anybody ever try making garbage enzymes?
they’re mostly studied in the context of waste water cleanup and mostly discussed as a diy cleaning chemical, but proponents insist it’s also a fertilizer, pesticide, and more. Basically it’s a homemade vinegar/alcohol solution with lots of enzyme activity
from above: ‘The result showed the garbage enzyme possesses protease, amylase and lipase activity and reduced 37.2% of total solids, 38.6% of suspended solids and 99% of pathogens in dairy waste activated sludge.’
from above: ‘The results showed that GE addition significantly increased fluorescein diacetate hydrolase (FDA), cellulase, and nitrogenase activities during the composting process [of sewage sludge]. GE addition reduced the cumulative NH3 emissions by 66.5%, increased the peak NH4-N content by 26.3% and increased the total nitrogen (TN) content of the end compost by 39.2% compared to [without GE]’
from above: ‘The [garbage enzyme] produced compost possess better quality in terms of parameters such as decomposed pH, moisture content, organic matter, organic nitrogen, phosphorus, germination index, shoot length, root length and vigor index as compared to compost prepared conventionally’
I’m not gonna post em and quote em’ but it looks like there’s been favorable results using GE as a biofertilizer for shallots and lettuce.