flowers, stems, leaves and dont forget the root!
best to pick right before the flowers open
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Ok im in. I have 4o grams of dandelions and 40 grams of sugar I feel like the fermented plant matter is the gateway knf.
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I just finished making another batch of LBS this one turned out a little different to my first on most noticeably color and the fizziness. The milk I used was different this time. Really creamy full cream organic milk and took about 6 days to complete
Is the LAB serum really fizzy? when I siphoned out the serum it had a little head on it like a beer
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@invisible ,Lactose acid bacillus ,is serim what a leftover from making Yogurt ,Greek yogurt ,I like to make saving the serums
.thanks yawl ,Cal, tropical flâŚ
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Anybody have some input on knf concoctions for pest management? Specifically for the two-spotted spidermite (Tetranychus urticae).
The bastards finally found me.
Thinking about just introducing Phytoseiulus persimilis throughout the tents as a precautionâŚ.but wanna weigh my options (& maybe experiment).
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I would start with anything you can find, the longer you leave those bastards to breed the harder it is to get rid of them. If they are small plants wrap the pots with plastic bags so the soil doesnât come out and submerge them upside down in water and some type of safe suffacant for 30 minutes, to allow the water to get around the mites as they can have a fine layer of air between the leaf and water.
Like this
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Happy Memorial Day, (US) guys.
No worries there, that plant is gone already. I have five separate locations, So It will take time to check everything anyways. Plus Iâm scheduled to work today.
With it being a holiday, I have the rest of the day to come up with a plan.
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looks like mine usually does when its done
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Ohh yeaaaa looks good!
Liquid gold there. I just saw 1L for $35 at the grow store.
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looks good!
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wheat bran? thatâs new to me lol, yeah itâs gotta be just an air plug - I hear saurkraut people use a plastic baggie full of water to great use, and they sell little glass rounds to hold everything underwater, too, in case youâre looking for something that feels more legit
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you might want to look at JADAM, esp. the orange book by Cho (son of KNFâs Dr. Cho), they have a stronger focus on diy IPM than knf. I canât speak for it though as Iâve only used their JLF and JMS recipes, but itâs basically DIY horticultural soap and sulphur, along with some other classic stuff like soaking peppers, bay leaves, etc. Been awhile since I read up 
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Goddamn, you werenât kidding dude. In two days time these things are decimating leaf surfaces on more than I originally spotted them on! 
I really hope these beneficials do what Arbico said they would. Iâm getting nervous/discouragedâŚ
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They are probably on every plant, the problem is you donât see them until they have done a fair bit of damage and are rampant. After 6 months of struggling to kill them off, every time I thought they were gone, they were back 4 weeks later on a different plant. I had to shut my grow down for 6 months to finaly get rid of them.
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I finally got around to doing an IMO collection.
Looks like I definitely have some good but maybe some bad as well?
Is the green trichederma looking stuff bad? Should I try again?
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Donât have the answer for you in the green stuff bud but thatâs some good lookinâ fuzz
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Did you continue to IMO2? I would have mixed and let it colonize, thatâs a lot of good action.
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No, went to compost pile. Got another going now. Will be dryer this week hopefully 
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Right on. Itâs good there too lol.
Last month I did a few âimo bombsâ in glass jars. It was nice to be able to cover lots of areas with minimal effort. Just buried the jars with rosin bags over the top. Had 33% colonize. And took 1 to imo2
Just picked up a few cone shaped baskets at a rummage that Iâll clean up and use. Hoping to cover a few depths with the cone shape.
Fun stuff
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