Patient's Grows

Patient Puffer said:
@copperrein @Stunger @StoneOtter @Squiggle
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Forgive the laziness or preoccupation.
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If that were meat I was curing I'd keep going. There are a few white molds that can be really bad juju (and I only know of them affecting curing meats) BUT I didn't want you to get a face full of dangerous spores one morning.

What you've got there looks really happy and healthy in my totally not the same thing experience :D
 
copperrein said:
If that were meat I was curing I'd keep going. There are a few white molds that can be really bad juju (and I only know of them affecting curing meats) BUT I didn't want you to get a face full of dangerous spores one morning.

What you've got there looks really happy and healthy in my totally not the same thing experience :D
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yes like that guy in england opened a bag of compost and he died from the spores ,

Warning for all gardeners – man killed by Aspergillus in his compost ... that fights infection) who accidental inhaled a cloud of fungal spores while opening bags of compost. ... He died within days from invasive aspergillosis.

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NuttyProfessor said:
yes like that guy in england opened a bag of compost and he died from the spores ,

Warning for all gardeners – man killed by Aspergillus in his compost ... that fights infection) who accidental inhaled a cloud of fungal spores while opening bags of compost. ... He died within days from invasive aspergillosis.

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There's this one x-files episode.....
 
Justin Goody said:
Recipe-
Stocking Up For The Apocalypse: Goody's Perpetual Grow By The Beach 2020

No problem. I make them here in my journal, but not much of a tutorial. Get a silicon whisk, that’s all I can say that may improve anyone’s cooking of this
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Hey Patient! :ciao: I’ve used @Justin Goody and @Carcass ‘s gummy recipe several times and it’s my favorite. I originally used olive oil and then coco oil, but when I got my MBM I made the tincture with Everclear 151 and ran it 4 times (yes FOUR). It was sticky AF and the gummies were beautiful and hard hitting! Once you have your infused oil/whatever the whole process takes about 20 minutes...and you get to lick the bowl. :cheesygrinsmiley:
 
@StoneOtter
The smell is like a mix of vinegar, bbq sauce and some good rice sake (sock-ee). Everything that "snippet" said it would.

I couldn't imagine what it would smell like without the addition of the LABs.
 
Patient Puffer said:
@StoneOtter
The smell is like a mix of vinegar, bbq sauce and some good rice sake (sock-ee). Everything that "snippet" said it would.

I couldn't imagine what it would smell like without the addition of the LABs.
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Cool, The LABs is something special! I soaked(watered) my cooking soil too much and had the lid on too tight one soil cook and it got anaerobic. What a stink! Thought I had to throw it away but tried a LAB soak and a few days later it smelled like a spring morning. The soil's in service today. I use it all the time and even in the drains. Every stage of growing gets a LABs soak or spray.
 
Whoa! That's amazing! I knew these little microbes are mighty and they break down EVERYTHING! ...to the molecular level!

I had teas that would foam up and I would add a couple drops of vegetable oil and it would foam up at the end again. These little things, especially LABs are amazing.

Once seeing them being able to break down oil, I started reading and l learning about bio-remediation of soil. These little things repair the earth. I am totally enthralled with this whole aspect of growing. It's not US...it's THEM making things right and correct.
 
Patient Puffer said:
Whoa! That's amazing! I knew these little microbes are mighty and they break down EVERYTHING! ...to the molecular level!

I had teas that would foam up and I would add a couple drops of vegetable oil and it would foam up at the end again. These little things, especially LABs are amazing.

Once seeing them being able to break down oil, I started reading and l learning about bio-remediation of soil. These little things repair the earth. I am totally enthralled with this whole aspect of growing. It's not US...it's THEM making things right and correct.
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Harnessing them is helpful in many ways.
 
So i never got to that ferment to drain it last night. So I did today. The mold was not as white as yesterday. I am glad I didn't wait longer. 7 days seems where it should have been pulled...yesterday would have been just as well.

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I put cheese cloth on top and drained. It was slow going.
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This is how much it rendered.
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The look is like sweet tea. The smell is the same as well. It smells drinkable and sweet. I would'nt dare drink it though.
 
One of the next ferments i am going to attempt is more of a dissolve? Water soluable Calcium.

At the property, we are blessed to have some chickens. We did the whole pandemic, get the chickens cuz the world is going to hades.
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@copperrein

I am currently collecting egg shells.
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I will post up proper information for this before it begins. Here is an intro to it...

Believe it or not, calcium is as essential for plants as it is for humans. It is commonly found in nature and is second to being as common as oxygen. In the form of calcium carbonate, calcium can be extracted from something as common as eggshells when paired with vinegar. Natural and organic farmers, even gardeners, tend to create their own water soluble calcium at home. This is because all of the ingredients required are those you can find in most households, especially if you love eggs. So, how do you make water soluble calcium?
 
Vinegar. I toss any shells that aren't going back to the chickens in dilute vinegar. No, I don't know how much BUT I do watch for tiny bubbles before adding more vinegar.
 
So @copperrein, am I to assume you are already dissolving this stuff?

I have read that it can also be used for a supplement for us as well. Are you using it for self administration or for plants? ...or just for fun? :)
 
Patient Puffer said:
So @copperrein, am I to assume you are already dissolving this stuff?

I have read that it can also be used for a supplement for us as well. Are you using it for self administration or for plants? ...or just for fun? :)
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Oh, for plants. I save eggshells and coffee grounds for all my plants, not just cannabis.
 
Nutty, you are an inspiration! You are a fermenting freak and I love it!

I have seen ash as a great source for potash, but I have been afraid to incorporate it due to the low pH levels.
 
Now that the first ferment is complete, I have been wondering how it gets used. Before touching on that, I would like to point out that we have sponsors that have outstanding products that help us take great care of these plants.

What these ferments make are a "pre-digested" plant food. Blue Planet Nutrients make the same stuff and they make it easy to grow organically. Geo-Flora nutrients, MegaCrop, and SierraNaturalScience are all more sponsors that have nutrient lines at our member's disposal.

I have a long history of making things myself. I am very surprised I haven't made my own grow light yet. So my next concern is how to use this fermented plant juice.

Looking around for dilution rates, I found this...

Use:- Make up an RTU spray by mixing 15-30ml with 1 litre of water and apply as a foliar feed. If feeding the soil you can make it stronger.

I am to assume that an "RTU" is a foliar application. Even so, this application calls for 30ml (fpj) / 1 liter (water). After a touch of conversions I see that 30ml is 6.087 tsp per liter of water. That is a lot more than a regular bottle fert.

I thought this stuff was stronger than a bottle fert. I don't have liter bottles sitting around, so I am curious about dilution rate for 1 gallon.

1 gallon = 3.875 liters

So...1 liter (clean) water / 6.087 tsp fpj

To figure how much FPJ to add to a gallon we multiply 3.875 x 6.087...making me realize I need to ferment a ton more! 18 tsp to a gallon! Wha? Are you kidding me? This amount is on the high side as they recommend 15-30ml a liter. This is for a foliar application. Soil drenches can have the concentration increased...for reals? Well...I need more brown sugar.

After doing more reading I also see that these ferments keep up to a year if refrigerated. The wife may not like this swill taking up residence in our fridge. I already have a drum of infused coco oil in there...

I have two more bags of brown sugar and I guess I will do 2 more ferments of this oxalica we have all around us. Given the rate this gets used at, there is a touch of prep to keep myself supplied. I also probably need to consider making my own brown sugar by sourcing molasses from a feed store and getting a load of sugar.

I am not giving up but I thought I had the equivalent to enriched uranium. Hahaha. My passion is for this fermented material to feed the soil that in turn feeds the plants. I need to do some recon and find my next patch of weeds to pull and ferment.
 
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