Drip irrigation

And kills a lot of pathogens in your soil. That's why I started playing with it in the first place.

I'm going to use the stuff I made for making homemade fish hydrolysate.

http://www.koanga.org.nz/blog/fish-fertiliser-recipe/

There is lots you can use it for. Even works on stinky running shoes...lol. spray a little inside the shoe next day there fresh as a daisy.

That's a nice bonus. If I can get mine going I'm going to try some bokashi.

I used the lacto I made. After making this I got an an email from SCD probiotics I used their product ProBio plus last year. It's almost like em1 main ingredient lactobacillus. They used a pic of my Giant pumpkin from last year at the world AG expo in California because I used their product. They sent me a 5 gallon jug free of charge. I'm going to try it on some other crops at our farm.

so did you buy some EM1 or use the lacto you made

This stuff is pretty much the same as em1 less a few ingredients. You can expand this stuff again to make more by adding 1 part molasses to 1 part lactobacillus serum and 20 parts water and put it some where warm and dark and let it ferment. When the ph is around 3.5 it's ready. Then use 1 table spoon per gallon.

https://www.teraganix.com/Activated-EM1-s/261.htm

Yes I use it in my compost tea but I mix it in after the tea is brewed. The lacto doesn't like too much air so I've read

So you cut it 20:1 then 1 oz. per gallon? Are you putting it in your compost tea?

Yes I did that too. Mix this mixture 1:20 with water and then 1 table spoon per/gallon in the garden.

Thanks Caper. The site I was on said to mix equal parts lactic with molasses. Said it would last longer if you fed the bacteria. And you double your product.

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Bring some of that warm weather with you when you come back!

K. Thanks

I used a turkey baster to get the middle layer out to add it to the milk. I'm in cuba now back home tomorrow I'll post a few pictures.

Thanks. This stuff looks pretty good. I'll put it on this afternoon.

I had about the same as you

Caper when you did your lactic acid how much of a scum did you have on your rice wash. The video I watched on the internet had about 1/4". Mine is just a scim. Less than 1/8"

Any idea what water pressure you can get from that pump ?

I was seriously considering drip irrigation last year but didn't want to spend the money on something I wasn't sure would work for me. I like hand watering so I bought a 3/4 hp irrigation pump on sale at CT it pumps over 1,000 gals an hour and cut watering time in half from old pressure system which I still use on sprinklers on hot days

Drip lines take time to set up and

clean up ,if you are going to use them another year.They limit tillage and you have to be careful if you hoe.

With drip irrigation your leaves stay dry and when thy are set up on a timer you are all set unless it rains.