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Absolutely!

I suppose you could, although some whey strained out from your yogurt might be a better option! The dairy solids could react in a strange way with the fermentation process. That said, give it a try and see what happens!

I believe you can! I’ve started using whey from milk kefir since it contains similar bacteria strains. Always best to run trials and compare results.

Ah thank you! You’re too kind

Thanks 8oclocktomatotalk!

You have to make it! But at least it’s free!

Thank you!

Thank you!

That’s great advice for the cucumbers. We’ll experiment with this next batch of seedlings. Thank you!

Thank you! So glad you could take away some ideas 😁

We will let the chickens run around outside the coop in a fenced off area. But the door will always be closed at night. It’s the suburbs so we don’t have too many daytime predators to worry about!

I’m so glad we could be an encouragement! Thanks for sharing a little about your journey 😁

My father never owned a coop or bought feed, he just kept wild chickens, So I've never built a coop. I'm a very good builder, but that doesn't mean I'm a good coop builder, Chicken farmers may not have my building capabilities, but can build a way better coop than me, it won't look as nice at my poor attempt at a coop, but the chicken farmers coop will function better, mine will look great, but it will stink, there coop won't look as nice but won't smell at all, that my friend is experience building a functional coop...I did a year of research before I built my coop, I learned all the tricks and designs from the best coop builders before building, I watched over 100 coop build videos from amateurs to professionals, then I built exactly what I wanted.

Thanks! We’re having a blast!

You are more than welcome to do that

Yes! It is such a tasty beverage

Do it!

Yep, exactly!

Is brown sugar an okay substitute? Molasses in the UK are astronimically expenses. I've heard that brown sugar + chloramine (present in London water) = alcohol however?

Brown sugar works just fine. To my knowledge (and definitely fact check this) brown sugar/molasses neutralizes chloramine present in water.

@@GrowingwiththeGriffins thank you so much. I actually found molasses in bulk quantity, exceptionally cheap. It's for horses, and non sulphinated. I'm worried I messed up though, because I used tap water (chlorinated) for my rice wash. Is that okay?

Glad it was helpful!

Powdery mildew is a big one people have used LAB to treat. Various bacterial and fungal infections which cause things like root rot and damping-off. Otherwise I’m not sure about other specifics!

Agreed! I took a more gentle approach on the last few “flips” for that exact reason

Oh sorry, I responded while you were patting the pile. It looks like you already came to that conclusion.

I think you’re right! That is a helpful insight

Well we’re sorry about that! We would never claim to have “figured it out” when it comes to gardening because everything in gardening is so complex and diverse! What we did here may not work at all for some people. We’re on a journey of discovery!

@@GrowingwiththeGriffins surely though, you can figure out how to make a compost pile steam at the right temperature. It's a widely-known process that's just a matter of some experimentation. If it works for you, it will work for everybody everywhere, because everybody has similar carbon, nitrogen, and water to work with. There's no magic to it. Pro compost companies can make it work every time even with a wide variety of source material. An example of a great video lesson with a beginning, middle, and satisfying conclusion is by the channel Alex, who figured out how to make good potato chips recently. Check out the 3-video series: czcams.com/video/jYdpz5ODWw4/video.html

Wow! You are very passionate about this topic!

@@GrowingwiththeGriffins my main hobby is gardening, and I attempted to make compost once but unsuccessfully. I instead buy bulk compost from a local company, five truckloads in the last two years. I like how you were experimenting with the ingredients and moisture. You have me hooked, so now I'm hoping to see you succeed with a steaming pile of your own, and a good explanation of the fine details. That kind of knowledge transmission is the beauty of CZcams. I'm sure you'll get it with a few more careful iterations.

No problem!

She’s a really good daughter! (Also feisty!)

It takes us around 2-4 days, typically, for the curds to separate from the whey. It will be obvious when they have fully separated!

You absolutely can bokashi compost pet hair and tea bags!

Thanks!

I would test it at lower dilutions (1:1000) to start. A little really goes a long way! And yes you can absolutely spray it directly on leaves. Foliar application is one of the best uses of LAB especially for disease-prone plants.

I would imagine it is possible to charge biochar but I would maybe recommend ALSO adding something with more nutrients - like a Liquid fertilizer or worm castings. It would be worth a try!

@@GrowingwiththeGriffins 👌thanks will make some LAB and try it with biochare

1-2 cups will be fine! Whatever you’re going to eat honestly 😅

@GrowingwiththeGriffins I'm starting my new raised bed garden. I apologize for asking that because once I paused through video I seen that you had about 2 cups of rice. Thank you for the informative video.

JLF has an indefinite shelf life! But we usually make new batches for our plants each season.

Hey @stacyw3250. Yes! If you add molasses/brown sugar equal to the weight of the LAB solution you can store it indefinitely at room temperature.

@@GrowingwiththeGriffins thanks!

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Never mind. Found it on the download.

Glad it could help!

We’re definitely not experts either! We’re students of JADAM - in Youngsang Cho’s book he insists that anaerobic (without oxygen) fermentation is perfectly fine because of its prevalence in nature. He also says that aerobic fermentation (inclusion of oxygen) aids in the destruction of nutrients…so not ideal for homemade fertilizers. We have not personally had any issues with anaerobically fermented fertilizers. But, again, we are certainly not experts in the matter-just doing what we have seen work!

@@GrowingwiththeGriffinsdid you take botany in college or were you like a chem major? Thanks for the video! Ps - You popped up fairly high in my results after I snapped a Google Lens photo of the miracle grow box I had

We’re strictly self-taught! Only took basic chem classes in college as Gen eds

Great insight! That’s part of the reason it’s good to dilute natural fertilizers substantially!

Thanks! We will!

Very true. Lotta missed opportunities

@@GrowingwiththeGriffins 👍👌

We agree!

Very cool to hear about your experiences with these ancient farming techniques!

Hey @alahmadpr6627, great question! I’m entirely sure how to multiply LABs. My hunch is that you can use the LAB as a starter for the next batch and just go straight to adding it to milk. Does that answer your question or you asking something else?

​@@GrowingwiththeGriffins have you tried this?

Thanks!

Hey @teresamitchell771! Great questions-we don’t have any experience with dogs specifically. However, everything we’ve read about Bokashi says that wild animals are not attracted to it (perhaps because it’s fermented and sour?). We’ve never had animals get into our compost, Bokashi or otherwise. Once you’ve let the food waste ferment in the bin for two weeks you need to bury it in your garden beds so that none of it is exposed. You can put the fermented food scraps in the soil around your blueberries so long as you don’t disturb the roots of the plants. OR you can compost it in a pile like the one we show and then use that compost to top dress the soil around your blueberry plants. Hope that helps!

Thanks Sandra! Great tip about drying and grinding up the bones from broth-making. We try to mash the smaller ones up by hand before they go in the bokashi bucket but don’t always remember to.

Great tips! We appreciate you sharing your experience @cramersbackyard9634

Yes, except that you’re adding in the “leaf mold soil” for a boost of microbial activity.

Thank you. I will try your method. @@GrowingwiththeGriffins

We’d recommend you go to a forest - specifically one with deciduous trees as conifers create more acidic soil and the “needle-litter” soil doesn’t seem to work quite as well.

@GrowingwiththeGriffins OK thanks for the reply 👍 I appreciate

You are so welcome!