FERMAKOR BASE SYSTEM KOH VERSION

yan402 🌿 FERMAKOR BASE SYSTEM – KOH VERSION (NPK Mono Bottles) --- 🌱 FERMAKOR-N (Nitrogen) Inputs: Chicken scraps or wings Spinach or nettle Cannabis leaves, old salad Cooked lentils, cooked rice (Optional: tiny bit sardine) Instructions: 1. Add 300–500g material to 5L water 2. Add 20–30g potassium hydroxide (KOH) slowly, stir 3. Let sit 3–5 days, stir daily 4. Strain well 5. Add 5–10g citric acid to bring pH to 5.5–6.2 6. Bottle & label as FERMAKOR-N Dose: 10–20ml per 30L --- 🌸 FERMAKOR-P (Phosphorus) Inputs: Chicken bones Crushed pumpkin seeds Crushed eggshells (small amount) (Optional: onion/tomato leaf for trace) Instructions: 1. Add 300g bones + 100g seeds to 5L water 2. Add 30g KOH slowly, stir 3. Let sit 5–7 days, stir daily 4. Strain well 5. Add 5–10g citric acid to pH 5.5–6.2 6. Bottle & label as FERMAKOR-P Dose: 5–10ml per 30L --- 🌻 FERMAKOR-K (Potassium) Inputs: Banana peels Mango peel Watermelon rind Sun-dried tomato skin (Optional: citrus peel small amount) Instructions: 1. Add 300–500g material to 5L water 2. Add 20g KOH slowly, stir 3. Let sit 3–4 days, stir daily 4. Strain well 5. Add 5–10g citric acid to pH 5.5–6.2 6. Bottle & label as FERMAKOR-K Dose: 10–20ml per 30L --- ⚠️ Safety Reminder: Always add KOH to water, never the reverse. Use gloves & eye protection. Store sealed, cool, and dark. --- 🛒 Chemical Shopping List (August–September) 1. Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) – 10 kg ▸ For calcium & magnesium extraction, pH regulation, fermentation processes 2. Citric Acid – 10 kg ▸ To neutralize lye solutions, create calcium/magnesium citrate, adjust pH 3. Calcium Citrate – 1 kg ▸ Readily available calcium source (backup if skipping milk/eggshell extraction) 4. Magnesium Citrate – 1 kg ▸ Readily available magnesium source (backup if no homemade extract) The FERMAKOR BASE SYSTEM is just a simple DIY way to make your own liquid N-P-K extracts using fermentation and KOH. Each bottle gives you one key nutrient—Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), or Potassium (K)—made from basic stuff like kitchen scraps and old plant bits. ✅ Planning to kick this off between August–September ✅ Recipes ain’t final—gonna tweak and improve as it goes

yan402 FERMAKOR BASE SYSTEM – KOH VERSION ⚓ (Batch #1) Two months ago I posted the first draft of the FERMAKOR BASE SYSTEM (KOH version) — a DIY nutrient line split into clean mono-bottles (N, P, K). That was the recipe sheet stage. Today we move into FERMAKOR 2.0 → the first live hydrolysate brew. Instead of separating each nutrient, I’m loading one strong composite batch to test in real conditions. Ingredients (Batch #1): Salad mix: 68 g Pak choi: 92 g Frozen spinach: 285 g Sardines (rinsed): 50 g Human hair: 8 g Coffee grounds: 564 g Total biomass: 1,067 g into ~5 L water Base: Dissolved KOH (overshot, 80 g) → then layered in greens, fish, hair, and coffee. Process notes: Foam from proteins + oils = normal, expected saponification. Coffee grounds instantly darkened the liquor and boosted N/K/Mg load. Hair floats, will slowly hydrolyze into long-release nitrogen + sulfur. Overshoot on KOH → will dilute/split to target 15–20 g/L equivalent before neutralizing with citric acid (final pH ~6.0–6.5). ⚗️ Aim: to create a full-spectrum veg base in one go — fast N/K from greens, P/Ca from fish, slow-release N+S from hair, strong N/K/Mg + organics from coffee. Built-in wetting from natural soaps. 🌱 Test plan: Will only apply to one plant, starting at 1–2 ml/L after neutralization, and stepping up carefully. Updates will be irregular (daily weekly).

yan402 📓 GrowDiaries Log – Day 2 FERMAKOR BASE SYSTEM – KOH VERSION ⚓ (Batch #1) Good morning gromis 🌞 Gray weather in Berlin today, but inside the bucket things are moving way faster than expected. Since yesterday the reaction has already chewed through most of the biomass — what’s left is almost pure liquid now. That shows just how strong this mix really is. Observations: Foam and breakdown happening super quick. Smell has shifted — not as strong as day one, but nastier. Ammonia edge + chemical note, with some earthy undertone. Definitely effective, it already looks like a nutrient product instead of scraps. Safety note: Should only be handled with great care, don't be like me lmfao, wear goggles gloves and a hazmat suit if available, note I did use full gear when I was mixing it. 🌱 Reflection: Honestly, it looks like something I could have bought off a store shelf. Impressive how fast KOH eats everything — it already feels like a usable base. I’ll give it a week to see if it finishes eating all the solids, but most of it is gone already.

yan402 🌱 GrowDiaries Log – Day 9 FERMAKOR BASE SYSTEM – KOH VERSION ⚓ (Batch #1) Good morning growmies ☀️ One week in, the bucket looks nothing like scraps anymore. Breakdown has been quick and thorough — almost everything is liquid now, with just a few stubborn bits hanging on. Observations (Day 9): Foam: barely any, just a thin layer here and there — never really foamed big. Smell: nastier than Day 2, ammonia/chemical with a faint earthy undertone. Texture: 95% liquid, only tiny clumps left dissolving slowly. Color: darker and more uniform, looking like a concentrated base already. ⚠️ Safety note: Still caustic, still burns instantly — full gear needed for handling. 🌱 Reflection: Honestly impressive how fast KOH stripped everything down. No real foaming storm, just a steady chew through biomass until it turned into this dark liquid. I’ll give it another 3–4 days and see if those last solids are gone completely before calling this first batch finished.

yan402 FERMAKOR KOH Extraction – Update Last time I said the batch would be done in 3–4 days, but I made a last-moment change. I added fresh cannabis leaves, branches, and pistils to help buffer the extra KOH, fix the PK imbalance, and see if I can bring it into line without using citric acid. Reaction so far: greens are breaking down fast, adding nitrogen while soaking up some of the excess alkalinity. Smell: strong ammonia, but not rotten — typical of proteins and chlorophyll being stripped out. Texture: slurry has darkened, foam is down, liquid looks stable. Plan: let it sit a couple more days stirring, then check if it’s ready to use and use some citric acid in case the pH is still to high and "force" it ready.