DIY Liquid Organic Fertilizer - Make your own liquid fertilizer from alfalfa pellets, and buckets.

[@yearofthegarden]

I've been growing mushrooms for a long time, and one process I have used in the past is soaking straw for 10 days in an air tight bucket until the anaerobic bacteria is plenty and all the aerobic bacteria dies off, then I bring it out and drain it, and the anaerobic bacteria dies, which makes it "sterile". I then innoculate it with mushroom spawn, which will always grow faster in the mycelium form than mold can grow in spore form. It only works on strains that are vigorous and can colonize the substrate fast, but it does work well, and is essentially the process you're doing in the first 10 days.

[@bioponics]

yes, brilliant strategy!

[@tymneco1987]

I've been watching your content for a long time because it's incredible how you developed an organic technique of producing nutrients and plants, which has inspired me a lot to try one setup or another!! Thank you for delivering your knowledge whose contribution to humanity is invaluable!!

[@saundrayork1654]

Thank you! This is great; and, I am going to do this (now that I know how).

[@devantemcclain7633]

Thanks for this and can this be done to bone meal

[@bioponics]

Yes it can. Bone meal is very alkaline though. So don't add too much or you won't get the low pH necessary to activate acid loving anaerobes that help break down the complex molecules.

[@woolybully8230]

Absolutely! Though you will need a strong acid loving anaerobic environment to ferment; the pH needs to get as low as 4.5. So just keep the ratios balanced. A benefit here is that acid form of phosphorus is most soluble and in good form to feed phosphorus loving microbes in the rhizosphere.