Soil Recipe:
Korean Natural Farming Amendments
by Guest blogger: Ben Klempner
of Galil Soil
Listen to his podcast HERE
Binyamin Making Fish Fertilizer
Making Korean Natural Farming (KNF) inputs is easy and something you can do at home. Here are few “recipes” to get your hands wet.
Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ)
Ingredients:
Equal parts:
- Brown Sugar
- chopped up plant material (use a plant native to your area that has lots of water content and grows with grit and tenacity, like dandelions or thistle).
Directions:
- Mix ingredients together well so that the plant surface is well covered with sugar.
- Put a layer of brown sugar on top and press down hard, in this way creating an anaerobic sugar “seal.”
- Cover with a paper towel held secure with a string or rubber band.
- Wait 3-7 days.
- Separate the liquid through a strainer and store for up to 12 months.
Fish Amino Acid (FAA)
Ingredients:
Equal parts:
- Brown Sugar
- Chopped up fish refuse (get fish waste, like heads, tails, skin, and guts, from your local supermarket or fish market).
Directions:
- Mix ingredients together well so that the fish surface is well covered with sugar.
- Put a layer of brown sugar on top and press down hard, in this way creating an anaerobic sugar “seal.”
- Cover with an airtight lid.
- Wait 3-6 months.
- Separate the liquid through a strainer and store. FAA will get more powerful with every passing year.
Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB)
Ingredients:
- 4 cups uncooked rice
- 4 cups water.
Directions:
- Mix uncooked rice with water.
- Stir for 3 minutes (or until the water become “hazy”).
- Separate rice from water.
- Cover rice water with a paper towel held secure with a string or rubber band.
- Wait 3 days.
- Add rice water to 4 litters (1 gallon) milk.
- Cover with a paper towel held secure with a string or rubber band.
- Wait 3-7 days.
- Separate curds from whey.
- The whey is now Lactic Acid Bacteria.
- Store for up to 1 year in the refrigerator as is or mix well with equal parts brown sugar and store on the shelf for up to 1 year.
And if you don’t have time or if you want products that have been tested to ensure a high MicroBiomass you can always check out our products online at: galilsoil.com.
UrbanFarm.org/recipe-knf-amendments
About this author:
Ben lives in the Holy City of Tiberias with his wife and children where he owns and operates Galil Soil Farm. Believing that good soil grows good food, Ben is passionate about growing the best soil and helping others to do the same. When not at the farm he can be found spending time with his children in the woods, paddling a kayak on the Sea of Galilee, or immersed in Bible Studies.
How to contact Ben:
Website: galilsoil.com
Email: GalilSoil.co.il
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