How can I supply dried carbohydrates in IMO 3?
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From the KNF library
The library's IMO 3 recipe used 22.68 kg of wheat mill run as the carbohydrate source. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 60)
It names substitutes: ground macadamia nut shells, brewery spent grains, wood chips, rice bran, ulu, or kalo skins. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 60) The choice depends on what you can get. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 60) No study compares the sources. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 60)
Your wood chips are on that list. Walnut shell, straw, and leaves are not named. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 60) Drake says carbon such as wood chips or biochar buffers rising pile temperature. (Office Hours Ep. 142, 23:36)
Fermented fruit juice appears in the IMO 3 table, but as one of the natural inputs added alongside the wheat mill run. It is not listed as the carbohydrate base. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 68)
The library does not say whether fruit trash, sugar water, or molasses can replace dried carbohydrates.
Sources
- 23:36 Office Hours Ep. 142 (Sep 2024) — IMO Application Rates, Root Knot Nematodes, JADAM Fertilizer Ratios · “carbon — wood chips or biochar — is what buffers rising pile temperature”
- p. 60 Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF · “In reference to the propagation of IMO 3, 22.68 kg of wheat mill run was used as a carbohydrate source for the microbes.”
- p. 68 Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF · “natural inputs added include: lactic acid bacteria, oriental herbal nutrient, fruit plant juice, fermented fruit juice, fish amino acid, and water soluble calcium”
