In all, a year before it’s really ready to drink. The fermentation takes a few weeks, then you rack it into another container taste test and check alcohol %, that can sit for another month or so before you rack again or bottle it. Then in the bottle it will age until it’s 1-2 years old, prefect drinking age.
Would yucca replace soapnuts? Otherwise, would a spinosad root drench kill all the benny's in my soil? I would do this after flower of course, to be safe! Sent from my VS995 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I believe Yucca AND Soap Nuts have a solid place in the garden as surfactants. Yucca Extract is geared more towards soil drench but also great as foilar. Soap nuts are the Emperor of Surfactants! Their PPM of saponins are super high! Saponins which trigger a plants SAR, their defense system. Here are some comparisons of saponin levels in different materials. Alfalfa - 20,000 ppm Aloe Vera - 30,000 ppm Yucca Extract - 40,000 ppm Horse Chestnuts - 140,000 ppm Soap Nuts - 240,000 ppm Organic yucca extracts are also a valuable addition to compost teas and other microbial inoculants. Since yucca contains complex sugars, it is a stable carbon source for plant-growth-promoting microorganisms in the root zone. Microorganisms convey many benefits to plants, including the mineralization of organic matter, improved root growth and induced resistance to pests and disease. So over time and with continuous use, yucca will help stabilize soil pH, decrease soil compaction, and increase the availability of essential trace elements to the roots.
I’m a huge fan of rice hulls. I put a few inches on top every month. . Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
I’m a huge fan of them now! Lol, much easier to deal with than straw mulch. Especially with clean up! Straw was always clogging my shop vac.
So if you were to chop and drop some comfrey and other things...you'd do it right over the rice hulls? And then just remulch again at a later time? Sent from my VS995 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I guess not necessarily re mulch..but I meant with the dry stuff, I try to keep the fungus gnats down to a minimum and the dry mulch helps. Comfrey and "greens" seem to attract them more so Sent from my VS995 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Most “greens” are mostly water, like up to 90% if I remember correctly...who knows, but it’s up there! I think it would be best to get the Comfrey under the mulch for best break down and usage. Fungus gnats haven’t been an issue in forever it feels like, I have done 3 beneficial nematodes releases over the 1.5 years and I’ve been using the same soil. Just ordered Drove Beetles to add to the mix!!
For some reason my EWCs kills fungus gnats. Haven't had them in forever. Once I got the worm bin rolling the gnats hate a thick layer of quality castings. Blumats have also helped with keeping them away. Proper watering is clutch. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
Do you give your worms neem meal? I also seem to remember coot and mofo saying that malted barely also helps prevent gnats.
Not in any significant volume. I use a lot of kelp meal. Leaf mold and horse manure base. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk