Making Essential Microorganisms

Making Essential Microorganisms from Scratch.

Mix one cup rice with two cups water and shake.  Strain out the rice.  Cover and secure a paper towel over the top of the jar.  

Leave in the dark, between 68 and 77 degrees F for five to seven days to culture the active microbes.  The mixture should smell sour.   

Add 10 parts milk (about 5 quarts) to the one part strained rice wash, and let it ferment for 14 days.  

Strain the solids off the top of the bucket. The yellow liquid is purified lactobacillus serum.  Dilute the lactobacillus serum in a 1:20 ratio with water and add it to your compost and spray on the leaves of your plants..

 To save your EM add a tablespoon of molasses to each quart.  You can then store in the refrigerator for several years or store at room temperature for about a year. 

The rice wash grows many microbes,  both beneficial and pathogenic.  The milk kills off everything but the lactobacillus.