How To Make Fermented Fruit Juice

Fermented fruit juice is important in organic farming. It can be used for human, animals and plants. In the Philippines it is commonly used by farmers practicing organic farming. In poultry and livestock it can be used as feed additives.

In making Fermented fruit juice (FFJ), you must prepare some ingredients:

• Any of the following fruits may be used in preparing the fermented fruit juice: ripe banana, mango, papaya, avocado or squash (citrus is not recommended)

• Clay or plastic jar

• Molasses or brown sugar (mascuvado)

• Clean sheet of paper

• String

Procedure

1.    Chop the above mention fruit. Include the skin and the seeds.

2. Put the chopped fruit into the clay jar and mix with one kilo of brown sugar.

3. Cover the mouth of the jar with a clean sheet of paper and tie firmly with a string.
4. Place the jar in a cool and shaded place.

5. Let ferment the mixture for seven days. It will produce  approximately two and a half liters of fermented fruit juice.

How To Use The fermented fruit juice

Just mix two tablespoons of the juice to one liter of water. Spray the resulting mixture directly to the leaves and soil of fruit-bearing trees, or it can be added to animal feeds.