This walk through is just to show once again the ways of cultivating this valuable innoculum. I hope this helps guys! christrump.com in collaboration with aloki.io
I did your experiment 6 months ago. And inoculated activated biochar. My first flushes of mushrooms are coming up. Used sawdust and dried seaweed to make the charcoal. Its absolutely fascinating. Thank you for the opportunity to learn. 🇿🇦👩🏽🌾🌍🍄
Just signed up for your online class last week. Thrilled to support someone who offers so much for free! Giving out free info in two languages just makes you even more awesome! Thanks for everything you do.
I wish you would contact the Sri Lankan government to teach their farmers this. The government banned all non organic fertilizers in one fell swoop and that has wreaked havoc on their whole system since they used majority of commercial fertilizers without offering help and education on how to heal the soil. It is dire.
Going to trying KNF techniques in eastern Spain (Mediterranean climate) we’ve lost a lot of diversity because of blanket pine plantings so gathering from wilder pockets. I’m very small scale, but I love spreading this info, we are your and Master Cho’s hyphae, going out there, spreading the word. It’s all connected, thank you for what you do 🙏
Thank you for posting this video. I was at a farm walk on Tom Stacks farm on Saturday, he speaks very highly of you and seems to be doing really well using KNF.
Hell yeah! I've been following for about a year now. Have watched all of your older how-to vids multiple times, and have since started my own batches. I love it! Thank you, Chris! Glad you're making videos again!
Listening to this took me back to my youth in a Spanish speaking church. The whole sermon was in English and Spanish lol. Thanks for the great video Chris!
That first shot of you 3 in front of the vehicle had me thinking you would open the trunk and taste some Colombian marching powder and hand over a suitcase 🙃😆
Quick question for you. If I try using Kefir instead of Milk when making LABS is it still LABS? I used kefir and rice wash water. Followed your exact methods from your older video about LABS. The only difference is the substitution of kefir instead of milk. Question is can it be used in the same way as LABS?? Glad you are back on RU-vid. Thanks for all the amazing information
I just started making my own knf preps this spring and I'm really happy, that more stuff is comming now. Keep up the good work! I already enjoyed the deep dive in the Shaping Fire Podcast with Shango Los.
I looked over your playlist to find a how to video about making the boxes and how to dry cook the rice. Would someone please direct me to the videos showing them? I’m going to do this, just need a bit more of the basics for setup. Thank you!
More how to videos would be great! This was very informative and easy to understand. I’m eager to try but it’s coming into winter so I’ll have to wait.
Love your confident man huge fan could I use whole wheat grain freshly harvested from the field or I am 03 that’s pretty much what readily available to me also I didn’t know if I could go ahead and use it for some Bokoshe I’m making instead of wheat bran
Hi Chris, Great to see you back on YT! I'm here mostly with raised beds in mile-high arid Colorado clay dirt... this past summer I set out 3 collection boxes with no success. Could you please offer some help for those of us in dry conditions?? It seems impossible to collect here. Hoping for help. Thanks, Chris!
Where in Co I lived there for 5 years in co springs monument & Palmer lake. You need to go the Forrest somewhere off of a hiking trail look for lots of leaves undisturbed. Disturb them lol move the leaves and underneath should be leaf mold and soil from broken down leaves. Place your imo box there and you’ll get a great collection of microorganisms
@@GTILOUD Hi Drago... thanx for replying to my post. I'm about 45 min north of Boulder. But "the forest" is not the same ecology as here on our place. We are about a mile high and it is very dry. I'd think the organisms that thrive in "the forest" would die off on our place?!! However, going into winter means I'll have to wait until spring. Do you know anything about creating an environment where you make the soil/leaf mould to get a collection?
@@CJFarm try watering an area that might be good if it had more moisture, youll be amazed at how an area can change in just a few days with a bit of moisture. as an example, we have some wood chip filled playgrounds around us, after a good rain if you lift the top maybe inch there is mycelium everywhere, but if its dry you have to dig down probabaly about 8-12 inches to start to see the mycelium by eye. all it takes is a good rain and the next day its completely different. My climate is not the same as yours so its just an idea, not saying it would work 100%.
I live in Longmont and have been "practicing" collecting here before ever hearing about Chris and his amazing successes and opportunities to study under the NF master himself. Yeah moisture...have been known to find a couple prime sites, create an artificial rain event (2 gal spring water, cover with local duff) and come back with my boxes for collection. Poke around dark and dank mixed forestation, you'll find the mycos. Johnny/Allenspark, Big Thompson, etc. Ponderosa I find just too damn dry, maybe stick to lower aspen/spruce zones. Happy to help siting come May/June.
Just curious why bloom the rice. Couldn't w collect a small amount and just use that or bloom at home. I know we are then taking from nature but if we left half the patch wouldn't it re establish itself? Love the education you share.
Love the knowledge man would it be ok to try and do a collection at the base of my compost pile I see some leaf mold and fungi there also live adjoining a forest? I was going to do one before it gets to cold thanks ✌️🔥🌲
How long do you leave you box placed in the jungle I live in the Midwest and it’s fall here so I was just wondering how long I would need to leave it undistirbed
Hi Chris I’m having trouble finding a suitable place to make into in Phoenix, az (desert climate) I’ve gone to a few natural areas but the soil is far more dirt like then my own that is very fertile with worms fungi etc. what about making imo from the soil in my chicken run that has been under molding woodchips and chicken poop for years, very fertile. Or any other ideas?
just a thought, since you want mycelium, and in mushroom growing all sorts of different grains are used, maybe a different grain would fit this purpose better. Rice is prone to getting sticky (since you cook the rice to not stick this would make it a lot easier), lots of other grains such as oats, rye, hard wheats can be cooked and still not get sticky nearly as easily, would they work better for this purpose?
I am a carpenter and have access to tons of clean wood chips, shavings and dust. I wonder if an IMO collection is possible using the sawdust instead of rice? It is something I will try, cause if it works it's one more use for the waste from work.
Is there a specific video or reading material that I can use to gain more info on the KNF chickens? I have watched the series where you went over and got training. But its sort of hard to follow with the translations and non direct footage. I have the materials master cho sells and it just isn't very clear info.
So why do you prefer to do this rather than the Jadam method of just collecting the leaf mold itself and bringing it back to inoculate JFL. Also why not just bring the leaf mold and use it to inoculate an IMO 3 pile and skip the first 2 steps?
grateful for some recent activity from you, keen to see your progress in Costa Rica, I stumbled across your content about 2 weeks ago and have been hooked at learning more everyday. will be fetching my first IMO out the jungle today, excited to see what i got, I've got some goals for fruit forests and veggie farming all with your KNF methods. thank you Chris 👍🙏
Hello Cris huge I mean huge fan got a Q I can’t find any brv at my local stores can I use apple cider vinegar and my dad imo 1 had allot of red in it but there were allot of nice white fuzzy growth also I went ahead and made imo 2 out of it cause I’ve had several failures this is my first decent collection so I wanted to use it as it’s getting close to winter here and also where can I purchase some of your ohn so I can start with my stuff
Can i do the same inside my home. Bring the fungi from forest and innoculate at the comfort of my home without risk of animal interference.guess no microbial diversity huh?
