Healthy soil is critical to having healthy plants. In this episode we will cover the 5 pillars or components to having healthy soil. In an organic garden this is even more true. Check out our new clothing line! http:www.freshpickedapparel.com
VIDEO: The 5 Pillars of Perfect and Healthy Soil
Healthy soil is critical to having healthy plants. In this episode we will cover the 5 pillars or components to having healthy soil. In an organic garden this is even more true. Check out our new clothing line! http:www.freshpickedapparel.com
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This is great. Very good to think about here in sunny Arizona. Think this is solving some of my problems. Thanks so much.
Great information! It really shows that anything in nature cannot be isolated or singled out. They are all connected with each other. Otherwise it would not work.
Luke, what do you cover your soil with when your crops are small? If I’m planting raised beds with rows of crops high intensity I have gaps of exposed soil. For example, when I plant lettuce in rotation there is a gap of about a foot (six inches each side) until those shoots mature. So for approximately four to six weeks the soil is exposed. Should I just continually add compost? What would be a mulch to put on? Crushed up leaves? Wood chips seem like it would be difficult to put them on and remove them without ending up with woody soil. I think this would be a great video for you.
Best explanation I've ever heard for humus. Nice job!
I've been gardening for a lot of years and tried alot of things and had decent gardens about 4 or 5 years ago i started searching utube its amazing what u can learn on utube it comes down to not disturbing your soil and keeping it covered with organic matter or living mulch to keep your soil alive here are some people with awesome results by doing these things paul gautschi back to eden gardening,Charles Downing no dig gardening,Elaine Ingham soil biology,and gro pal balance Ag-USA.net its sea minerals with mycorizie and other things to help soil biology listen to these people and save u alot of heartache with your gardening or farming its alot easier than what the chemical companies wwant u to believe
Love this, I learned a TON of stuff
Has that rosemary survived your last winter?
Any suggestions on how to combat root knot nematodes….i have an infestation in my raised beds!
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I have a question about Fungi…Not all fungi as I understand is good. Tomatoes and potatoes that develop problems such as blight etc. so how do I get rid of this in my beds to prevent next years crops safe?
I loved this video! I knew most of it but you just explained it all so well! Thanks
I have watched many of your videos, this is the first time i have almost agreed with everything you said 😉 The first minor thing is not all fungi are beneficial, not all fungi are mycorrhizal, and not all fungi that are beneficial have hyphae that are connected for miles, but overall, you are right, if your system is balanced fungi are good. Second, in regards to organic matter, hummus, and compost, your explanation is not complete. Both hummus and compost are organic matter, hummus is organic matter that is slowly decomposing or dead matter that was once alive, compost is organic material that is mostly alive, it can be used as soil itself, or if placed on top of existing soil, it is a mulch and an inoculate. With all that in mind, i think that a gardener can first judge his soil by his earthworms, if they are healthy it is a very good sign. Second is the amount of lipids (the shine on the leaf, the "fat" a plant produces to protect it in lean times) on the plants that you grow.
Wow! I didnt know that about the mushrooms! I saw them in my garden and was hoping it was ok! Thank you!
Fifth pillar, kind of like the Fifth Element.
very first garden for me this year ! When you sow your seeds directly into the soil of your raised bed, do you cover the area back with your mulch ? Until they germinate maybe then move it around the seedling so they can access the sunlight ? I would love to know since I’m going sow some lettuce kale and spinach as soon as I receive my bag of trifecta+ at the end of the week!
Could I gather the mushrooms in my horse pasture and add to my compost?
I see and understand the 2 fingers of the number 2 but turn it around – it looks better 🙂
Someone turned the lights down as the movie progressed 🙂
what do I do when I have hydrophobic soil in my new garden beds? The soil is 50% peat moss and 50% compost.
Hi, I have a lot of larkspur that comes up in my raised bed. Can I leave that in as a cover crop?
ha.. when I get mushrooms.. it means I have watered too much. lol..left a like
Thankyou, just watch four of your videos, I’ve beating my self up on whether to use manure or compost in a raised bed, and how to improve my soil…all sorted now. Great content, well explained…keep it up. One question, I live in a very dry summer, mildly wet winter area and was told not to mulch before spring to maximise water absorption in winter…would you mulch in winter to protect the soil?
Very helpful!! Thanks!!
I am getting into composting. Should I take the mushrooms from my yard and put them in my compost?
This is so true you literally described what my soil was like when I moved here and up until a year and a half ago when I decided to let my chickens and my ducks free range in my yard 100%. Yesterday I just planted a Sam Houston peach tree and when I dug into the ground it was no longer two distinct layers of sand and clay because after a year and a half of my chickens and my ducks doing their business it became that homogenous soil and was still moist without mulch more than a week later since it last rained. I can’t wait to plant my banana plants in the area that I started amending a year and a half ago or I put more than 500 pounds compost and mulch and some topsoil garden soil a good 10 inches maybe and then I would have the ducks pool right next to the area and I would dump it out onto that section to add even more organic matter a lot quicker so I am super excited to find out what that soil looks like now!
It should probably be mentioned that some plants don't play well with fungi without certain bacteria present. Brassicas definitely do not.
What is a better mix? Top Soil 20%/Sand 50%/Compost 30%, or Top Soil 33%/Sand 33%/Compost 33%? My local company offers both or custom mix ratios. Thanks!