Plants feeding plants

Fermented plant juice.
A closer look.

A growing season, gathered into a ferment. Learn the relationship between plant material, sugar, and preparation.

Begin with observation.

Young plant material and sugar form the starting point for fermented plant juice, or FPJ. The sugar draws liquid from the plant tissue and supplies energy for fermentation. Plant selection, harvest conditions, and careful preparation all shape the result.

The CTAHR guide places FPJ within Korean Natural Farming, a system that emphasizes locally available resources and the work of microorganisms. It describes choosing healthy, actively growing material and explains why plant identity and the condition of the harvest matter.

GROW follows this plant-based approach. Aloha Organic’s source material can change with the season, so check the current product description when choosing an input. The guide below is a useful starting point for understanding the process, its vocabulary, and the questions to bring to your own growing practice.

Follow the reading

From practice to source.

Natural Farming: Fermented Plant Juice · University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · CTAHR

The source publications describe natural farming methods. Use the current product label and application guidance for your formulation; a research publication is not a test of an Aloha Organic product.

Grow

Fresh plant materials and brown sugar become a fermented plant juice for a natural farming routine. Ingredients vary with the season and the plants available.

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The microbial world

Lactic acid bacteria

Meet a group of fermenting bacteria, and explore why observing a culture and identifying its microbes are different tasks.

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