It doesn’t matter if you’re using FPJ or FFJ leftover, both work just fine. But it does take some time, guive it a couple months, or add to it a little bit of some vinegar wich is alive to jump start it.
- Hugo Matos answered 4 years ago
Hi there,
- Yes, so here is the deal: when adding sugar you should stir the solution, at first you’ll notice how fast the sugar sinks and dissolves, when aproaching saturation the sugar will sink in “slow motion” and need more stirring to dissolve, but when you see sugar precipitating at the bottom and not dissolving, regardless of how much you stirr, then the FPJ is saturated.
- Most likely yes, if not i guess it will be very close to, but just add a little bit of sugar until you notice it precipitating at the bottom, then you know for sure its super saturated.
- You could try, in theory the microbes there wont differ but keep in mind that the sugar is no longer dry, so im not sure if it will create enough (if any) osmotic pressure to extract everything from the new plant material. Anyway, you still could use that sugar in the kitchen for example.
- Not sure i understood what you mean here.
- Outside I would say 3-7 days, depending on your specific conditions, temperature mainly. Just check that yourself, if you see bubbles in the FPJ, they are still there, when bubbles become less intense its an indicator the food is running out and the microbe population is fading. When the solution starts smelling like alcoohol then it’s already degrading, it is still usable but less effective. In the fridge at least 6 months.
- If you think of it, banana flower is a material with more in common with fruit than with the tender parts of plants we use in FPJ, I believe that’s why Chris does the sugar cap. So I would say sugar cap for fruit or fruit like plant materials, stuff which is denser and has more fiber in it when compared to regular tender shoots or leaves (which is what we use in FPJ).
Hope it helps!
- Hugo Matos answered 4 years ago
Yes IMO will survive, they just go into hibernation and will wake up in the spring time. Snow is great for insulation actually, so they will be going to sleep in the winter under that layer of snow.
- Hugo Matos answered 4 years ago
I don’t see why not, when supersaturating you will induce the microbes to hibernate. Try using at least the same ratio as LAB, or even more because LAB are not only super though but also super fast to multiply, and since I’m not sure how fast that microbe community is, so just to help in speeding up their propagation add more, just in case.
I guess the humic and fulvic acids are a diferent deal tough, I don’t know if those will be preserved or degenerate in the solution.
- Hugo Matos answered 4 years ago
Any vinegar will do the job, use what is availabe to you, it will still work.
KNF is not about using only this and nothing else, it’s about using what you have available. Although if you use the exact ingredients, your results will likely be according to expectations.
Just don’t forget, if you want quality in your inputs, you should use quality ingredients, and BRV qualifies as that.
In Korea or Asia, BRV is easy to find and, I assume, also affordable, but more importantly it has its own unique set of properties which make it the prime choice in KNF. In other parts of the world one should use what is available there and ideally without disregarding quality, but lower end ingredients although not being optimal will also work.
- Hugo Matos answered 4 years ago
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