Emmie's Backyard Fermented Plant Extracts from Dandelions! #2

Emilya;2872910 said:

The next step in creating these FPEs is to lightly chop our plant parts up and put them in a clay or plastic container along with half their weight in brown sugar. Brown sugar is simply refined sugar with some molasses added back in, and it will work just fine in the fermentation process.

Again, using my kitchen scissors, I made 3 piles and chopped up the plant parts. I then weighed each pile and stuffed each pile down into its own gallon sized plastic jug and added half the weight of brown sugar.

You can add some DISTILLED water at this point if you want to, but it is not necessary. The beauty of the plastic water jugs is that you can put the lid on and shake vigorously to mix the sugar on every leaf. This will be enough to get the fermentation process going, and soon there will be liquid being generated as the plant matter begins to break down. Also, the milk jugs will diffuse direct sunlight, and if you set these jugs out of the direct sunlight they will work quite well.

To cover these jugs, I will take an old pair of nylons and using a rubber band I will attach a bug seal at the top, that will still allow a free exchange of air. This will work fine for this first step. To see the process get started, I have partially crushed each jug and put the lid on for now... and when I see the pressure build to bring them back to the normal shape, I will replace the plastic lid with the nylon screen.

Now we wait 7-10 days for nature to release her goodness from this very beneficial weed.

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