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Jadam Moth Spray, Whitefly Mix, Slug and Snail Recipe

Drake pushes back on parts of Jadam's Majab book: the claim that farmers must devote eight full hours a day to farming, the idea that selling on Amazon or Alibaba will make sales soar, and the chapter on training your wife to make pesticides. He argues good soil and plant fertility from Master Cho's core methods make most pesticide-making unnecessary.

Farmer Cheryl asks about cabbage moths. Drake finds recipe seven in the back of the book, for moths in general, including cabbage moth, diamondback moth, and fruit worm moth larvae. It uses eight liters of Jadam Wetting Agent (JWA, which is just soap) and fifteen liters of Jadam Herbal Solution (JHS) made from Jerusalem artichoke, mixed into five hundred liters of water (about 132 gallons). Pokeweed, ginkgo, or Korean pasc flower root can substitute for the Jerusalem artichoke.

Recipe nine, for stink bugs, thrips, greenhouse whitefly, turnip moth, flea beetle, fruit fly, and mosquito, uses ten liters of soap plus fifteen liters of Korean pasc flower root solution in five hundred liters of water, scaled up to fifteen and twenty liters for serious infestations. Recipe ten, for slug and snail, uses three liters of soap and 1.5 kilos of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), which must be dissolved carefully and kept off skin. Adding one to two liters of sulfur boosts germicidal effect, and a half kilo of fine red clay powder helps the spray stick.

On harvest safety, Drake says the soap breaks down in about three days, and the herbal ingredients take roughly a week to two weeks, so waiting two weeks after spraying is the safer bet.

Questions answered

  • 9:17 When is the next Pure KNF Foundation meeting? — The foundation's first monthly membership meeting is coming up March 12, 2024.
  • 34:01 Do KNF pesticides work on cabbage moths, and what do I apply? — Use Jadam recipe seven: 8 liters JWA soap plus 15 liters Jerusalem artichoke JHS in 500 liters of water.
  • 38:57 Where is the cabbage moth recipe in the Jadam book? — It's recipe number seven in the back of the book, listed under moth, which also covers diamondback and fruit worm moth larvae.
  • 42:04 What about tiny white flies on tomatoes? — That's greenhouse whitefly, handled by the stink bug and whitefly recipe covered later in the stream.
  • 46:13 What is Jadam Wetting Agent (JWA)? — It's just soap, like Dr. Bronner's, used at 8 liters per 500 liters of water in the moth recipe.
  • 48:23 What is the herbal ingredient in the moth recipe? — Jadam Herbal Solution (JHS) made from boiled Jerusalem artichoke, used at 15 liters per 500 liters of water.
  • 54:21 Can I substitute the Jerusalem artichoke? — Yes, pokeweed, ginkgo, or Korean pasc flower root can replace it in the herbal solution.
  • 58:37 How long do I wait after spraying before harvest? — The soap breaks down in about three days, but the herbs take a week or two, so wait two weeks to be safe.
  • 1:00:11 How do I clear pesticide residue and surfactants from the soil? — Good IMO and a liquid IMO tea will break most of it down, but not spraying it in the first place is best.
  • 1:01:43 What kills stink bugs, thrips, whitefly, and mosquitoes? — Recipe nine: 10 liters soap plus 15 liters Korean pasc flower root solution in 500 liters of water.
  • 1:06:02 What is the recipe for slugs and snails? — Recipe ten: 3 liters soap plus 1.5 kilos caustic soda in 500 liters of water, handled with full PPE.

Topics: jadam, jwa, jhs, korean pasc flower root, cabbage moth, whitefly, slug and snail, caustic soda, stink bug, pesticide, imo, moth

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In this episode

  1. 0:00 Cold open
  2. 3:30 Welcome, March 3 office hours
  3. 4:17 I Ching reading: Chen, thunder over thunder
  4. 7:41 Hydroelectric pipe work in the jungle
  5. 9:17 Pure KNF Foundation March 12 meeting
  6. 12:25 Miconia invasive plant history
  7. 18:48 Fact-checking Jadam's book on his father
  8. 19:33 "Devote eight hours a day" critique
  9. 22:34 Selling on Amazon and Alibaba, skepticism
  10. 24:52 The wife's role in farming, book excerpt
  11. 34:01 Cabbage moth question from Farmer Cheryl
  12. 38:57 Finding the moth recipe in the book
  13. 46:13 Jadam Wetting Agent (soap) explained
  14. 48:23 Jerusalem artichoke herbal solution
  15. 54:21 Substitute herbs: pasc flower root, pokeweed
  16. 58:37 Pre-harvest wait time after spraying
  17. 1:00:11 Breaking down residue with IMO
  18. 1:01:43 Stink bug and whitefly recipe
  19. 1:06:02 Slug and snail recipe with caustic soda
  20. 1:11:15 Sign-off

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