Why Roots grow Hairs in No Till Organic Vegetable gardening 101 for beginners. Good Question – it works to bring more nutrients & water to the plants. Organic Gardening 101.
VIDEO: Why Roots grow Hairs in No Till Organic Vegetable gardening 101 for beginners.
Why Roots grow Hairs in No Till Organic Vegetable gardening 101 for beginners. Good Question – it works to bring more nutrients & water to the plants. Organic Gardening 101.
Some years ago, an organic farmer said to me that he knew a farmer who was having a lot of problems because he had too much compost in his fields. Since then, I've always wondered how it is that you can have too much "nutritious" compost in the garden. It seems you're answering that here.
ย I will have to listen again and again to fully understand, and also go back to your videos (which I've already watched several times…I'm a slow learner) about mychorrisal fungi (my spell checker is useless with that word and I still cannot remember how to spell it).ย
Question: I'm not sure what I'm looking at in the 400X magnification of the kale root. It looks like something with a rounded end… NOT a hair. Is the "hair" folded over to form that shape? Or is the hair actually very thick and shaped like that?
Also: Could you please tell me where I could find that list of plants that do and do not use the Soil Food Web, etc?
Thanks, Mark! Watching your videos is better than any university!
Mark, Thank you for your excellent videos.
I have been gardening in raised beds filled with composted wood "chips" (Back to Eden method). I refill the beds in the fall. Should I be adding a layer of dirt each season when I am adding a new layer of composted chips? Is this the solution?
Denis
great video, keep them coming
Another excellent presentation, Mark!
Thanks Mark!
Thank you!
Amazing! I learn so much from your videos! Thank you.
How does animal manure from grazing affect this process (at what rate does the manure turn into quality soil)?
AS always Mark, very informative, you've made it much easier to understand what is going on in the soil structure, and the relationship between the plants and the soil working in harmony, Love it, Thanks again Mark.
Would LOVE to see you experiment with hugelcuktur beds! That would be a amazing series!
Thanks for shareing,… peace Dan
I am gardening for a short period of time (less then a year) on a piece of lousy soil (was a lawn) where there are many mice, they ate a lot of what i planted the other year, i wonder if the mice will go when my soil now has improved…
and what i have now in my garden is a kind of cabbage in between kohlrabi and broccoli….
never have seen such….:)
[ i dont blame the mice for that ]
Great video, this absolutely my favorite part of gardening. Most people don't know there is a difference between soil and compost, compost is just one step when I am building new beds, along with wood chips, cover crops, and other various matter I might find sitting around. My question is, and maybe I missed it, how do you feel about inoculants? Also, as long as there are live roots you should not have to inoculate again, correct?
Mark, thank you for offering such great lessons. I come away from every video with a lot of new knowledge. Grateful that you generously take the time to make these videos and share with us. God bless.
Thanks again Mark for the education
Perhaps you could inform your audience of the impacts pesticides and fungicides have on soil food web and ultimately healthy soil…thanks
What type of soil should I start my seeds in??
Hi Mark,
Thank you for another informative video. 2 questions that are a bit off topic. I'm starting to terminate a portion of my covers for early spring planting. I'm using black plastic. How long should I leave the plastic on to insure a successful termination? I have winter rye, crimson clover, hairy vetch, and winter peas as my covers.
2nd – I'm noticing A LOT of slugs in my covers. Is anything to be concerned with? Would you recommend taking any action at this point?
Thanks as always. I always look forward to your videos.
Thank you for the microscope footage Mark.
I just recently learned about fungi called dark septate endophytes. I was excited to find out that apparently they form symbiotic relationships even with "non-mycorrhizal" plant families. Very interesting stuff. I think you'll enjoy learning about them if you haven't already.
This led me to think about Masanobu Fukuoka's orchard. It happens that his orchard ground cover consisted of tall flowering daikon radish and mustard. This is kind of odd for a thriving fungal dominant forest system, especially since brassicas can actually degrade nearby mycorrhizae. At first I thought maybe the mycorrhizal fungi were linking up with the brassicas and using them as sacrificial offerings to the fruit trees, but that seems unlikely because brassicas appear to be resistant to colonization on their roots. Maybe this was an example of dark septate endophytes playing a role. Just a thought. Thanks again.
Hi, Mark. You are a great teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in an easy to comprehend way. ๐
Wow never seen this test before so thank you for sharing!
Thank you for another awesome, educational video. I noticed in previous videos that you had planted your tomatoes into leaf mold, which would be compost and not soil, and that they did very well. Do you plan to continue that process, or switch over to growing in soil, and let the soil food web supply the nutrients? Just curious which method you prefer. I grow my tomatoes in a covered hoop house/greenhouse. Wondering if I could do a cover crop with them in that environment? Otherwise, I'll have to be amending every year also. It is only my second year with it.
Wow! Thanks Mark! You do a great job of making all of this understandable! I really appreciate what you're doing!
Mark, non-mycorrhizal plants need mycorrhizal plants, because they enrich the soil. (51% to the ground :)) ?