar and compress each layer with
your fist in your fermentation container. Save some of
the brown sugar to put a ½ inch sugar cap and press
down. Jar should be ¾ full. After fermenting, the
material will be 2/3 of the jar.
Label the container with the date and type of plant.
Cover the container with breathable paper and tie
securely. Place the jar in a cool and shady area. Do
not move, open, or stir the ingredients during the
fermentation period. It will take about one week.

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if i remember i think drake was talking about maintenance solution and suz was also talking about it on that episode if so it is OHN,BRV,FPJ,WCAP ….LAB i would think might help also

the squash fruit not forming is probably lack of pollination u can hand pollinate the female flowers from the male flowers, the females will be the flowers with lil fruits behind them, u can just get a cotton swab or paint brush collect some of the pollen from the male and rub in into the center of a female flower as for the fungus gnats theres a few things u can do, most of the time they show up from overly wet soil and its the larva in the soil that needs to be controlled, u can allow the top couple inches to dry out for a few days with the lack of water the larva will die back and reduce the numbers can also add a think layer of mulch to the top of the soil this helps to prevent the newly hatched flys not be able to fly away and they die off also most larva breath through there skin so a dose of JWA in the soil will coat the larva in soap and help kill back the numbers IF u must use a store product to get rid of them mosquito bits is what iv seen lots of people on youtube using just search for the vids, i would do the mulch it has 2 main benefits for u with the squash it will help with the gnats but it will also help with soil born funguses like downy mildew and powdery mildew by preventing the soil from being splashed up onto the plants, to help with the current downy mildew remove the infected leaves then treat the plants with protectors (LAB) once a week to help prevent the spread

check out this video from Drake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be-9h-D8sPw

dilution is 1 to 500

no need for breathable lid for storage

just adding sugar water to a mother in theory it should be ok but not advised vinegar is made from  alcohol so by using pre fermented food (FPJ) u r a step ahead on the conversion process (shorter time to convert to alcohol then to vinegar) it is also not advised to use white vinegar as KNF cleanser (BRV) and that is what u would be making with just sugar water if u wanted to pasteurize the white vinegar and use it to make structure (WCAP) and reproduction (WCA) that would work great but for a cleanser (BRV) it is best to use a living fruit vinegar the main reason is the micronation of the P, K and other nutrients that occurs through the full fermentation process along with the living microbes

if your asking can i run it again (as in the food) id say no u have all ready spent that food, converted all its sugars pulled all its nutes put it through a full fermentation process and its ready to break down and return to the soil at that point u would get best results using a new food each time

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you are looking for old growth trees with very little human interference and lots of old fallen leaves…if you have to travel a bit to find it and have the means to do so theres a few options, one would be to make a few IMO baskets put them out in different spots to maximize your collection rates for taking the trip… IMO2 has a long shelf life so collecting a few and storing them for a few yrs in a cool dark place would be ok, another option would be to collect a bunch of leaf mold from different places and setup a indoor/at home IMO collection if you have a little extra space … check out this video for more on indoor IMO collecting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kpjd9Sv7cY&t=6s  either way you may need to travel outside the city to find the better IMOs if theres just no spot around where you think you could get a collection from but using one of these methods or something like it would reduce the amount of times you would have to travel to get your collections

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the reason for using the suckers for a Growth Food (FPJ) is we are extracting the growth hormones from the fast growing suckers… this can be done with any plant that has a fast growing suckers or even new growth sprouts… ie: i like to make it from new growth sprouts from plants like Hosta & Comfrey that grow really fast in my area

yes … it can be used in the many stages to create your KNF foods-fpj just the same as any edible plant ..collect new growth for growth hormones, collect flower stage for flower food and so on same as any KNF food…. all parts of Nasturtium are edible even the roots very good choice for a KNF food

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