Yup, 3 weeks into flower is still great! I usually hit them just before dark so the moisture is not on the plant during warm hours, this just makes me feel a little safer.
OK on to the Lacto B. Not hard to obtain at all, it exists in every breath you take. Culturing your own is cheap and easy. I have some going right now, I will go get a pic of it and come show you in a bit. But first the method (I am going to be speaking Metric now LOL):
You will need:
Some brown rice, about a quarter cup is fine.
Some large glass jars. Even better is a seperatory funnel.
Some 'oil' filters, coffee filters are too fine but work
milk
water
Put around a quarter cup brown rice in a jar and fill the jar about halfway with water. Close lid and shake until the water becomes cloudy. Strain water and set aside in a clean jar. You want the water level around 3/4 up the jar for max microbe harvesting. Place this jar somewhere around 2ft off the ground (most bacterial spores float there). Wait a few days for this to start smelling and looking a little nasty. 4-7 days usually. You can just leave it for 7 days to be safe.
Then add this to milk in a nice big jar in a 1:10 starter serum to milk ratio. A clear jar is essential, or a seperatopry funnel. Now it is another 1-5 days wait. What you want to see is a white glob of congealed curds floating on top of a yellowish clear liquid. That yellow liquid is your Lacto B PURE SERUM
OK it has a few other bennies in there too but mostly lactic acid bacteria.
If you have a seperatory funnel, just open the tap and drain off the serum. Don't discard the curds. If you have dogs it will freshen their breath, act as a probiotic and strengthen their digestive systems. Cats too. If you suffer from digestive issues, have a tablespoon of it yourself, people in Korea have been doing it for hundreds of years.
You have a choice as to how to treat your pure serum. If it is all for instant use (doubtful) just store it in the fridge. If it is for long term use, you need to dilute this serum with 1/3 to 1/2 carb solution. This is easy, it is simply Blackstrap Molasses and water in a 1:3 ratio. At room temperature, your microbes will feed and multiply. You might get the smell of fermentation, this is fine, but if you do store in fridge IMMEDIATELY. Or store in fridge once diluted and it will keep fresh for 3 months.
To use, with both pure serum and molasses added, use in a 1:20 dilution and spray.
If you use tons of guano and similar ammonia nitrogen food sources, drench your soil with it. It will change all your ammonia to lovely nitrates. You have any kind of organic stink anywhere, like manure or a stinky compost heap, spray it down and smell will disappear. It is the main microbe that makes Bokashi work.
Lactobacillus, Natures Workhorse!
Our first soft rains and 4 weeks into flower on some so it is time to get them prepared. I stopped growing any Indica outdoors, haven't seen much rot since.
