Skip to main content

← All questions

Asked by jconter3 ·August 3, 2022 ·14.5k readers

Where to find IMO's in city

Hi all,   Looking to start implementing KNF practices in my garden. What are some techniques to get IMO if living in the city. I am in South Florida and there aren't too many wild areas around here, any suggestions would be amazing. Thanks!

imo garden city imo1

Top answer

From the KNF library

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

The library adds a few points to the answer above.

Joe Peduzzi runs seven IMO collections from nearby nature preserves. (Office Hours Ep. 83, 22:53) Drake's source, Cho, says to pick a spot no human disturbs, with loose, soft soil under the leaf mold. (Cho, Recipe, p. 11) IMO also comes from a field or any site with plenty of decomposed leaf litter, not only bamboo. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 73)

Watch the moisture:

  • Do not collect in the rainy season. (Cho, Recipe, p. 11)
  • Avoid moist areas. (Cho, Recipe, p. 11)

Leave the rice box out three days. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 44) Another source says four to five days. (Unravelling the Mysteries of KNF, p. 73)

On a small city lot, skip Cho's full process. Make a JMS or an IMO2-based liquid IMO instead. (Office Hours Ep. 90, 41:10)

The library does not name preserves in South Florida or say when the rainy season falls there.

Sources

Also discussed on Office Hours

Know the answer? Members answer, ask, and get their questions onto the Sunday show.

Sign in Become a member