Today’s video is all about a very simple and effective plant feed recipe that can easily be adapted for any crop. JADAM Liquid Fertiliser is a fantastic low-cost resource that any gardener can use at any scale they wish, and this is the complete introduction to getting started with it, and I hope from this video you will see how simple it is. Liquid feeds/amendments should always be seen as supplementation for plants, helping them get access to nutrients they make be struggling to get a hold of. Stay tuned for growing trials I will be doing using this and other types of feed, but I love the simplicity and versatility of this one.
Dilution ratios (approximate):
2 weeks 1:30
1month 1:50
3months 1:100
6months 1:200
1 year 1:400/1:500
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:16 Our Challenges
1:22 Ingredients
2:30 JADAM Liquid Fertiliser
2:50 JADAM Teachings
4:18 Optimum Liquid Amendment
4:46 The Trick to creating a high quality feed
5:10 One Caveat
5:25 Group Specific Amendments
5:45 JLF Recipe & Method
6:40 Dilution Ratio
7:14 How to Use
7:36 More Traditional Feeds
8:06 Maintaining your JLF
8:46 The Smell
9:08 JLF to rely on
9:32 Transplanting with JLF
10:13 Nutrient bank now
10:39 Outro
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Our ancestors grew food year after year without spending a single penny to do so, aside from the occasional investment in seeds they didn't already have from a previous year's harvest, yes? Not sure why anyone would even question the "affordability" of growing your own food.
Excellent!
I’ve been using the JLF this season having made it last autumn. It’s simple & works fantastically well though I’ve been using it weekly with a 1/10 ratio
does this work with humans
Have you ever watched The Martian where the astronaut stranded on Mars has to create “live” soil. “Mars will fear my botany powers”. It’s such a lovely positive witty film.
What would happen if this freezes over the winter? I supposed everything would need to be stored indoors?
Always helpful info and great ideas. BUT I love that watering can. Where can I get one like that?
New plot coming on well and the tips are helping. Better watch this later
Probably a stupid question but what do you mean by 'innoculating' the mix? I'm thinking of vaccines – does the leaf mold kill off disease? Thanks ☺️
If you drink milk use the 4 litre milk containers one for each species I also add crushed charcoal. – just burn some old logs or twigs and extinguish with water from a watering can before the wood turns to ash and you’ll get charcoal. Then crush it to a powder and add a little to your solution no more than 3% by volume
Most people with an urban garden would not want to have this stood about. A good garden compost bin is more necessary than any of this. Gardening does not have to be this complicated.
Compost is a lot cheaper now in Aberystwyth as the growing season is now getting towards the end. I've found it 30% cheaper than before the start of the growing season. I buy at the end of the season and save it until next year. Thankfully it still contains peat too. I've already bought 1600l for next year and will be buying more yet.
Have you compared the difference between using it and not using
Got a question though – what to do with those if you live in a place with rather harsh winters? Are these blue containers safe to freeze if they're not full or better to bring it somewhere inside?
do you still use FPJ's like you were making last year with nettles ect
I use a dedicated blender to mix these ingredients and toss them in tubs of water from which I dip, after some ripening, with a watering can with the rose removed to prevent clogging. This adds nutrients around the base of plants right away, but also adds mulch as the bits go onto the soil with the tea. The texture is that of a thin, watery sludge.
I have Ben putting a half cut of lab to a 5 galen bucket it reduces the smell. Oh not sure if makes a difference but I like to add 1/2 pound of brown sugar and just a little bit of Sea salt for little more memorials. Love to here your thoughts
Huw, I enjoyed watching this so much. I wish that I could be an apprentice for you. I learn so much from you. Thank you.
I liked The Survival Gardener way better. He throws everything into his bucket of water weeds, plant residue, spoiled fruit, whatever then after a couple weeks cut it 1-20 and go for it. Just stay away from things you are getting ready to eat the fresh of like lettuce, kale etc.
Thanks
If you live in the city, how many of your neighbors bag their grass clippings and leaves? Does a tree service come around and chip up trimmed branches? There is always a way.
Thank you for the great information on JLF ,I did one with grass and weeds and compost. But I have a go at making some different ones too ready for next year.
I LOVE this! It sure makes sense to me, I'm setting it up right away!
Could you use home made worm castings instead of leaf litter as the inoculant?
Really interesting, thank you Huw.
It smells funny. You sure are polite. Every time I see that moldy substance on top, I get scared and throw it away. I thought it would harm my plantings.
Wow this is fantastic. I have been gardening for over 50 years and have never heard of this! Thanks for your wisdom.
I can't use grass clippings as mulch because mine ALWAYS contain copious weed seeds. I have to hot compost them before use
What if the soil is actually deficient in something, say boron for example? If I grow a brassica crop and make JLF with some of the brassicas won't that JLF be lacking sufficient boron too? Or is it a case of the brassicas managing to scaveng a little boron so the JLF has a little which ends up near the soil surface when it's applied so the remaining plants have access to a little more. If that's the case, then a few years of this should see enough boron easily accessible to plant roots even though there is an overall deficiency.
Great advice as always from you, i made a nettle feed this year and my plants are loving it, it does stink but i really don't mind thatxx
This is great, but couldn’t we use just one type of compost liquid for all veggie plants and fruit trees? The same way we use compost made in a composter. A lot of people don’t have a large garden, and it will also be difficult to hide away so many barrels. But thanks for the fantastic videos which I’ve been watching religiously.