LOL!!! Yeah, I bring in the bokashi juice to throw it down the drain to help the drains and the septic and it smells for a few hours and drive both hubby and me out of the house LOL!!! So potent! Dilution ratios are usually around 1:100!!!
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So the other day, I started my experiment with my LABS… adding it to non-chlorinated water for a foot soak to see if it helps my toenail fungus!
Wish me luck! If it works, I’ll make hubby soak his feet too since I’m hoping it may work for athletes feet too. Right now, we just steep really strong black tea, add it to some cold water to cool it off a bit… it works immediately on stinky feet but maybe this will be a more lasting solution 
Here is my latest LABS… I let it sit on the counter for 3 days before going into the fridge and it is ALIVE and bubbling!
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So - I’ve been researching using EM1 in our pond. Of course, information on the internet is all over the board when it comes to stuff like this.
I found some things called EM Clay Balls that you can throw in your pond.
Anyway, here’s one recipe:
Other recipes use a ceramic powder (I imagine to keep the balls formed). We have terrible soil here - I can’t even describe it… mainly rocky.
I may try this but I need to make my bokashi first… I ruined my first batch when I had it on the lower deck drying on a tarp and forgot about it and power washed the upper deck flooding my bokashi down the hill LOL.
Next up, I’ll be making my own PNSB ( Purple non-sulphur bacteria)
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Keep on Labbing on Growmie 
I’m learning as you go. Thanks 
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Have you soaked your feet in straight 3% peroxide?
I had issues with my nails and did the whole prescription routine (with frequent liver tests) and after dicking around with them for years I finally just had them removed permanently. Best thing I ever did.
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I had that toe nail fungus on one of my big toes and tried everything. I finally did a 1 year regime of Jubilee and it workedfor me.
@Caligurl
I had to get it from my PCP. Its not over the counter stuff.
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Beavis and Buthead eeeh he said PCP.
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I’m learning as I go too
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I tried that a long time ago. I’ve tried everything. I started noticing a difference when I started taking a plant based iron supplement. It also helped my hair and the thinning is filling in. NOw it took about 2 years to really start seeing a difference.
Nail fungus is still around just not nearly as bad as it used to be… nails don’t hurt, and they aren’t discolored anymore…
I’m hoping the labs will help. I’ll start taking pics so I can monitor the progress.
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Very interesting… I’ll have to look into that when I get back to work and have insurance.
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Its expensive but it works. At least it did for me. @Myfriendis410 my Primary Physician also recommended the pill with the occasional blood draws for enzyme levels in the liver but, i chose the other which is Jubilee. Its a pain in the butt to have to apply daily for one year but the results are worth it.
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Purple Non-Sulphur Bacteria
So I’m making this to help the health of my fish pond and my fish. Also, it will naturally help break down pond sludge. It is also being recognized in farming (from nitrogen building, root structure improvement, and improved overall growth), remediation of toxic metals in soil, to provide atmospheric immunostimulation to certain sea species such as pacific white-legged shrimp and can fight back pathogenic Vibrio outbreaks. It is also being explored to the production of bio-plastics… the list goes on and on as you research it.
Here is just one excerpt from my searches that I found helpful.
“Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), such as the purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB), have recently gained much attention in crop production due to their ability to accumulate higher-value compounds that are highly beneficial to crops. Some of the major benefits PNSB holds are that it can fix atmospheric nitrogen, solubilize phosphate, remediate heavy metals, suppress methane emissions from waterlogged paddy fields, and assist in carbon sequestration. These benefits allow PNSB to be an important bacterium for improving plant growth and yield much more sustainably while benefiting the environment”.
This is the recipe I followed that @Budbrother gave me:
1 Gallon pond water
1 egg
1oz FAA/Fish Emulsion or Fish hydrolysate (I used hydrolysate)
Blend egg, fish, and about 2 cups of the pond water together then add to the rest of the pond water.
Seal and shake. Place in a spot that gets the most possible sunlight.
Do NOT open but shake daily.
When it turns rusty red shade you have cultured PNSB. When it turns deep crimson red you have cultured PSB.
Kept sealed it has a 2 year shelf life in a cool dark location… once opened, shelf life drops to 1 year**
**This is why I decided to split the gallon into 16 oz water bottles so I could potentially keep it longer but I think I’ll find a lot of things to experiment with it!
Anyway, here it was in the water bottles after about 1 week:
And today (Before shaking and after)… not a lot of difference and not sure how long it takes to get the rusty red shade… videos I’ve watched show a distinct red in about 17 days and full on dark red in 30… hopefully I don’t need to try it again using non-bottled fish stuff (aka fresh). There is also a different recipe that I may try as well just for comparison (I’ll post here when I do)
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You two are mixing up more stuff than Tom Cruise in Cocktails. 
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So what is the end product (and benefits) if you add it to EM1 prior to the sugars?
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The Lactobacillus and other beneficials that are collected in the rice wash would be LABs. With the addition of the PNSB, it is now the same as EM1 or other EM brands. The PNSB promotes their growth. You add it before the sugar saturation to arrest their movement and lock them in storage with the rest.
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Coolio! Thank you!
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Here’s the research Elaine Ingram pointed towards in a lecture.
Do you charge your EWC? I’ve been on this for several years. I know I pointed @GreenJewels in this direction 4-5 yrs ago.
I saw that the WCA dose was a lil bit light above and also you don’t have it used in Veg. I still add it, because of the Ca demands of cannabis is on par with the N uptake throughout its life span.
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Providing you with another step in your quest. I posted this on my journal, but it’s a great place to add it here.
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Unless a mineral can dissolve in water, it cannot enter the roots of a plant. To make your own fertilizer using amendment inputs, compost and fruit, you need yeasts to dissolve them into a soluble form.
They must be converted from sucrose to starches first. This is important. In order to break down starch, the yeast must be induced to secrete the enzyme Alpha Amylase. You want to promote this reaction. Most sugars in the soil are in the form of starch and not sucrose.
Yeast: Yeast is a cheap source of B vitamins. It is also a source of cytokinins and protein.
Conversion process:
• 2 tbs of bread or brewers yeast
• 2 tbs of Sugar
• 1 tsp of bread flour
• 2 cups of warm water
When the yeast stops foaming, it has consumed most of the sugar. Now add
• 2 tbs of corn starch
• 1 tbs of bread flour
Allow the mixture to sit for 2 hours.
Once you have adapted into starch eaters, This is what you need in order to make a nutrient soup.
5 gallon bucket
• Add Converted yeast
• 5 tbs Corn starch
• 3 gal Water
• 1 lb of fruit
(Pit the fruit, and smash it so it can be more rapidly digested by microorganisms. It should be mush. Decaying fruit that has fallen off a tree is the best.)
• 5 tbs Fish meal
(Optional - additional proteins and mineral amendments like kelp, neem cake, Langbeinite, grass, weeds, etc.)
• 1 handful of fresh compost.
Stir and agitate it a few times a day for aeration, and leave it outside in the shade. Cover the top with some cheesecloth or a paint strainer, if you have it. This keeps the flies out of the brew. Small bugs and gnats will begin to grow in the juice, and will add additional microbes, nutrients and chitin. After one week, agitating regularly, you should have some potent home grown liquid fertilizer designed to stimulate the growth of many different types of bacteria and fungi.
Edit: Dr Earth uses this process to make their whole foods liquid line, but adds proteins specific to targeted numbers to achieve desired end products.
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