Pasque Flower
How do i use the Pasque flower as a pesticide?
Top answer
Put it in water then boil that down until you reduce the volume to half. This will give you a concentrated herbal solution which can be added to the wetting agent.
How much to add for pests? Depends on the pest.
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
Drake's recipes use Korean pasqueflower root herb in a 500 L tank of water, mixed with soap. (Office Hours Ep. 126, 57:42)
- General pests and disease: 10 L root herb, 6 L soap, 1.5 L sulfur, 5 L Jerusalem artichoke herb. (Office Hours Ep. 126, 57:42)
- Brown planthopper, rice borer, armyworm, rice blast: 5 L root herbal solution, 5 L soap, 2 L sulfur, 5 L Jerusalem artichoke herbal solution. (Office Hours Ep. 119, 52:40)
- Black stink bugs: over 10 L soap and over 15 L root herbal solution. (Office Hours Ep. 119, 55:48)
- Serious outbreak: raise the root herb to 15 L and raise the soap and herb concentration. (Office Hours Ep. 126, 59:57)
The library does not say how to prepare the root solution. It names only Korean pasqueflower.
Sources
- 57:42 Office Hours Ep. 126 (May 2024) — KNF Chicken Feeder, JADAM Pesticide Recipes, Cassava Polyculture · “1.5L sulfur, 6L soap, 5L Jerusalem artichoke herb, and 10L Korean pasqueflower root herb in 500L water.”
- 55:48 Office Hours Ep. 119 (Apr 2024) — Boosting Terpenes, Rice Weevil Control, Bakanae Disease · “Boost it to over 10 liters of soap and over 15 liters of Korean pasqueflower root herbal solution.”
- 52:40 Office Hours Ep. 119 (Apr 2024) — Boosting Terpenes, Rice Weevil Control, Bakanae Disease · “Mix 5L soap, 2L sulfur, 5L Jerusalem artichoke herbal solution, and 5L Korean pasqueflower root herbal solution into 500L water.”
- 59:57 Office Hours Ep. 126 (May 2024) — KNF Chicken Feeder, JADAM Pesticide Recipes, Cassava Polyculture · “Increase Korean pasqueflower root herb to 15 liters and raise the soap and herb concentration.”
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