Indigenous microorganisms (IMO’s) can be collected from the local environment and used to inoculate compost & soil, or used as a liquid foliar spray. It's a simple, inexpensive way to make microbial inoculants that are adapted to our local environment!
Materials:
Box (with holes)
Cheesecloth
Cooked rice
Sugar
Step 1: Fill box with cooked rice. Cover with cheesecloth.
Step 2: Bury the box in a shallow hole. Leave for 1 week.
Step 3: Mix inoculated rice with sugar at a 1:1 ratio.
Step 4: Cover with cheesecloth and leave in a cool dark place for 1 week.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Materials
0:58 - Step 1
2:35 - Step 2
3:48 - IMO 1 / Result
4:47 - Step 3
6:57 - Step 4
7:09 - IMO 2 / Result
8:41 - What to do next
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*USING LIQUID IMO*
Strain the sugar-rice mixture with a cheesecloth to get liquid IMO.
We use these ratios:
...for foliar spray:
1:250 (IMO/Water)
...for soil drench:
1:500 (IMO/Water)
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More in depth info on making IMOs: https://www.echocommunity.org/en/resources/7b581f74-898f-49fd-b8bc-2a514896f38e
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