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Garlic Seed Soak, Drone Spray Results, Comfrey Juice Extraction

November 5, 2023 · by Drake Weinert

Drake opens with a drone update: 6.78 acres sprayed in one hour, 93.67 gallons put out on Friday's flight. He compares aerial footage of the bunchy-top-diseased banana patch from March, August, and this week — new growth is coming back on plants he chose not to bulldoze, though he says it is too early to call it proven.

A viewer asks about soaking garlic before planting. Drake says yes, soak it in the seed soak solution: 1:500 food, 1:500 cleanser, 1:1000 medicine, 1:1000 structure, 1:1000 fuel, and 1:25 minerals, for 6 to 8 hours or overnight, so the garlic absorbs nutrients that act like exudates and pull soil microbes in fast.

Drone footage of his neighbors' ʻawa (kava) and taro farm, KNF-sprayed since they took the 2020 class, shows almost no shot-hole disease. On extracting juice from low-yield plants like cannabis, Drake explains a brown-sugar mix that won't rot is likely an FPE from lactobacillus, and shares two tricks for more yield: Reverend Logan mixes in comfrey, or you can sprout a tray of seeds and juice the sprouts instead of a mature plant.

Also covered: the disgustingly cheap food recipe (whole plant, roots and all, in a bucket of water with a handful of microbe soil, left two weeks or more), why he mostly skips the farmers market now, membership documentaries still in progress, the Crow777 podcast connection, and his recommendation to start with the free Pure KNF recipe book at knfsupport.com.

Questions answered

  • 18:21 Should I soak a garlic clove before planting? — Yes, soak it in the seed soak solution (1:500 food, 1:500 cleanser, 1:1000 medicine, 1:1000 structure, 1:1000 fuel, 1:25 minerals) for 6-8 hours or overnight.
  • 8:43 Do the weekly drone KNF sprays actually help bunchy-top banana disease? — Comparing March, August, and November flyovers the sprayed patch looks healthier and the spread has stopped, but Drake says it's too early to call it proven.
  • 25:35 How is the neighbors' KNF-sprayed ʻawa (kava) crop doing? — Aerial footage shows almost no shot-hole disease on their ʻawa and taro after weekly KNF spraying since 2020, unlike typical fungal pressure on the crop.
  • 32:49 I mixed brown sugar and fresh cannabis with water and it isn't rotting - what did I make? — Probably an FPE (fermented plant extract) from lactobacillus; adding water isn't ideal since that plant is naturally a low juice yielder.
  • 33:54 How does Reverend Logan get more juice out of low-yield plants like cannabis? — He mixes the leaves with comfrey before extracting.
  • 41:45 Any other way to get more juice from a low-yielding plant? — Sprout a big batch of seeds in a tray, cut them small, and make plant juice from the sprouts instead of a mature plant.
  • 42:30 Do you sell your goods at the farmers market? — Not really anymore; he mostly gives produce to friends and sells a little cane juice and longan through a restaurant called Soil to Soul.
  • 50:03 How do you make the disgustingly cheap food recipe? — Rip out a whole plant, roots and all, put it in a bucket of water with a handful of microbe soil, let it sit two weeks or more, then draw off the juice.
  • 53:56 How did people find this channel through Crow777? — Reverend Logan appeared on Crow777 Radio, and separately the Pure KNF team interviewed Crow on their own Microbial Secret Society podcast, episode 22.
  • 1:01:16 Which KNF book should I start with? — Start with the Pure KNF recipe book, free to download at knfsupport.com.

Topics: seed soak, bunchy-top, banana, drone spraying, kava, awa, cannabis, comfrey, fpe, disgustingly cheap food, crow777

KNF Office Hours is a free live Q&A every Sunday at 9 AM HST. Bring your question to pureknf.org/learn/questions or join live.

In this episode

  1. 0:00 Intro and Welcome
  2. 0:10 Setting Things Up
  3. 0:50 I Ching Reading: The Clinging Fire
  4. 5:13 Drone Update: Flight Course & Glitches
  5. 8:43 Drone Results on Bunchy-Top Bananas
  6. 18:43 Seed & Transplant Soak Solution Explained
  7. 25:35 Aerial View of the KNF Kava Farm
  8. 32:49 Low-Juice Plants for knfFood
  9. 34:50 Reverend Logan on 20 Years of Cannabis Stewardship
  10. 39:26 Comfrey for Low-Juice knfFood
  11. 43:03 Do You Sell at the Farmers Market?
  12. 46:06 Pure KNF Membership
  13. 48:28 KNF Testimonials: Before & After
  14. 50:00 Disgustingly Cheap Food Recipe
  15. 51:00 Medicine In, Medicine Out
  16. 56:09 Finding KNF Through Logan & Crow777
  17. 56:12 Microbial Secret Society Podcast with Crow777
  18. 1:07:31 The KNF Book to Start With & Other Resources

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