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I understand now. I read @hyroot post about that, I hadn't heard about that before so I Google'd why and from what I understand about that is that EM1 has mostly anaerobic bacteria and the sugar would feed other life in there and throw the balance off which could lead to pathogens proliferating...

I want to try pickled watermelon. I saw it on some cooking show. It's the white part from the rind pickled.

I've added nematodes for gnats. Had to order them no stores near me keep those ones. All they had were the nematodes for grubs. Does anyone else out the have natural or organic methods. I will try them and post my findings

Sauerkraut is another super easy thing to can. There are tons of recipes out there but basically it cabbage, salt and water. And then left to ferment.

What are other S.I.P.S. enthusiasts doing for their integrated pest management? I'd like to hear organic and chemical methods. Just say organic or chemical at the beging of your post. Also specify what country you are in as different rules govern availability of certain products. Let's make...

I'm try to keep everything organic and stay away from chemicals. I haven't done enough research on those products to try them yet.

I don't think you need to toss it. Chris trump and drake on YouTube say it should last a while if you have a lot of brown sugar it. Check out both of their videos.

I'd use it in a heart beat. But with all that GREEN material you'll need BROWN carbon rich material. Straw. Fall leaves. Etc.

As far as I know it's only fruits and veggies that come into the country. Farmers markets sell locally grown produce so no I wouldn't think so. But ask at the farmers market the are almost always happy to answer any questions.

I'm am very jelous of your set up. I am on the same path just not as far along. Keep up the good work. When using coconut water what do you use? I use Grace 100% coconut water.

Those are all a lot more work then brewing a tea. Especially the OHN. If you're living in a metro area it's hard to DIY a lot of those things. The OHN can be made indoors it just takes a long time. And the ingredients can be hard to get a hold of. But you can substitute some of the ingredient...

I can't say thank you enough. This thread is awesome.

On YouTube Chris Trump or Drake have really good KNF instructional videos. Brown Guy 420 on YouTube used to have some really good videos but his channel is gone but you can still find some of his videos on some other channels

Piles of fall leaves left for over a year makes a "cold" compost. Also called leaf mould. Great addition to soil mixes as well a top dress for a mulch.

I have been looking into cultivating my own microbes. And most of the methods are involved. And I know you are looking for simple methods. For a fungly dominant method you can make a pile of wood chips and let it sit for a year or more. You will see mycelium start to grow through it. Looks like...

You could even take alfalfa straw the kind from a pet store as rabbit food. Let it soak in water for a few days. Or even add an air stone. Alfalfa naturally has tricantnol a plant growth hormone

All very true. You can use seed sprout tea. It makes available all the enzymes and growth hormones that newly germinated seed have. And I have heard of hydro grower utilizing SST. Also using different seeds have differ benefits. Some people use corn, or wheat grass and also barley and other...

You can also take some rice and half cook it, put it in some nylons and bury it around the base of a large tree in some old woods. Or at the base of some bamboo. I'd go for the tree cause bamboo doesn't grow in Canada

https://ilcasia.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/chos-global-natural-farming-sarra.pdf That is a link to a natural farming book based on Master Cho's teachings

Yeah and some times it smelled like amonia. I remember people going around saying weed was getting sprayed with Windex