LABS Question.....?

[El Verdugo]

I'm making my first batch of LABS. From what ive read the "Curd" is a great addition to your compost, and was planning on using it in mine. What my question is ,.....What was your outcome composting the curd? Any problems....smell... moisture issues... tips? Any firsthand tips are appreciated! Thanks

 

[Wastei]

I'm making my first batch of LABS. From what ive read the "Curd" is a great addition to your compost, and was planning on using it in mine. What my question is ,.....What was your outcome composting the curd? Any problems....smell... moisture issues... tips? Any firsthand tips are appreciated! Thanks

I've made some farm cheese with mine. Really healthy stuff!

 

[El Verdugo]

I hear it can be great...but i've learned for my self, and the safety of those around me..... baby steps... Hopefully make a serum without blowing up anything or poisoning any one first, then i'll work on the cheese thanks

 

[living gardening]

I wanna make LABs and Kefir. I am hoping to crush up the cheese and top dress my pots for the boost.
Just waiting for my Bokashi grains to be delivered. . .

 

[friedguy]

I feed the cheese to my worms or my dog. Both love it.

 

[El Verdugo]

Yay!!! LABS was finished yesterday. Ph'ed at 4.1. Strained and added molasses. The cheese curd was light really similar to taste and texture to cottage cheese.....yeah.... i tried it. Not being a fan of cottage cheese, It will be fed to my soil. I'll post pics with updates. The dogs liked it too...

 

[friedguy]

I eat the cheese sometimes. I crumbled some on some stuffed peppers on Tuesday from a fresh batch. I've made poutine with it too. It's not bad... just a little sour.

I've even drank the lacto, given it to my dog, add some to my fish pond, compost pile...

 

[living gardening]

So the next logical question is . . . would organic cottage cheese be a cheap substitute? You know, for those with more money than time!
I would think it would be made with rennet but that is an enzyme . . . I dunno just word womiting.
I now need to source raw milk. That's highly illegal where I live.

 

[myke]

So the next logical question is . . . would organic cottage cheese be a cheap substitute? You know, for those with more money than time!
I would think it would be made with rennet but that is an enzyme . . . I dunno just word womiting.
I now need to source raw milk. That's highly illegal where I live.

Organic cottage cheese ? Is there such a thing?

 

[El Verdugo]

So the next logical question is . . . would organic cottage cheese be a cheap substitute? You know, for those with more money than time!
I would think it would be made with rennet but that is an enzyme . . . I dunno just word womiting.
I now need to source raw milk. That's highly illegal where I live.

I used organic whole milk from wally mart.

 

[Medskunk]

Organic cottage cheese ? Is there such a thing?

Fully organic fed goats maybe haha (?)

 

[living gardening]

Fully organic fed goats maybe haha (?)

I was thinking almonds . . . Milking those things is sooo tedious . . .lol

 

[living gardening]

I used organic whole milk from wally mart.

If I am returning it to nature, lets keep it as cheap as we can.

 

[El Verdugo]

I pulled all the soil out of both trash cans yesterday to re wet and mix. When i opened both containers there was a very fine santas beard layered over the top. Very light earthy "sweet" smell. So far so good! Been watering 1tsp per gallon in the swick res. The girls just love it!!

 

[NewGrower2011]

Nice setup. Are you having any issue with algae where the perlite is exposed? Also what fittings are those that you used going into the tubs?

I've been doing SIPs and was considering using a master/control bucket and add the fittings/tubing so that I could monitor them all and top-off water from one place (possibly with a float valve/rez attached). Prior to that I had considered a similar setup for being able to monitor the water level but also was worried about the light exposure so was thinking I'd have to make some type of black-out/cover to prevent funk in rez and then only remove when I need to inspect the water level.

I might try a swick sometime soon instead of a SIP just to compare them. The SIP won me over initially because the air gap sort of made sense that it would prevent things being too wet and you controlled how much moisture was available through size of wick and type of material used.

Looking good on the training as well.

 

[El Verdugo]

Nice setup. Are you having any issue with algae where the perlite is exposed? Also what fittings are those that you used going into the tubs?

I've been doing SIPs and was considering using a master/control bucket and add the fittings/tubing so that I could monitor them all and top-off water from one place (possibly with a float valve/rez attached). Prior to that I had considered a similar setup for being able to monitor the water level but also was worried about the light exposure so was thinking I'd have to make some type of black-out/cover to prevent funk in rez and then only remove when I need to inspect the water level.

I might try a swick sometime soon instead of a SIP just to compare them. The SIP won me over initially because the air gap sort of made sense that it would prevent things being too wet and you controlled how much moisture was available through size of wick and type of material used.

Looking good on the training as well.

No problems with algae at all, watering with 1oz per gallon 20:1 LABS. Seems to do the trick.Thanks

 

[El Verdugo]

½ inch water tight electrical fitting at Lowes or Home Depot