I never even knew that! Wouldn't that be a genius pest control alternative?

Could be.... But you'd have to like quinoa enough to eat it off enough so your could collect the water. I've been on a dang plateau in my weight-loss efforts and recently went no carb to try to power thru it. It seems to be working, but, *gag*... I miss fruit and grains, and quinoa is considered a grain. Maybe I'll be back to getting a few carbs by the time the bugs start up.

The rinse water from quinoa tastes soapy. I've tried putting a little dish soap in some water to deter pests in the past and it turned out to be a real killer with our boiling hot Oklahoma sun -- for the PLANTS.

I have had luck with the soap when spraying at night after the sun is off. I do think OK gets a little hotter than in northwest AR however.

I eat a lot of grain, and I easily clean a 1 kg loaf of Sourdough bread by myself in a couple days, but I don't like quinoa; that would be my issue! Haha.

I've wondered if dilluted Sourdough left to ferment overnight (like a compost tea) would act as a fungicide.

Hmmmm. I hadn't thought of making fungicide from sourdough. I have heard people have good luck with milk. Or with baking soda in water. Haven't tried either, though. I would think I'd have to be careful with both, if combined with hot sun. I'm thinking about dropping either some soapy water or some quinoa water on top of cabbages, though, and then maybe throw some shade over them, when I start noticing those dang cabbage worms.

I like quinoa for breakfast with milk and raisins. There used to be a product called Malt-O-meal when I was a kid, a cooked cereal made from wheat, ground a little less fine than flour but more than bulgur, IDK if they still make it. But I really liked that and I think quinoa tastes like it. Quinoa has much more protein than oatmeal so I can probably go back to having some for breakfast after I get past this plateau.