Fermented Fruit Juice (FFJ)
PREPARING FERMENTED FRUIT JUICE (FFJ)
Fermented Fruit Juice (FFJ) is an artificial honey. It is a nutritional activation enzyme and is very
effective in natural farming. FFJ is a kind of FPJ that only uses fruits as its main ingredients. It is used
to revitalize crops, livestock and humans. As the main fruit ingredients, we can use Banana, Papaya,
Mango, Grape, Melon, Apple etc. (the fruits must be sweet).
Materials / ingredients needed:
Banana
Jaggery /Brown sugar
Container
Wooden stick (ladle)
Chopping board
Porous paper
How to make FFJ
1. Prepare at least 3 fully ripened fruits, either picked or fallen. Look for fruits that grow in your
locality. If the quantity of fruits is not sufficient, you may add supplementary ingredients such as
spinach roots, wild yam, cabbage, cucumber, zucchini and radish. (Use grapes only for grapes and
citrus for citrus fruits. These fruits are not good when used on other crops due to their cold and
sour characteristics.)
2. For 1 Kg of fruit ingredient, use 1.2 to 1.3 Kg of brown sugar (Jaggery) in summer and 1Kg in
winter. (One of the functions of brown sugar is to control moisture. During winter, temperature is
lower, thus, there is little need to control the moisture).
3. Wash and dry the jar to disinfect container in the sun.
4. Spread the sugar on the chopping board.
5. Dice your fruit ingredients starting with the sweetest. After dicing, smear sugar on the fruits and
put them in a container. This step should be taken quickly to prevent the loss of essential
substances. Fruits that are difficult to dice like grapes and strawberries may be slightly crunched
with clean fingers.
6. Use half of the sugar while dicing and pour the remaining half after all of the fruits have been diced
and placed in the container.
7. Slowly stir the mixture of diced fruits and sugar, about 2 to 3 times with a wooden stick. Since
temperature plays an important role in this process, stir the mixture with fewer strokes in summer
and with more strokes in winter.
8. Cover with porous paper and tie to the container. Porous paper allows a good amount of air
supply.
9. Let the mixture ferment. During summer, fermentation completes in 4 to 5 days. In winter the
process takes 7 to 8 days.
10. After fermentation, sprinkle some more sugar on the mixture and store in a cool and shaded place.
It is normal, that some sugar can still be found on the surface.
WHEN AND HOW TO USE FFJ
1. Changeover period: During this period, crops require ample amounts of phosphoric acid. Acid from
FFJs of less ripe fruits is good such as those from Grape, Papaya, Mulberry or Raspberry.
2. Reproductive growth: FPJs made from fully ripened fruits of apple, banana, mango, papaya, peach,
and grape are useful to supply the calcium demand of crops at this stage.
3. After the Changeover period of crops, they are applied with FFJ that has been diluted in 1:1000
ratio in water.
4. Spray it to chicken housing, vegetables, orchard for protection against diseases.
5. Plant activation enzyme is an indispensable material in Natural Farming. Activation enzyme
enables used main. Resources to be utilized in various application such as enzyme feed, enzyme
fertilizers.
6. It is an excellent output for re-energizing crops and livestock.
Note: When big bubbles pop during the fermentation process, it means the power of enzyme is weak,
and when tiny bubbles fiercely boil at once, it means power of enzyme is strong.
