Storing Humic Acid/Worm Juice
Im trying to find info on storing worm juice most of what i read says (1 month in a breathable non PET bottle) but i was wondering if i could super saturate it and store it that way over the winter months and if i did how would it change the usage ratios ?
The answer
I don't see why not, when supersaturating you will induce the microbes to hibernate. Try using at least the same ratio as LAB, or even more because LAB are not only super though but also super fast to multiply, and since I'm not sure how fast that microbe community is, so just to help in speeding up their propagation add more, just in case.
I guess the humic and fulvic acids are a diferent deal tough, I don't know if those will be preserved or degenerate in the solution.
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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The library says to collect worm juice fresh, or to run water through good compost until it comes out dark brown (Office Hours Ep. 33, 1:01:29).
It describes supersaturating with sugar for plant ferments. A supersaturated solution stores for many years (Pure KNF Manual, p. 81). That passage is about PureFood, not worm juice (Pure KNF Manual, p. 81). It does not show that worm juice keeps this way.
Two ratios are on record:
- Add fresh leachate or castings tea at 1:200 to 1:1000 (Office Hours Ep. 99, 40:45).
- Drench with humic acid diluted 1:500 to 1:1000 (Office Hours Ep. 9, 11:50).
Both ratios are for fresh material. The library gives no adjusted ratio for stored or supersaturated worm juice, and it does not say what happens to the humic and fulvic acids in storage.
Sources
- 1:01:29 Office Hours Ep. 33 (Jun 2022) — Potassium Hydroxide Soap Safety, Raw Milk LAB, IMO Pile Surfaces · “Collect worm juice fresh, or run water through good compost repeatedly until it comes out dark brown.”
- 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”
- 11:50 Office Hours Ep. 9 (Nov 2021) — OHN Extraction, Salted Land Remediation, Foliar vs Drench Rates · “drench with humic acid diluted 1:500 to 1:1000”
- p. 81 Pure KNF Manual · “A supersaturated solution will store for many years.”
