Cleanser — Living Vinegar

What is Cleanser?

Cleanser is a natural vinegar produced through the fermentation of brown rice. Unlike commercial vinegar, it retains living organisms and organic compounds from the fermentation process. It is both a cleaning agent and a biological activator.

What does it do?

Cleanser acidifies. It lowers pH in soil or on leaf surfaces, which inhibits certain pathogens and creates conditions where beneficial organisms thrive. Applied before Food or Medicine, it opens the plant's pores and prepares the surface for absorption.

On diseased plants, Cleanser can interrupt fungal and bacterial infections without synthetic fungicides.

How is it made?

Ferment brown rice in water with a small amount of rice wine or existing Cleanser as a starter. Allow to acidify over 2–4 weeks in a warm location. The result is a living vinegar with markedly more complexity than commercial vinegar.

When to use it

Use when you want to balance pH, as a pre-treatment before applying other preparations, or to address fungal problems. Dilute 1:500 to 1:1000 as a foliar spray; 1:50 to 1:100 for active disease treatment. Do not apply in direct sunlight — acidity can cause burning on sensitive foliage.