Do you know that the orange skin leftovers can be useful.
First it became my model because of its odd shape. Depend on how it was teared, it would have artistic shape. The thin part of the skin is even semi-transparent, which is good for me to create the backlighting effect.
It can sit on the sofa.
It can lie on the sofa.
Do not under-estimate its artistic properties, it is rich in artistic texture.
I put it next to the windows, and can you see the little effect of backlighting?
It looked like a fat guy standing next to the windows looking outside.
With side-lighting, the texture of the inner part of an orange skin can be clearly seen.
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Well, besides the above, I did not throw it away at the end of the photography session. Instead, I used it to make enzyme.
Making enzyme is getting popular, and I also gave it a try. I only use orange skin to make the enzyme to prevent bad smell. The orange skin contain high citric acid which prevent it from getting smelly during the fermentation process.
My purpose is to make enzyme for washing and as fertilizer for my plants. Therefore, I use the cheapest ingredients. I am not sure if I can use the normal white sugar because most of the information I read does not say that white sugar can be used, they use brown sugar or honey instead. But why don’t I just give it a try!!! I will harvest it on 9th April this year.
My way of doing it is very simple, 3 parts of orange skin, 1 part of white sugar, and 10 parts of water. Leave some space in the bottle, keep everything clean during the whole process, shake and open the bottle every day to release the gas in the bottle.
Wish me success in making my first enzyme. :)
If you know what happen if I use white sugar to make enzyme, please tell me.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackbackhi, i want to know if we can use white sugar instead? i can’t get black sugar hence used white to do garbage enzyme…can ar?
-> cheersmommy, I have just harvested the enzyme last weekend. It seems okay and looks almost the same with the one made using brown sugar. Since I have only used orange and lime to make this enzyme, it smells very acidic (sour).
It is effective when used for washing. But I haven’t tried to use it on my plants yet. I afraid it is too acidic to my plants. According to the booklet I read, it should be mixed with 1000 times of water before it can be used to water the plants.
I mix it with 10 times of water for washing purposes. When I mixed it with water, I can hear a little bit of the sound of the gas coming out from the enzyme, like the one produce by soft drinks but not that much bubbles. The water mixed with the enzyme has a little bit of smell like wine. Actually the enzyme itself has the wine smell, but the sour smell has covered the wine smell.
Important 1:- I made this enzyme for washing and fertilizing my plants only. I did not make the enzyme for drinking. The one for drinking is usually made using fresh fruits instead of fruit skin and uses high quality honey.
Important 2:- I have read the difference between white sugar and brown sugar. The process of making white sugar involves a potpourri of chemicals; all finally showing their impact on our health in the long run by taking white sugar. Sulfur carryover puts health at stake. - Again, white sugar enzyme is not for drinking.
I think I should give some of the enzyme to someone who have more experience to test it and tell me what he / she finds about the enzyme that I have made.
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