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JADAM Microbial Solution (JMS) Question

 
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To make JADAM Microbial Solution (JMS) I put 4 gallons of tap water in a 5 gallon bucket. I waited 2.5 days for the chlorine to dissipate.  I added compost, boiled potato, yeast, and molasses. I waited 2 days, and there was foam on top. As I understand it, that means the solution is ready to use.

But here is the problem: I am supposed to dilute the solution 10 to 1, or even 20 to 1. But all I have is tap water. I have nothing to hold 40 to 80 gallons of tap water to wait for the chlorine to dissipate. Not knowing what else to do, I diluted the JMS with straight up tap water. I might have killed all the microbes, but oh well.

What should I have done? Everybody seems to say not to use the undiluted  JMS. But I wonder, if the JMS was disbursed over the soil, not poured on the plants directly, or even poured very near the plants, would it still be dangerous.

Maybe I should give up on the idea.
 
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if it makes you feel any better, i have done the same thing, with JADAM as well as with beermaking and a whole bunch of other applications (sourdough, most notably) and absentmindedly used tap water, and everything was fine. When I make my bokashi starter, which sounds a lot like what you did (I use rice washing water and molasses during the process), and this has happened, it still worked just fine. I'd not worry about it too much. I'd be really surprised if it had any bad effect.

In the future, you could consider diluting it part at a time, as I believe it can stay at the pre-diluting stage for a while without an issue. Maybe do 5 gallons at a time, if that's all you have the bucket space for.
 
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to add, I don't think undiluted JMS would be dangerous, but I don't think it would have any great effects for your plants either. if you really were worried about getting rid of it safely, it might heat up a compost pile nicely, which molasses can do.
 
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