knf indoor
hi
im growing indoors and going to use knf solutions to feed, I'm just wondering when making soilless media mix should I add amendments to the soil or will soil drenching and foliar feeding be sufficient?
thanks
Top answer
this is fully dependent on how you want to grow, if you where wanting to go with a more hydroponics way (like flow through) the solutions are water soluble IMOs can be used in liquid form, if you are looking for more a living soil type system then adding amendments and IMOs to the mix is fine (IMOs should be used as a top dress here) there is no rule that says we cant put whatever we want in the soil, think of it like a food bank for the microbes ....KNF solutions are always best used as a foliar spray but drenching is also fine ....this is one of the greatest things about Natural Farming it can be adapted to many ways from large commercial scale all the way down to a plant growing on the window seal, in the most high tech grow facility to the the most basic backyard garden
Happy Experimenting
From the KNF library
From the KNF library
Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books
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Sep 2026
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4 sources
In a zucchini trial, KNF seedlings were drenched before transplanting. Weekly foliar sprays followed, rotating two solution types. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 31)
The same research found that a second IMO application 14 days after the first raised yield. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 3) That was a field trial, not a soilless mix.
For indoor growing, Office Hours names KNF Protectors (LAB) as the best bet. (Office Hours Ep. 25, 58:22) Drake also recommends castings tea or fresh leachate at 1:200 to 1:1000. It feeds fungi and beneficial microbes. (Office Hours Ep. 99, 40:45)
The library does not say whether to mix amendments into soilless media, or how much.
Sources
- 40:45 Office Hours Ep. 99 (Oct 2023) — Frost Protection with KNF Medicine, Worm Castings, Boron · “add fresh leachate or castings tea at 1:200 to 1:1000 to feed fungi and beneficial microbes.”
- 58:22 Office Hours Ep. 25 (Apr 2022) — IMO4 for Trees, Worm Bin LAB, Goat Pellets · “The KNF Protectors (LAB) are the best bet indoors, though outside IMO and plants help too.”
- p. 31 Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF · “zucchini seedlings were drenched with SES solution prior to transplanting, followed by weekly Type II and Type III foliar spray rotation”
- p. 3 Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF · “applying a 2 IMO application 14 days after the initial treatment increases plant yield”
