Moringa Seeds And Pod
Can ground up moringa seed and pod make a good substrate for IMO3?
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for IMO3 you want about a 50/50 mix of carbs n carbon ie: a grain is high in carbs and its husk/hull is high in carbon ....from what im reading a moringa seed is high in amino acids, vitamins and minerals not high in carb this looks to me a better fit in some IMO5 (The moringa seed oil has vitamins and minerals with essential amino acids in an abundant amount.) IMO3 is giving the microbes the perfect place to propagate plenty of carbs for food and plenty of carbon for living space... IMO5 is a nutrient rich " fertilizer " used to top dress to add microbes and nutrients to soil.. it looks to me the best use of moringa in KNF would be FPJ there is tons of good stuff in moringa leaves and FPJ would bring all the best parts out... JLF would be another great use ...drying and grinding the seed/pod to add to IMO5 even sprouting the seed to unlock enzymes before drying and grinding creating your own moringa seed meal... iv also seen on the youtube people will grow it just to use as a chop n drop
From the KNF library
From the KNF library
Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books
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Sep 2026
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Drake's rule for IMO3 substrate is to use whatever microbes will eat, and to check it under a microscope. Test ground moringa that way. (Office Hours Ep. 23, 16:03)
Drake says ground corn on its own gets too dense and gelatinizes. His answer is to blend it with wood chips or another bulking material. (Office Hours Ep. 37, 56:45)
The library's IMO3 substrate is by volume:
- 1 part wheat mill run, 1 part wood chips, optional 5% biochar. (Cho's Solutions, p. 18)
Carbon, meaning wood chips or biochar, is what buffers rising pile temperature. (Office Hours Ep. 142, 23:36) The library also says fats and oils excite fungal growth in an IMO3 substrate. (Office Hours Ep. 27, 36:29)
The library says nothing about moringa seed or pod, so it cannot say whether they feed microbes well or how much to use.
Sources
- 56:45 Office Hours Ep. 37 (Jul 2022) — New KNF Vocabulary, Seawater Ratios, Sandy Soil Fixes · “Not by itself, it gets too dense and gelatinizes, so blend it with wood chips or another bulking material.”
- 16:03 Office Hours Ep. 23 (Mar 2022) — IMO4 Pig Feed, LAB Without Milk, Disgustingly Cheap Microbes · “Use whatever microbes will eat, such as ground wheat berries, corn, or coffee grounds, and check it under a microscope.”
- 36:29 Office Hours Ep. 27 (Apr 2022) — knfFuel Mold, Jadam Pasture Recovery, OHN & Alcohol · “potatoes add carbs, fats and oils that excite fungal growth”
- 23:36 Office Hours Ep. 142 (Sep 2024) — IMO Application Rates, Root Knot Nematodes, JADAM Fertilizer Ratios · “carbon — wood chips or biochar — is what buffers rising pile temperature.”
- p. 18 Cho's Solutions · “1 part wheat mill run 1 part wood chips optional 5% biochar”
Also discussed on Office Hours
IMO4 for Trees, Worm Bin LAB, Goat Pellets
- 53:49 …your seed but what's happened is inside our seeds from our last set of plant that put out a seed…
- 54:59 …those seeds off, put it into your seed or seed them, or like I said, seed them wet. But then…
- 56:32 …like you can take that baby and then put it into this like kind of seed-soaked solution, you know,…
Jadam Sulfur for Disease, Flea Beetles, Seed Soak Solution
- 45:26 …Number two is the seed groundwork. So this is like a seed soak solution and really getting good, you know, making sure their seeds are healthy and able to be in there and then developing the crops potential, meaning that the more I sow seeds, the seeds will naturalize to an area.…
- 1:05:01 …and then you can dry your seeds out to then load them in a seeder…
- 1:06:09 …so um so that's how to improve your seeds and then the last one uh seedling groundwork…