Healthy Soil Simplified

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How do I create healthy soil? That was one of the big questions I had going into farming. Soil health is a bit complicated but the path to creating healthy soil is not.
In today's video we talk about the simple steps to improving soil health.
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@matthewfarrell317 4 года назад

Liked the video, just one thing. Plants don't split CO2, it's pretty stable and the energy required is a lot. Instead, they split water, dump the oxygen from that into the air and bond the hydrogen to the CO2 to make sugar chains.

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Solid clarification

@jamesonlondon7081 3 года назад

instablaster.

@andrewmullen5770 2 года назад

Super fascinating 👍

@AnthonyBolognese710 Год назад

Correct. CO2 gets incorporated via rubisco. It’s aggregated, not split. CO2 is a fundamental component of all carboxylic acids. The only caveat here is that the C=O bond is broken likely via nucleophilic attack but that’s because O prefers to be bonded to H in certain situations so it can stabilize with Hydrogen bonds.

@thomcdixon Год назад

Ahhh bringing back memories of O chem and molecular bio. Thank you all 🙏

@MrDaltofrevr 4 года назад

Boogie brew out of Redding CA sells inline water filters that remove chlorine and chloramine as well as other particulate contaminants

@gpenicaud Год назад

Great video! An additional piece of advice for clay-heavy soils: clay retracts and cracks when it's dry. You can use this to your advantage by planting (cover) crops that strongly pull water during the drier months of your climate. The deep drying will create cracks that allow for excellent water penetration and root exploration. Concerning Daikon radish performing poorly in clay: we have up to 40% clay in some parts, and the radish is still able to grow 20-30 centimeters inside the ground (and another 20-30 outside) with a 5-10cm circumference. Great for a form of bio-tillage where you seed Daikon on the future crop row, making for a very easy to prepare row (even with handtool) for a spring crop.

@colbykinney5633 4 года назад

Plants consuming microbes is called rhyzophagy...the bacteria sheds it's cell wall and enters the root tip. Sometimes the plant absorbs it and sometimes they exchange minerals and amino acids then the bacteria reconstructs it's cell wall then exits the root hair tip.

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Yeah and it's super fascinating stuff!

@stonedapefarmer 4 года назад

Well, I learned a new word today...

@REGENETARIANISM 4 года назад

@@notillgrowers Here's a great video presentation of rhizophagy with Dr. James White ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MhXGfPTdQ_k.html

@billiverschoore2466 2 месяца назад

@@stonedapefarmer James white on the rhizophagy cycle. 🌳🕊💚

@rustinpeace7466 4 года назад

Wow you covered everything I've learned in the last 5 years about soil health. People like Steve Solomon and John Kempf have guided my thinking and they have obviously left their impact on you. There are so many components to soil health that it can be a bit overwhelming but for the average grower always be growing a great diversity of plants and leave the soil in place as much as possible and you will be just fine.

@stonedapefarmer 4 года назад

I think the important point that Dr. Ingham makes is that soil literally IS minerals... at least, the parts of it that aren't organic matter and soil biology. The basis of soil is just rock that's broken down over millions of years, and those rocks are comprised of minerals. But you're spot on in saying that many of those minerals just aren't accessible because the soil microbiology isn't there to convert it into plant available forms. Adding nutrition that's more soluble can help in the short term, but those microbial inoculants you mentioned are the key to long term soil health. With regard to water filters, I really liked the filters that the Boogie Brew guy sells when I was still irrigating (now I do dry gardening.) They're rated for 10,000 gallons. I didn't do any water testing to see if it took out everything that it was supposed to, but the plants seemed to do better with it, and I was able to harvest some really nice soil out of there when I had to move my garden. Just make sure to take it in for the winter. I forgot and ruined mine.

@AwoudeX 2 года назад

In 2018 i moved to a new place with a relatively sizeable garden. The soil was very compacted and void of worms because it got saturated with water that couldn't go anywhere. The corporation that rents out the houses had placed drainage pipes which adressed this issue a bit, but the soil still was void of life, prone to getting compacted again too. A neighbour had a compost bin with legions of worms in them. I asked him if he could toss some of those into my compost bin. In 2019 i tilled most of the soil i wanted to grow crops in and mixed in what little compost i produced in the areas i estimated to be containing the least organic materials. The worms spreaded throughout my entire garden in that year and in 2020 i tilled again, mixing again in the stuff i composted. I'll continue to do this till my soil becomes less and less prone to compacting over the season.

@rosea830 4 года назад

That's great info! I only spray copper on my pear trees for fireblight and after that I'm just trying to plant pest resistant varieties. I don't have time to baby anything, so if it doesn't survive Bugville, it doesn't get planted next year. I will say getting eggplant up off the ground 3 feet does discourage flea beetles. Not a market grower, though, just growing to feed my family. Growing fodder beets for my chickens for the first time this year and I had no clue they existed, but they seem to be doing as good a job as daikon breaking up the soil.

@SeeStuDo 2 года назад

Growing 4 years in old storage bins and long window box type beds, I can say that by chopping and dropping for mulch, planting high diversity, and leaving roots in the soil to decay have made my soil produce better every year. I mulch and add to it with plant waste from inside gardens over the winter and grow a few legumes here and there (adding that a lot more this year). I have at least 1 perennial per box/section of bed and let a number of things reseeed (lime balm, basils, Cilantro, dill, lettuces) heavily to have patches of cover crop emerge in Spring that are easily "weedable" . Seems the more continuous life I have working in the soil, the better my wanted plants produce.

@forcesfarming8511 4 года назад

This has been one of the best soil videos I've seen. Well done Jesse!! Great job you guys.

@sk8rdadgonnagrow191 4 года назад

Glad to have had your video in my recommended list. I’m very interested in Dr. Ingham’s way of looking at soil health and a beginner gardener. Glad to have found your channel 👍

@mattoja8857 4 года назад

Great job JESSE

@tanjawestfall-greiter9814 4 года назад

Awesome. So important for folks who are put off by scientific language to get them thinking. What I've experienced in the journey is a paradigm shift, from plants as takers (extraction) to plants as givers. They work to achieve ideal conditions in their root zone, so the more we support that, the better.

@missrachael1709 Год назад

In a sea of good to middling to rubbish to excellent RU-vid videos on gardening and everything else of interest to our species, you are very good at delivering good information succinctly with passion & gravitas. Thank you.

@rory6089 3 года назад

You deserve way more subscribers, but I've no doubt this will come in time 😊👍🍀

@dougruby6591 Год назад

I really appreciate all your info.

@MistressOP 4 года назад

those paths look so much better. good job

@regenerativelifestylecommu3296 4 года назад

Excellent video.

@EDLaw-wo5it Год назад

I am astounded of the progress my little garden has made even though I have yet to raise a full crop. Just a small amount of amendments have turned the soil around. It ain’t good yet but it is a start. I discovered just today when I probed it for a soil test. When I receive the results I can really get after it. Jesse you and yours havagudun.

@jgherreragarcia 4 года назад

Excelente información, aprendizaje de palabras nuevas. Gracias como siempre.

@bharatkukreti8449 Год назад

What a knowledgeable man....Voila!!. You made me understand the the real importance of no till farming. Great...presentation bro.thanks.

@n8mail76 Год назад

Most people who are put off by scientific language will accept anything said as long as it sounds scientific. Thanks for the video!

@making.fronds 2 года назад

We are converting some lawn into a garden. We tarped for 2 months and the resulting soil was super compacted clay. I have injuries so can’t do things like broadfork, and as a microbiologist I can’t bring myself to even consider tilling, no way I’m breaking up those precious microbial communities. Instead, I planted giant carrots! They are growing pretty well! After they’re big enough, we will put some chickens in there to scratch them up, poop, and eat the greens to allow the taproot to decompose and feed the soil life. I love the idea so much I’ve showed carrots in every place I want to start a garden next summer 😍😍

@matthewthomason715 Год назад

I use reverse osmoses units on any water source I will be gardening with. Bulk reef supply is where I get all my water filter needs. I have used them for years; they can be plumbed strait in to existing plumbing and ran automatically using float valves and external, inline booster pumps. There are companies that build industrial sizes but the cost goes up hugely as you get bigger. Using water reservoirs; a 150 gallon per day unit may work; costing a couple $300. they make units that will do huge amounts like 8000 gpd. If you water source is free this is a great option. If you pay for water; the process uses a high amount of water so if your paying for water or water is limited it may not be the best option. If you have well, city, or creek water then it is perfect.

@Marshall_Weber 4 года назад

Awesome Video!!

@magapefarmshomestead6453 4 года назад

BRIX is a great tool but it does not just measure sugars it also measures mineral content. But either way the higher the BRIX the healthier the plant and the better tasting it produce.

@RLTIII Год назад

Water filtration systems One-time purchase never needs replacement Spin-down filters with automatic backwash. You can get them in various filter Mesh densities for really efficient cleaning. Possible to get all the way to a 1 micron filter with a little bit of ingenuity. A 5 micron filter is used for RO water.

@billherrick3569 4 года назад

Good info. Thanks. MULCH-MULCH-MULCH on.

@kevinbrennan2004 3 года назад

Learned heaps.. Thanks.

@philandhannahslittlefarm1464 4 года назад

Great great video!

@Member3285 Год назад

Why haven't I seen your channel recommended sooner on youtube!? Great words, amigo. Subbed, liked, time to binge! Your science verbal judo is groovey.

@williamgibson2760 3 года назад

Always a great topic and your knowledge and humility in presenting are both comforting and engaging, Jesse. I suggest 1st thing is to know your soil type & texture. This in USA from the USDA Soil Survey. Invaluable to know % sand silt clay, physical and mineral and hydrological qualities of the soil, stoniness, depths of A B C horizons - very helpful understanding potential, limitations, having realistic expectations, and how the soil health principles will work in certain ways, at certain depths, over certain time (I don't mean certain like a defined or set amount of time, this is not in the Soil Survey, but to judge better by knowing more - you, me, the stewards, farmers, growers - that we know more, grasp some of the geology, history, predicted appropriate land-uses, etc.). Always during, before and after learning more then go out and lie on the land, sit on it, roll around on it, and especially get down close to surface in many places and be still - watch, listen, dig a little, peel back a bit of dead residue, sod, under some mulch, or dead grass - live with it, love it, thank God for it! The get to work, you're a farmer dammit! :)

@poeticpursuits1332 Год назад

My neighbors drive right through our garden. Fighting compaction is something I have long since given up on.

@ryanduckering 4 года назад

Personally I think compaction can be addressed biologically in the same way No-Till addresses almost every other issues like water holding capacity, nutrients, etc......Add organic matter. It doesn't matter what it is. Fresh crop residues and mulches. Ive done this in my 1/4 acre vegetable garden. Never tilled or forked anything. Started with an initial 5-8cm layer of imported compost to get the bed going, then just continue to regularly add crop residue and woodchips/manures on top of the soil. This addition of organic mass just stimulates worm/microbial/fungal life to move through and aerate the soil while they operate. I've been doing this for four years now (it doesn't always look.pretty to have decomposing crop residues) and some of my beds have six inches of soft black crumbly soil which has become homogeneous with the original clay soil undernearth.

@lmack3024 3 года назад

"bioturbation" is the fancy word for this concept! very cool stuff

@timpye6162 2 года назад

after weeks of rain my clay rich soil has turned to rock after 3 weeks of winter sun or in shaded areas to sticky heavy composition that starves roots of oxygen. Many australian natives have died despite that I had a thick cover of wood chip. in fact the wood chip I think turned the clay very alkaline which may have contributed to the acid loving dead natives. ?. I'm now adding commercial garden soil over the wood chip and sowing clover as a winter mulch to encourage microbial life. I have no other option to open the soil. the worms are helping, they seem to be able to handle the clay. it's not a quick process. In hindsight I should have plowed in mushroom compost into the original clay before I planted anything. Now I'm building raised beds over the clay where I want vegs to grow and preping those with whatever goodies I can find or make, biochar ect.

@christianmuller2725 4 года назад

Good points, but one thing : Bt does not harm any insect except caterpillars eating treated leafs. With Neem you are right, it's harming beneficial insects, too.

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Okay, I stand corrected! Thanks

@83GreenGiant 4 года назад

Gret video!

@timsonder8467 4 года назад

Jesse, that was amazing! You got all that in so quickly! I'm stunned. And everything you said bears repeating like a mantra. Want to share this with everyone I've been trying to "convert." I haven't done a soil test in years and maybe now I will. I liked to bit about supporting seedlings which had a tough start. I keep encountering new gardens with new "soil" ... Generally a very woody mix... with plants which geminate and then stop growing with only one or zero true leaves. I say it's the lack of biology, but can't offer a fix for this season. Ideas?

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Hm. It could be biology but it could also be the woody mix sucking up nitrogen. Try adding some alfalfa meal before planting to see if that helps give the plants a boost?

@timsonder8467 4 года назад

@@notillgrowers that is what I have been trying (or fish emulsion and kelp) and suspected as well. Finding helps established plants but tiny seedlings stay stalled in suspended animation. Been listening to John Kempf and you with Neal Kinsey and wondering if it's more complicated interaction. Thanks!

@lyndalent Месяц назад

Love ur video

@lautanasrifishing8138 6 месяцев назад

Very nice ..👍👍

@yarnybart5911 2 месяца назад

I have a largeish vegetable patch next to my garden in Somerset, England. Adjoining thus is a 2 acre field that ysed to be an orchard long befire my time. Its was just a field if grasses and weeds when i arrived 6 years ago. The soul us a rich loam soil which makes the fueld too fertile for wild flowers and the veggie patch soil easily compacted. Over the last few years ive been cutting and baling tge fueld, the bales are sold and pay fir the haymakinh. Ive git into the habit if ysing a lot if tge grass clippings as regular mulches in the vegetable patch and have niticed a dramatic improvement in soil drainage and biodivetsity. Ive also started growing fueld beans over winter which further imprives the doil structure and provudes a tasty crop in early summer. I siw the fueld beans in late autumn. I cant affird to buy im lots of compost and whilst i make some of my iwn, this is only enough for yse in a polytunnel and sone raised beds. For the rest i rely on what i have in abundance - grass. I can recommend fueld beans, very cheap to buy, grow easily in our mild climate and theyre just cut to the grou d after harvesting and the roots rot in the soil. Anither great video, thanks.

@mauricelaurin5923 Год назад

Had to laugh when you whipped out a refractometer. I’ve only seen it used in machine shops testing coolant.😂😂learn something daily 😎

@juliewilliams793 Год назад

Thanks

@notillgrowers Год назад

Thank you 🙌

@davidradovanovic1087 11 месяцев назад

good video

@KansasGardenGuy 4 года назад

I use the Boogie Blue filters here in the country in my county. First year using it and it seems to help alot in growth and health of our veggies. But it also has very low pressure coming out of it so it works for my drip but not awesome for overhead wate r ing.

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Interesting. I saw those come up in a search. Curious how they work. Have you tested the water?

@KansasGardenGuy 4 года назад

@@notillgrowers no I have not, mey be a good idea to do that.

@gavinpeterson6473 Год назад

I hope that you will be able to see this comment! First of all, I love this video and all the content you make! What is your best advice for going about addressing garden soil that has been growing great crops for over 8 years yet I want to get into the awesome No-Till method? And I, for some unknown reason, hadn’t been mulching my garden ( I have mulch now, but I hadn’t had it previously from 2016-2022). And which brand would you recommend for a broad fork? I’m not quite sure which brand I should go with.

@natsellar8982 Год назад

You don't need a soil test.... you just need faith that haulistic soil practices work.

@Dr_Xyzt 3 года назад

Battling compaction is a thing. The reality is, don't feel bad about putting a fork in the ground and giving it a tweak. Think like you're cracking a nut. Just break the soil, assuming your soil is the way you want it for the most part. -- Recently, I've adopted pop-up sprinklers since I'm trying to avoid doing flooded rows. So, my duty to nature is to duplicate the way the plants lived in their natural habitat. By doing that, I'm allowed to adjust the angle of the sprinkler in the ground, and allow the sprinkler to hit something else instead of directly hitting the plant. Wish me luck on this one. I'm trying something somewhat new.

@compiticny1445 3 года назад

Growing up dad would hand me a posthole digger and extend the back fence a post or two a year. I would have to go as deep as possible and add what I dugout to the compost pile.

@rhyothemisprinceps1617 2 года назад

Re: transport of minerals - one thing I have wondered about is impact of reduction in numbers of migrating birds and insects, especially to and from coastal areas. I've read that there were once massive flocks of migrating birds that would block the sun for hours as they passed. I expect they would act as a means of transport for minerals.

@wirelesscaller7518 Год назад

We used to have 6 bre type s,about 11 butterflies species, 8 birds at feeders. After is nothing. Now only 3 black birds, a few cardinal, oneprs bees, two type butterflies. Coastal losses heartbreaking.

@dominicberkhahn9532 4 года назад

Thanks for the brandname of the compost spreader. I hope that I can buy such a Tool in Germany.

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Cool. It comes in 24" and 48" right now. like I said, I'll do a video about it at some point to fill people in.

@thefamilyfarm9035 4 года назад

Brixometer!

@bluphoenix2267 Год назад

Great video Jesse!! Excellent breakdown. So much great info here. 😉

@jayjones749 4 года назад

Great video and what’s your podcast named? And boogie blue plus is great inline water filter

@ad-rock603 Год назад

Saved the best for last

@KrazyKajun602 4 года назад

Dang you are a wealth of knowledge!!! Makes my head hurt!

@dragoniousmaximus7304 4 года назад

That's the truth! I thought I was on 1.5 speed and had to check lol

@0626love 4 года назад

:) Cabbages are the hardest to grow organically in my area (Europe, Estonia) - all those insects.... Any special tips for cabbages, anyone??! Please do an episode about cabbages (I try to grow all of them - white/red head cabbages, cauliflower, Brussels sprout, kale)!! You may wanna ask why cabbages. But together with allium family, they are one of the healthiest (anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory etc.)!!

@lmack3024 3 года назад

Row covers! And plenty of beneficial insect habitat nearby, too. Maybe even see if you can buy parasitoid wasp eggs online--I knew a guy who used those for flea beetles with a lot of success

@AwoudeX 2 года назад

Over here we use netting. It is flexible enough to allow for the plants to grow just fine and the holes are small enough to prevent most plagues.

@beateschluter664 2 года назад

Actually, i don't have good much experience with brassicas. Here in Germany, I always had caterpillars and white Flies. This year, i bought some seedlings, just because i had some gaps to fill, And voila, Lots of White Butterflies but hardly any damage. I sprayed bt once, though, when i saw the first holes. I suppose, the reason is that i planted all the cabbages in different spots and this year, i had nearly all of my beds planted During Winter. That Made a huge difference for soil life.

@bryanunbound 4 года назад

Do you ever offer farm tours to the public? I live just down the road in Frankfort and would love to come see your farm sometime. I'd even let you put me to work in return!

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Usually, yes, but not during covid. Hope to resume in 2021.

@bryanunbound 4 года назад

@@notillgrowers, I thought that might be the case, but thought I'd ask. Thanks!

@davidford694 4 года назад

I feel like I have been trying to drink from a fire hose!

@combitz 4 года назад

Jesse is a gem for condensing a mass of information into 10 minutes. Great video and lots of reminders in that content. You might want to try Elain Ingham to start off, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xzthQyMaQaQ.html I'd avoid the KNF route if just starting out as it's a deep rabbit hole but location and context is always key. Hope that helps a little.

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Maybe "simplified" was an ambitious term here haha!

@combitz 4 года назад

@@notillgrowers I believe it was simplified, and very well. You could discuss each one of the many, many individual areas for hours just to get a basic overview and understanding, so it was great to get a detailed overview of what is involved in soil health. Anyone can watch this video again and again and each time think oh I'd forgot about that and off they go to either brush up or start the process of investigation/implementation. It's goooood.

@davidford694 4 года назад

@@combitz Having condensed it so well, I would be grateful indeed if he expanded it!

@dragoniousmaximus7304 4 года назад

Lmao

@olgacaballero1998 2 года назад

I've seen on another gardening channel, that if you add very small amount of vitamin C to a barrel of coronated water, it neutralizes clorine and something else.

@pran7003 Год назад

there is a video of ancinet garden fields they found in the Amazon - they discovered a lot of charcoal mixed into the soil - supposedly they tried it out and said their plants were much more prolific

@Tcrim354 2 года назад

Subscribe, liked, and bought the book

@swrtsolutionsinc.1092 2 года назад

Crop plants maintain a "rhizosphere", or a concentrated area of microbial activity close to the root. The rhizosphere is the most active part of the soil ecosystem because it is where the most readily available food is, and where peak nutrient and water cycling occurs. Microbial food is exuded by crop roots to attract and feed microbes that in turn provide nutrients (and other compounds) to the plant at the root-soil interface where the plants can take them up. Since living roots provide the easiest source of food for soil microbes, growing long lived roots that feed the foundation species of the soil food web as much as possible during the growing season should be a goal of farmers seeking a productive and profitable crop. Roots associated with SWRT membranes have been shown to last all season long, contributing greatly to the improvement of soil quality because they have the nutrients and moisture they need.

@m1ndflowmaticgaddy209 2 года назад

Like to he vlog growmie esp with the brix talk

@bencuthbert8915 4 года назад

This is great thankyou! Would love to hear your advice for heavy clay soils. I have soil you can make pottery with. Slowly building organic matter into it but it's a mission.

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Clay is tough! Generally speaking, starting out with a large heap of compost tilled into the soil with compost teas and then a cover crop is the ideal way to get a clay garden going. Also capping it lasagne-style with compost and straw layers is a more never-till approach. Get roots, biology, and organic matter in there. That's the best place to start.

@ajb.822 4 года назад

I grew up in a heavy clay area, & since married, lived in one place where my yard had pockets like that. I my limited experience + knowledge so far ( from no til, permaculture, Alan Savory etc. ) I'm for not tilling it ( clay esp. ) AT ALL ( excepting properly used broadfork) - put compost ON TOP . Tilling just makes it lose soil structure even more, as most everyone on here likely knows, but I wouldn't til in a cover crop, or root crop etc. - Leave it alone ! I wouldn't use straw on clay, esp. /at least in a humid climate. In my exp. It will often get really slimy. Hay is way better. Grass, leaves etc. , or small-chipped woodchips that will break down fast, is best, to get faster improvements. Animal bedding plus plus. Manure etc. I've heard others say they've had great results with helping jump start microbial activity. I would work at sourcing herbicide-free sources of plant matter mulches n just mulch the heck out of it ( or compost it 1st if that would give u issues) . Then use bigger woodchips in walkways & edges.

@curiouscat3384 3 года назад

I too, started with heavy clay soil (NC red clay) 10 yrs ago in my .25 acre backyard garden. You're right - it's a long-term mission to transform it with amendments. Thinking about the formula for loam which is Sand 40%, Silt 40%, Clay 20%, I realized that turning in a few inches of compost and hay (my favorite too :) every year was never going to transform my 16" deep clay beds. So I quit turning the whole bed, add about 6" compost, manure and hay (grass) on top in the fall, and only stir up the actual holes or trenches with more compost at planting time. As soon as plante,d I top it with solid flakes of hay to retain temp and moisture in the dead of summer. After a few years I finally have some beautiful loamy beds that don't turn into hard cracked "pottery" in June :) And as the other comment suggested, Oak and Maple leaves are the bulk ingredient in my compost. I don't lay them on top as mulch because they're too slow to break down whole.

@davidpatrick1813 2 года назад

Here in coastal North West ... plenty of wetness... but my tiny garden got too much grass growing and I am wondering how to let it decompose with mulch somehow. I need to plan for next year spring (2023) so want to control it better... I try to weed eat for now and let grass clippings go back into it.

@SommaRob 2 года назад

Was looking for a subject that was related to my question, this seemed the closest (that I found) When first preparing a bed, how much do you prepare, amend, level, burm, etc? Why? I live in ROCKland county STONY Point. I agree with No Till - I'm bought in, but also I have a LOT of rocks here. Rare areas of sandy loam, vast majority is clay (Near Haverstraw NY - Brick making capital at one time) I am leaning toward major disruption (residential land) until I get rocks up to a certain size out of my planned beds, then making raised beds, layering with compost/and organic matter, and protecting from ground hogs and the rare deer that gets past my outer fences. Maybe this is more work than necessary? but The rocks seem to keep moving up as the organic matter moves down. Thoughts? My available area is perhaps .1 acre of my total 1 acre as I am on a slope for most. I feel, initial disturbance for prep and then continued no till and KNF etc will benefit the soil in the long run. Am I delusional? My wife says yes :) TY Jesse!

@vondabyers9425 2 года назад

I would love to dry farm but I live in Oklahoma

@tarjei99 4 года назад

If the soil freezes, it will be fluffy when it thawes. This only last for a short while and then it is back to how it was. This is a very good time to break up clumps of e.g. clay. You will notice that it is very easy to remove weeds.

@chrisshepherd8708 3 года назад

Calcium loosens up soil, magnesium tightens up a soil.

@chantallachance4905 4 года назад

I live in Québec my urban garden have 400 feets for 2 personnes and its my first year with the korean natural farming method and I love it so much Super easy to do almost free and the garden look so healthy What do you use to pump the compost tea in your garden

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

I just use a small sprayer- nothing fancy!

@MrSeney1 4 года назад

Bonjours Chantal du Québec moi aussi ! Vous trouvez ça facile le NKF ! vous pouvez me donner quelques exemples à suivre pour un jardinier amateur? Je fais mon vermicompost mais cette méthode que vous mentionnez m’avait l’air compliqué à première vue malgré ma curiosité a connaître cette pratiques, toujours plaisant de dire un salut aux québécois quand il se prononce! Bonne journée!

@chantallachance4905 4 года назад

danny s sur le site NKF il y a un tableau que l’on peu imprimer Les colonnes sur le tableau explique bien avec quel engrais nous devons arroser a chaque stade de croissance de la plante Christ Trump sur youtube explique les recettes (OHN je l’ai remplacer avec du sucre)

@johnandleighs.9193 4 года назад

Great video Jessie I to be belive step 1 is testing. Then Step 2 is to know the target levels we are aiming for. Dan Kettridge of the BFA got together with other top Agronomist and agreed what the Albright mineral balances should be. See Introduction to soil minerals by Steve Forester of the BFA RU-vid video. Ounce we know from testing what we have we need to know how and where to take it. Keep up the great work. John S.

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Thanks, y'all!

@sethcooper1850 4 года назад

The teachings of Albrecht and now Kitteridge are pseudoscience. Look up the university research if you doubt me.

@johnandleighs.9193 4 года назад

@@sethcooper1850 send the link. I've tried this approach and have weighed and measured the results over 7 years. I have no doubts in this approach.

@Cherryparfait41 2 года назад

I do a lot of no till, but I have tunneling critters…any thoughts? I feel like I’m always mixing up the soil intentionally to not leave the tunnels. This can cover a lot of ground.

@rufia75 2 года назад

Hey Jesse, I don't know if you check old video comments, but 9:30 - 9:39 I've been looking at things like boogie blue, etc for my setup as my municipality puts both chlorine and chloramine in the water. Do you have any experience or insight into whether these devices actually do much for soil health and veg production? I'm wondering if it's worth the cost and effort or not. I'd probably get them with quick connect attachments.

@tarjei99 4 года назад

I have grown potatoes to loosen the soil.

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

I actually think sweet potatoes as a cover crop would do an amazing job at this

@lievendevreese5035 4 года назад

@@notillgrowers They go deep, true, but how can you harvest the sweet potatoes without disturbing the soil too much?

@thecurrentmoment 4 года назад

I've heard that rototilling is more damaging than plowing because it breaks up the soil aggregates - it could be that digging up potatoes, etc disturbs the soil but without breaking up the soil aggregates, and so maintaining the soil structure. Perhaps

@lmack3024 3 года назад

@@notillgrowers What's your opinion on daikon "tillage" radishes for this same purpose? I think between alfalfa left for a whole season and plenty of big taproots in the soil you could make a lot of difference in just a year.

@michaelegan6931 2 года назад

Any thoughts on Kangen water or Electrolized water?

@jonsmith7504 4 года назад

Do you need to worry about soil ph when growing no till this way?

@przybyla420 3 года назад

Worm castings are another addition that boosts beneficial bacteria and other critters perhaps. My two word answer to this question is ORGANIC MATTER. I figure if you’re on clay or sand you need, mainly, a ton of compost (or rotted manure or worm castings or mulch if you have the time to wait around). If you are on dark loam, on the other hand, all you need is a little compost. Then there’s the trace nutrients. These are easy. If your soil is very clayey or very sandy why bother with a soil test until you have turned it into, well, soil.

@AwoudeX 2 года назад

in the process of making my poor nutrient sandy stuff into something more worthy of the name soil. With the limited resources i have, it took a few years, but there's structure now. During the growing season the soil now resists compacting to a degree that my plants are much healthier.

@JDAfrica 2 года назад

Love the cap!!!! 🧢

@dragonflygenetics420 3 года назад

Boogie blue hose water filter

@lievendevreese5035 4 года назад

I agree on copper, but I don't think Bt kills anything other than catterpilars. We haven't used it this year, no cabbage moths to be seen so far. Birds help too and can clean up an infested caterpillar crop in a couple of days.

@lyudmylasharma7768 2 года назад

bt kills beneficials including toads

@jdolew 6 месяцев назад

what do you think about using peat moss, since it's a nonrenewable resource? I'm trying not to use it so much.

@calebmiller1875 Год назад

Quick question if anyone knows... would letting tap water sit for a day be better when using it to water plants? Similar to when using tap water for fish

@anjawg 4 года назад

Did you came across the Earthfort analysis and principles already?

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Oh yeah, I did not mention biological analysis. Good addition!

@andrespkpasion 4 года назад

Biochar!

@svetlanikolova7673 4 года назад

All you have to do is add on top of the soil. DONT HAVE TO MIX OR TILL. JUST LAYER COMPOST AND MULCH EVERY YEAR. SIMPLIFY

@lisamoseley9914 4 года назад

Is it ok, good/bad, to mix ash from my burn pile into garden beds? Mostly oak and leaves are burned , but there is some pine ash, as well. Thanks for all this! Never knew there were 4 kinda of compost!

@4hoolie 4 года назад

Why do you burn leaves?

@acctsys 3 года назад

I think burning broken bones with the leaves might make the ash useful with calcium and phosphorus.

@AwoudeX 2 года назад

there's no harm if you don't burn anything else than wood that's not processed with chemicals, paint etc. as is stated, the leaves you can use directly as mulch layer where so desired, however take into account that they might somewhat acidify your soil and not all plants like that very much. Add a source of calcium at the right quantity to counter this.

@rochrich1223 3 года назад

I'll defend live BT.(GMO BT is a toxin bad for anything or anyone eating it.) Live BT wouldn't kill lacewings since it needs to be ingested by something with a neutral stomach ph. BT is very specific. The type that will take out caterpillars is different from the one that will take out beetle grubs. I agree that with time and high level soil health insect pressure will be less, but you have to stay in business until then.

@plantbasedlargefamily8724 4 года назад

Which soil test do you order from Logan labs?

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

It’s the one with all the micronutrients. Maybe 50 or 60 bucks?

@vonries 2 года назад

I'd love for someone to show how to read a refractometer(however it's spelled). How to read the bricks.

@siddhantkapoor7238 4 года назад

Please explain the korean technique you were talking about

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Check out Chris Trump’s YT channel--start at the top!

@dragoniousmaximus7304 4 года назад

It's called JADAM

@0626love 4 года назад

You may wanna sit down for this one - minerals also get into our ground from fusion - I mean some of the chemical elements get turned into new ones right before our eyes. A good example is little known ability of chickens cold fusion - in need of calcium, they can turn potassium into calcium (there is only one proton difference between calcium and potassium, certain natural resonant frequencies can do wonders). It is cutting edge nuclear science but anyone interested can listen to Edwin Kaal - "Edwin Kaal - The Structured Atom Model and Transmutations" - chicken topic at 25:40 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8_CCDD9eHRc.html

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

🤯

@vf555fotia7 4 года назад

Are you from Kentucky

@savedfaves 4 года назад

I feel no-tillers tend to overdo the broad-fork. I don't think it's good for the soil life. Dowding tested a bed with light broad-forking and other half with no broad-forking and it did better. Maybe some disturbance initially if the area is compacted, but then just get rid of the broad-fork and allow the life to work as you add that biology however you decide to.

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

So, my understanding is that Charles does not Broadfork. He literally flips the bed over, placing compost in trenches underneath. It's a pretty standard tillage. I could be wrong but worth watching him explain it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-caVYbsM3Qhs.html

@ianharding2590 4 года назад

Are you just smooshing the leaves in the garlic press to extract the liquid to use on the refractometer?

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Yep!

@ilikedachickaaaan 4 года назад

Do people use burdock as a cover crop to break up compaction? It’s a valuable crop that grows pretty quick with huuuge deep roots

@paxtianodirtfrog8947 4 года назад

I should stop saying this because I sound like Captain Obvious but well done again. I have a question/thought about something I think may be effecting my soil health that I think you may relate to and maybe have more insight. When I visited yall's farm I noticed that your compost that you buy in is wood chip heavy and maybe not the greatest thing(like what I have available locally).The woody material is landscape waste. I think I also admitted to you when there that I have had jobs were I used a lot of chemical herbicides(not my proudest moment). From that experience I know that landscape waste is probably loaded with residual pr-emergent. A lot of waste streams have the same problem. How serious do you think it is and how well do you think the biology can eventually remediate this? It is a big concern of mine but being familiar with widespread herbicide use I can't think of many waste streams that are safe from this.

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Oh this is certainly a concern and issue! I worry a lot about residuals--about the various chemicals that could be in our compost and water ways. I do believe the biology will eventually remediate it, but it's absolutely a concern. For ourselves, we are working more towards a cover cropping-based system for mulches. Wish I had a great straw source as well--help cool off our soils! But as for compost, I worry. for sure.

@lievendevreese5035 4 года назад

@@notillgrowers We refuse to use (conventional) straw because of possible residues! Our own straw (aprox. 1 acre) is not weed-free, so we only use it to sow cover crops in the fall. Just spreading the seeds and covering with a layer of straw.

@Lawiah0 3 года назад

Healthy Soil? Will plants produce seeds (reproduce) if those plants lack Healthy Soil?

@denisdufresne5338 Год назад

I do not agree with the soil tests necessity because those tests are only good to see what nutriments are currently available and not what can be made available by microorganisms and plants with their acide production which dissolves minerals in the soil. In fact, there is only one good thing that always works in any type of soil is adding carbon matter on your soil, as nature does since million of years. This only action constructs the best living soil ever for vegetables and the best proof is visually look at the worms density in your soil because they are at the end of the food chain. So I feel that analysis are a waste of money and time. By the way you do a great job with the way you provide us really good information. Go No-Till Go!

@MechaNick03 Год назад

Depends on the soil test last one i did measured availability and total, it measures carbon/nitrogen balance, structure, humus production, organic matter stable/dynamic, CEC, microbial mass, microbial activity and fungal to bacterial ratio so i would say there pretty handy

@rachabeff3212 4 года назад

Arent you supposed to walk backward while spraying? Like backing away from what you have sprayed rather than walking through it?

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Not so worried about that with compost teas, but probably not the worst idea to walk backward.

@rachabeff3212 4 года назад

Im glad it wasnt chemicals. Phew! That was my concern! Be safe out in thos crazy world.

@dragoniousmaximus7304 4 года назад

@@rachabeff3212 someone didn't watch the whole video!!!!!!!!

@notvadersson 4 года назад

“The Sahara Desert just literally blew across the Atlantic Ocean.” Lol. More healthy minerals or will we all be hosting cactus gardens before long? 🤷‍♂️ Ps: Anyone have non-weld DYI broadfork idea?

@dragoniousmaximus7304 4 года назад

Craigslist and eBay. I just bought a nice little 4ft 4 prong and it works just as good. 40 bucks

@lucasgrewthis2479 4 года назад

What can i do intead of using bt for caterpillars?

@notillgrowers 4 года назад

Insect cover where you can. Use more cover crops before any prone brassicas. Increase predator habitat (flowers and birdhouses etc). Do everything you can to improve soil health

@ryanwillett728 4 года назад

@@notillgrowers We planted spinach over the winter, and it came up wonderfully, and seemingly over night we were over run with army worms. I know the biology isn't right (working on it) but loosing bed after bed to something like that is heart breaking. Wish there was a better way. I did get a tidbit on beneficial nemo's that would possibly help with this issue. Thoughts?