The proportion is 1 part brown or white sugar, 3 parts fruit and/or vegetable waste, 10 parts of water.
I prefer citrus or pineapple.
Steps:
1: Mix sugar with water, add the fruit/veg, orange/lemon peels will give a nice citrus smell.
2: Fill in air tight plastic containers/bottles, leaving about 2 inches for fermentation.
3: Store in a cool, dry and well ventilated area.
4: Do not put it where there is direct sunlight.
5: After the first week, slowly open the cap to release gas, be sure not to shake the bottle.
6: Push the floating veg downward every once in a while.
7: Ferment for at least 3 months.
8: Filter and it is ready for use.
You get a brownish fluid.
9: The solids can be put in the garden as fertiliser. Some people recycle this to restart a new batch.
10: Add about 1 tablespoon to your normal washing solution.
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Sometimes you get a jelly like layer is a scoby……see youtube..pa Cheng…Aunt Cheng…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZgT7Io2-Gw in this you see the jelly like layer..this is also used as a mother to make kombucha tea…
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The dishes are less oily, but it could be psychological.
I asked my friends in Malaysia, one told me an interesting use, her husband sprays it in her bird cage, and gives the cage a good smell.
Some people make a lot of claims about being environmentally friendly and saving money. I don't know about saving money, because you spent quite a bit on the brown sugar. Environmentally friendly, perhaps, since you reduce the use of detergent. I am still experimenting, I have started a batch with my apples.
Please give me your opinion.