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Asked by etsue78 ·March 19, 2022 ·4.34k readers

Moringa Seeds And Pod

Can ground up moringa seed and pod make a good substrate for IMO3?

imo3 moringa

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From the KNF library Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books · Sep 2026 · 5 sources

Drake's rule for IMO3 substrate is to use whatever microbes will eat, and to check it under a microscope. Test ground moringa that way. (Office Hours Ep. 23, 16:03)

Drake says ground corn on its own gets too dense and gelatinizes. His answer is to blend it with wood chips or another bulking material. (Office Hours Ep. 37, 56:45)

The library's IMO3 substrate is by volume:

  • 1 part wheat mill run, 1 part wood chips, optional 5% biochar. (Cho's Solutions, p. 18)

Carbon, meaning wood chips or biochar, is what buffers rising pile temperature. (Office Hours Ep. 142, 23:36) The library also says fats and oils excite fungal growth in an IMO3 substrate. (Office Hours Ep. 27, 36:29)

The library says nothing about moringa seed or pod, so it cannot say whether they feed microbes well or how much to use.

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