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Anyone else been making a knotweed ferment or FPJ to try on their plants?

Thus far it appears to have helped knock out a spider mite/thrip issue on an indoor grow.

I have also been using it in conjunction with some bokashi to treat some trees and shrubs that 'could be doing better'. Generally they have responded really well.

Unfortunately I have done a terrible documenting it. So it feels like I have kind of imagined the whole thing 😂.

So let me know if any of you have had results from this too and I will try to do better next time now I don't have to delete all the apps on my phone to take a photograph.😁

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Troy 1y ago

In a "fermenting for your garden" class I attended a few weekends ago, the instructor said that when plants are in the proper conditions (soil with the right microbes, and nutrients that are bioavailable to plants, etc), that the skin of the plants thickens and prevents pests from taking over. He said his garden has plenty of bugs, but no damage.

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Henry 1y ago

Yes 🙂 John Kempf has a good explanation of this and its also in Matt Powers book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1wJefaFrVI

Also in Matt's book it says the knotweed helps trigger a systemic resistance. That's part of the reason for trying it out. Going to add some other things mentioned in it too to try and increase the effect.