GreenSanta
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cann, I have a useless question that will help nobody. Why are your bamboo sticks upside down lol?
plus it makes your huge colas look not so huge!!! haha
plus it makes your huge colas look not so huge!!! haha
I use them the same way.... Less root disturbance is my logic. Albeit insignificant, that's how my mind works and I can't help it lol.cann, I have a useless question that will help nobody. Why are your bamboo sticks upside down lol?
plus it makes your huge colas look not so huge!!! haha
I would agree, unless the disturbance is in the root zone.I think the more you abuse the plant, to some extent, the more vigor it displays.
It seems the other player have gone back to 2.0 SST instead of the Malted Barley Flour. Of course fresh will always be better than a powder. I plan to use the rest of my powder and revert back to 2.0. Cheers!
Sprouted Seed Tea v2.0
Jon Stika of Brew Your Own Magazine describes malt as "barley that has been sprouted to the point where enzymes are produced that will convert its starchy interior to sugar." After the grain has been malted, the sugar is fermented by yeast to make beer.
This is an accurate overview of an article he wrote for those who want to make their own malt and here's the Reader's Digest version:
Weigh out 2 oz. of Barley seed and remove any foreign matter by the seeds into a large jar and fill it half-way with water and agitate to wash the barley. Pour off loose husks & dirt that float to the top. Drain in a colander. Repeat until everything has been removed.
Soak the seeds in water for 8 - 10 hours. Drain the seeds and weigh after completely draining the water off. Assuming you started with 56 grams, you want to hit a minimum of 84 grams at the end of these processes.
Let the Barley rest for 8 - 10 hours and then soak for another 8 hours, drain and weigh. Repeat if necessary but that's not too unlikely.
Take a piece of cloth and you want to use something as 'raw' as possible like hemp cloth, organic cotton, linen, canvas, flax, etc. - just check with a large fabric store. If you buy a piece that is a square it probably helps or doesn't.
Wet your cloth, wring out and fold it 2 times. During the rest cycles this is where you want to let the seeds rest. You want moisture surrounding the seeds but not water.
Once you hit 84+ grams, spread your seeds again in the middle of this folded piece of fabric, place that in a brown paper bag - 55F - 65F ambient temperatures will move this along quickly.
When the shoots inside the seed have grown the length of the seed you're done. You're not growing sprouts but rather activating the enzymes and the compounds in the endosperm as described in the post above.
Take these seeds and put them in a blender and some water and get it to a puree to the extent possible. Using 56 grams to start will give enough puree to make 5 gallons of tea.
Water your plants with this diluted tea. This will give you far, far more enzymes than the straight sprouting method. One thing about beer brewers is that they live & die by enzyme levels extracted from seeds and this article is cited on several home brew forums.
I've been using the powder and getting great results but it does make sense to use fresh if available before any powders imo and could be more cost effective. CC'd mentioned going back to SST 2.0 but took a break the forum without any real explanation on why. Anyone running a side by side currently with pics? SS 2.0 vs 3.0? That would be great to see.Malted barley is available at your local HBS. The premium maybe worth foregoing the messy, time and space consuming malting process yourself. Is the SST 2.0 process different enough from commercial malting procedures to make it a deal breaker? Any idea if the pre-malted barley (or other grains) loose enough of their freshly-malted goodness over time?
Thank you headtreep for sharing your wealth of information. Hope to see an occasional update on the results of your latest ROLS mix. I'll keep following this this thread and hopefully make my own contributions in the near future.I've been using the powder and getting great results but it does make sense to use fresh if available before any powders imo and could be more cost effective. CC'd mentioned going back to SST 2.0 but took a break the forum without any real explanation on why. Anyone running a side by side currently with pics? SS 2.0 vs 3.0? That would be great to see.
Off subject, I won't be around RIU too often anymore because of time issues. Hopefully things change but for now it's out of my control. I can't keep up with these large threads and life balance.
Please keep on the ROLS/No till journey!