WCAP Korean natural farming (KNF)

Thought I would document the making of my WCAP-Water Soluble Calcium Phosphate
I used a Serrano Ham Bone which I charred cooked until all the organic matter was burnt off and left with heavily charred bone which is down to its mineral content only, this took 3hrs approximately with constant attention and turning. This is my second attempt, last go I did not get the bone charred correctly so there was very little reaction when vinegar was added. Some pics of the process thus far, to be continued…..

So now I have some material to work with, because of the nature structure of the bone I was left with Various grades of material the green is optimal ,yellow mediocre,the two red sections have either gone past being on point left red section or not far enough section on the right. couple of people asked me to tag them in @J.James @insomnia65 to be continued….

Leeski said:

So now I have some material to work with, because of the nature structure of the bone I was left with Various grades of material the green is optimal ,yellow mediocre,the two red sections have either gone past being on point left red section or not far enough section on the right. couple of people asked me to tag them in @J.James @insomnia65 to be continued…. View attachment 4943385View attachment 4943386View attachment 4943387View attachment 4943388

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Visually, I can't tell the difference between yellow and green. How do you tell the difference? Is it different textures?

Hollatchaboy said:

Visually, I can't tell the difference between yellow and green. How do you tell the difference? Is it different textures?

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Main difference between the two is the yellow when broken goes almost to dust as opposed to the green has an almost a honeycomb texture when broken think either one could be used successfully just not together due to size I will only be using the green

So have chosen my material, sterilised jars , added I part bone to 10 parts raw organic apple cider vinegar - I can’t source brown rice vinegar ! I had much better reaction after adding vinegar than my first attempt hard to capture reaction with a pic it will take between 5-10 days to dissolve the bone . To be continued….

Amazing

I didn't char mine like you did. I used chicken and beef bones from Pho stock. They were boiled for hours before roasting them in the oven. The chicken bones broke down really easy but some of the beef bones were harder to pulverize. I just used regular rice vinegar.


The one on the right is the WCP. The one on the left is WCA from eggshells. I'm going to make an extraction using crab shells as well. I haven't been able to find any specific recipe for doing that but I'll just follow the same procedures and dilute 1:1000 to start with. The DTE crab shells have an NPK of 4-3-0 so I'm hoping to get a nitrogen rich fertilizer.

DTE Crab shells sounds interesting I’m planning on making fish emulsion in the very near future done a deal with local fish monger so I’m good for material

Quick update both wcap and wca are on day 6 both still active so will check them in couple of days …….

Leeski said:

DTE Crab shells sounds interesting I’m planning on making fish emulsion in the very near future done a deal with local fish monger so I’m good for material

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DTE crab shells.

Very cool you gotta a link @xtsho please ? Went out to the forests today to put some cedar boxes out for imo1 found a great couple of spots I live on a small peninsula so got boxes spread out over a 5 mile radius some near the sea some inland hopefully will have great diversity of biology also found aload of cool things

xtsho said:

DTE crab shells.

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No link. I just put some crab sells in a jar and poured vinegar over them. They fizzed up like anything else. I don't have anyway to test what's actually in it though.

Man I should have stayed in school

update wcap took 8ish days bone has turned to mush not entirely happy thought it would be a darker colour will test it see where I’m at happier with the wca colour wise I just ran it through a funnel and coffee filter paper ….

How can you store them now?

insomnia65 said:

How can you store them now?

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There shelf stable as vinegar was store brought if I was using living vinegar would need a breathable top/cap will keep just fine on a cool dark shelf

My mate just dropped me 2 litre of Apple Cider vinegar would that be okay.

@Leeski is it necessary to strain? I made my WCA with oyster shell flower and apple cider vinegar a while ago and never bothered to strain the sediment out. My thought process was that I would get every bit of Ca I could by leaving it in, but now I’m wondering if maybe it’s degrading because in the past month it went from a nice golden brown to a dark brown! Do you think it’s still ok or should I make a new batch?

I put everything through coffee filters and tbh I don’t really know if yours has degraded and if so why maybe @xtsho maybe better to answer your question mate

Leeski said:

I put everything through coffee filters and tbh I don’t really know if yours has degraded and if so why maybe @xtsho maybe better to answer your question mate

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Yea, it getting darker is throwing me off because it was a light golden brown for a long while.
Also, It’s been in a decent environment as well, however light does occasionally hit it for hours at a time (when I’m in the basement) maybe thatcould have something to do with it getting darker