I was watching a YouTube video made more recently, now that Chris Trump is in Idaho? At any rate, he stated that his latest favorite for IMO3 is crimped oats.
Not free for me in Southwestern Ontario Canada, but doable and that’s better than wheat bran (quite cheap here, relatively speaking). Crimped oats is naturally carb plus carbon, I’m pretty sure, and if it gets too hot (I’m not allowed to make IMO until spring, lol…hubby thinks it’s just pointless now that we’re headed into winter), I can cover with wood chips. I still have to make OHN.
I’m thinking maybe it’s a good idea to start this all in the fall, so I have time to make some of the longer process inputs.
- Linda Vanderbaan answered 4 years ago
Rain Country Homestead on YouTube has lots of videos on making your own vinegar from things in your garden – fruits, flowers, greens – anything. Vinegar Q & A. She advocates just for 4 weeks or so, but try leaving it for longer, try adding a mother, see how it goes. We need a pH of about 2.5, she typically goes for 3.5. Take her ideas and apply the KNF principles.
- Linda Vanderbaan answered 4 years ago
Thank you! I don’t have any LAB in there…well, maybe there is naturally, but I just used fish and sugar – did my recipe miss something?
- Linda Vanderbaan answered 4 years ago
Thank you! I’ve seen Chris Trump’s skoosh and dash video, however, I don’t currently have OHN (only about 8 days in) or IMO4 – that’s next spring. I was able to culture an IMO1 indoors, it was pretty pink, but much better than the previous 4 tries – I didn’t realize we have a rainy fall, I mean I sort of knew it, but it made collecting outside a challenge. I checked my FAA today and the white bits haven’t grown, so that’s good. I might put in a skoosh of IMO2 – just to see…
- Linda Vanderbaan answered 4 years ago