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we do have this stuff we call desert fever, valley fever, ( lots of terms i guess ) pretty much everyone who moves here gets it.. you get sick as fuck.. its from the mold in the soil.. i got it once, almost put me in the hospital. but wont get it again..Anthrax spores are in the desert I think, not really sure about that one but I think thats where they came from originally. I would assume its alive but not well, ready to pounce if something dead comes along .
I have to give this dude his due props as well as Dr Cho.
This oak tree on my property is around 120 years old in my estimation and I chose it also because of the overall health is very high and the ground below is soft and rich (as soft and rich as Maine soil can be).
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So I took this 2x4 box which has hardware cloth on the bottom (I use it to sift rocks out of my soil.)
I cooked down some white rice and layered the bottom of this box with a brown paper bag and put the rice on top and then covered with some leaf litter.
I then dug a small hole (6 inches deep) at the base of the tree and placed the box inside the hole.
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Then I waited.....................for two weeks. You can see the blue and red bacteria growing at about that point as well as the webs of mycelium.
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You can see the microbes have been attracted to the starch in the rice. (Wet and Warmer conditions will speed this up). I then transferred the rice/leaves/dirt to a 5 gallon bucket and added water 1:1. Seal the top and then wait...................
Burp every other day and you will see that it is a living breathing bucket. The bubbles will percolate and you can see currents of activity.
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Once the microbes have the smell of baked bread, then you want to hit a 1:1 ratio of brown sugar. The sugars will put the microbes in a state of dormancy and allow you to keep in a cool dark place for the year.
Hi,How day know there good microbes
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I don't think the colors of the microbes are really an indication but I don't think you are going to get bad microbes this way either. When you say bad microbes....not sure if plants see it that way ...could be more of a shock if all introduced at once but, looking at soil bacteria it's more of danger to the lungs on the human. More microbes could present more of a danger there but for the plant, as long as pH is stable, I don't see microbes doing much bad. The pH may spike or drop though using microbes imo so that's why I would add slowlyHow day know there good microbes
What is the red one I was told if it looks angry throw it
That scares me especially when I say it harms roots I did it to
I buy microbes n fungi they say roll the roots in it and they explode nuts. They double in size in days
So always have been curious to how to I’d good v bad when doing microbe farming or day just hope for the best
Looking like fruity flavored rice....Love your property. So wish I had a river in my backyard, at least until it floods but it looks like your property sits well above it. Nice work by the way.
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