Thanks a lot for your answer, I am new to this subject of KNF and are taking the time to make all the solutions, before I start using them in my land. I consider your answer is the best you can give me, but is a shame Master Cho does not have an easy method to use rocks or rock dust, as does JADAM.
Thanks again for your prompt answer, I hope I can share my progress with you in the future.
Harold
- haroldmhv1 answered 6 years ago
In the text book there is a note under storage to keep it between 1-15 degrees Celsius.
If you have space to store the KNF Medicine in the fridge, that is ideal. Temperature fluctuations are not good for the solution which is bound with alcohol, and if you look at any place where wine or whiskey or similar are stored and brewed, they are always kept in dark caves or cellars. The fridge will also protect the solution from exposure to sunlight which is the quickest way to degrade the substance.
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In practice, ULC KNF Microbes alone may not be enough to create a balanced soil ecosystem.
The microbes are like workers, and they need sandwiches, material to build with and tools to be productive. So to extend this analogy out in terms of the KNF Solutions we work with:
- Workers = (ULC) KNF Microbes
- Sandwiches = (ULC) KNF Food
- Materials to build with = KNF Minerals
- Tools to be productive = KNF Cleanser and KNF Medicine
In the case of nematodes, this complete recipe needs to be drenched deep. Either fully saturating the substrate or if in the ground, going at least a meter down once a week. If you apply before a rain, can make more concentrated and the water will do the depth penetration for you!
Now, if you need to immediately kill the nematodes I found this paper that says “In addition, sulfur 100 mg/kg of soil caused 70% and 69% decreases in the final population and reproduction factor of the nematode, respectively”
So go with liquid sulphur diluted at 1:100 and liquid soap diluted at 1:50 into soft water, and drench it deep! Only use this 2-3 times in a row to kill the nematodes, then follow it with the above recipe to restore living balance to the soil.
- drake answered 6 years ago
I also have this effect happen to me when I ferment ripe banana fruit. I make KNF Food according to the recipe, but the banana material traps in the gasses more than other materials, so it will rise above the 2/3 mark and many times overflow.
To solve this problem, I place a metal screen over the material, then I place a few clean stones on top of that to weigh the material down so it will not rise when the gasses try to escape. 
It sounds like after 3 days the material is probably pretty well fermented? I would imagine your climate is relatively warm as from my research west africa is even closer to the equator than Hawaii. If there is a slight alcohol smell, that is tell tale that the fermentation is complete.
- drake answered 6 years ago
In practice the Angelicas are almost identical in effect. The cinnamon and licorice will have slightly different properties, but will still be effective as the idea of OHN is KNF Medicine primarily focused on digestion and supporting female reproduction.
- drake answered 6 years ago
The process of fermentation eliminates many of the pesticide type functions when making KNF Food. In fact, many things that are known poisons are made edible after fermentation has elapsed, so I am very skeptical of the papaya leaf KNF Food being an effective pesticide.
You may find it works, but in my best understanding, it acts as a food to stimulate good biology rather than killing or inhibiting something you want to eliminate. I have made KNF Food from papaya leaves and it was quite tasty, though I prefer to make it from the fruits for my purposes.
If you are looking for an effective way to get the proteolytic enzyme from papaya leaves, perhaps consider putting them in a pressure cooker with water and cooking them for many hours until the water reduces in half. This dark slurry is then strained and combined with liquid soap to become an effective pesticide.
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When using KNF Food it makes sense to use a few, just like when you go to a potluck, you don’t just load up on the potatoes, you grab some meat, some chips, some dip, a bit of salad, a few brownies and maybe some tasty pudding. Plants are no different. They want the mixed plate too. All this helps to lead to a more balanced diet if done right.
But, say you are watching your weight, so maybe you forgo the brownies and double up on the salad. This is the same concept for plants and how KNF Food can alter their growth behavior, so getting to know your solutions will help you create the perfect mix to help your plant get what it needs. Knowing what food does what to your plant is a matter of really understanding the Cho theory of the house model, which unfortunately was the first seminar I took with him and I neglected to record it on video so I only have the vaguest of notes. Still this shouldn’t be hard to reverse engineer with contemporary science and knowing what nutrients each plant aggregates and then what those chemicals do in terms of modern plant science.
I note that you want to mix all the KNF Foods together, and I recommend for the most part to store them separately, but yes combine them all into one jar, but just enough for a month’s worth of working material. This makes it convenient so you don’t always have to be mixing, but also helps them store better individually as noted elsewhere.
Also please note that making them and storing separately is crucial, and I think that is implied in your question. Take this analogy to demonstrate the concept: If I want curry and a cake but instead I throw all the ingredients in the oven then cook it, I will end up with neither curry nor cake, but if i cook them separately and then put them on my plate once they are cooked, there is a good chance I will be able to enjoy both the curry and cake within the limits of this analogy.
When we start to think of KNF in this way, things become almost intuitive, and this is what I hope to share with you. The concepts we already know the answer to, and with slightly different thinking we become masters of KNF.
- drake answered 6 years ago
Root aphids can be taken out with an ULC KNF Pest Recipe as follows:
- 5 liters of soft water
- 100 mL of liquid soap
- 100 mL of herbal solutions made from Jerusalem Artichoke or other herb
- 10-20 mL of liquid sulphur (optional)
Of course this recipe can scale as appropriate.
The method of application is to drench the soil twice a day until the aphids die. Once in the morning and just before evening are best. Be careful not to drown your plants. Also, if you are using this preventatively, reduce the soap and herbs to 50mL and do not include the sulphur.
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