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My potting compost begins life as 50% home made compost & 50% cheap commercial 'potting compost'. This mix is then used to grow determinate potatoes in 30 litre tubs, with a couple of handful's of blood, fish & bone meal. When I harvest the potatoes, the compost is then sieved through a 10mm mesh to remove larger pieces. What's left give significantly better results for sowing seeds, potting on & houseplants, needing no additional fertiliser for at least two months.

I’ve used Glyphosate (Roundup/ RT3) in a hundred gallon tank mix on a daily basis at work for the past 10 years with zero side effects. It IS very safe.

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I took the sides off my beds, levelled everything & saw a huge decrease in slug & millipede damage. I also saw an increase in yield from brassicas, as their relatively shallow roots then had access to the soil under the (wood chip) paths.

I absolutely guarantee my soil has more than enough microbes, without throwing $$$ at buying tests. How do I know? Simple; the produce coming off my vegetable plot has increased year on year since I significantly upped my production of compost. Fungal activity's way up since I went 'no till' 5 years ago too.

Hi and thank you. In Temperate coastalish Australia, I have found our vegies and in general, sometimes need to be protected from the intense heat which has been happening in Summer, even into Autumn or from Spring. However depends on the plant; listen to the plant. As a trained hort person, I think the horticulture industry here is moving away from full sun recommendations to partial shade "clues" Bout time.

Soil that is dominated by fungi, especially mycorrhizal fungi, will naturally be more acidic than soils that are dominated by bacteria, which tend to be more alkaline. You can actually produce fungi-dominated compost that will naturally lower pH, all without out chemicals.

Why are people that’s using dawn dish liquid saying it killed the bugs and not their plants.. if it kills plants why are so many happy with it😊

Good video. Good application of the scientific method. But there is still one question that needs to be explored. Does weed tea work? If it does, and it's not due to the nutrient content, then that should be explored. I am not going to do that. I'll leave that to younger people with more energy and strength to determine.

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I have tried vitually every one of these myths, and each and every time, PROVEN how right you are, Mr. Pavlis. I have also read your book on conposting and highly recommend it! I am still reading "Olant Science" and then onto the "Science of Microbes.""

Compost tea will add some nutrients to soil. Does it do much more than adding compost or mulch? I suspect its marginal at best. Go mulch/compost. Did I say Mulch???

You are slaying a pop icon here. Humic Acid additives makes money for the manufacturer nothing more. "But bro i added it to one raised bed, watered and fertelized and it worked wonders." Compost/amend your garden yearly to keep your soil cycle going and save your save your money on humic acid...

Wow, thank you so much for putting that on

My citrus scale insects are bright orange. 3 or more times a year, I have to sponge them off with soapy water using a washing-up scourer. It takes about 2hrs. I could try the baby oil thing, but it's a tree, not a little houseplant !

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This is an old vid, but I’ve seen some of your newer ones…I experienced bottom end rot. I knew there is enough calcium I’ve often hear you need calcium if that happens. Well I remembered what you said. TO MUCH WATER ran through my head. You were right, I over watered. Since I have paid more attention to my watering I have not had that problem.

Finally. Someone with some really great knowledge that makes sense to Me. I’ve been struggling with some issues on NPK. and after watching ur videos I understand. Good lord there’s a lot of Nonsense. But you have a lot to share. That works. So thanks for clarifying so many issues for me. Happy Gardening

Such great help! Thank you very much! Great content in this channel❤

I appreciate the science, thank you. I'm going home after work and kicking over the two weed tea buckets I just started that smell God-awful.

My compost pile is loaded with vegetable scraps and daily doses of chicken manure from my chicken yard. I had purchased 60 night crawlers from the local bait shop, but the soil became so physically hot, I think all the Worms either died or left. I’ve been using mixtures of the compost with native top soil when planting fruit bushes such as blueberries, blackberries and figs. Second year blueberries and first year blackberries have done good. The fig trees suck.

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I used the product once. NEVER again. Weeds will grow through and after a few years it is extremely difficult to remove because of the roots from shrubs and weeds.

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This guy is just another tool for the propaganda they put out. Coming at you calm and with so called facts. Ya, the devil used smooth friendly talk in the Garden of Eden too. Everything done to things we put in our bodies since the 70's has been manipulated to make most of the population sick. He says they started this back after ww2. So all your experiments is not working, unlesd its purpose was to harm people.

It is one thing when nature does it. It is another thing when man does it to play god. This video is all about making those playing god to sound justified to the rest of us.

I went through so many phases based on UA-cam living soil videos, including compost tea. After a decade of intense gardening (just a very large garden), I've found that laying good compost, always leaving the plant roots in the ground, and not tilling have been most beneficial. Plant root structure is the key, so if you start indoors like I do, make sure you use soil blocks that air-prune, and get them in the ground before the roots spread to other blocks or coil in your container. You don't want coiled or damaged roots. Direct sowing is best but comes with other complications. Most of not all root issues from indoor growing can be mitigated by proper timing and care. Don't overcomplicate it, and don't go spending a fortune on soil potions.

Thanks. I've been considering getting an electric sharpener but didn't know how it would work on various blades. You brought me back to the simplicity of basics, but I'm only halfway through the video. As a kid I used to find a stone to sharpen my penknife on.

Wouldnt calcium bicarbonate be better?

How much microbe activity is going on in a 20 gallon tub? I have a mandarin tree in it and the soil PH is always high from hose water(about 8 ).Thanks

Quack grass responds to something in the Scotts turf builder triple action seed starter by yellowing any emerging shoots of regrowth from roots and runners to a white anemic looking tenderized shoots that slow or stop their competiveness Especially when pulled after a couple weeks of yellowed regrowth attempts

Sick and tired of being at the mercy of ideologies who think not mowing the lawn for a month is going to create biodiversity and save the planet. Since they introduced this ideal in my area my hay fever has become intolerable. It's making me seriously sick I can't go outside or even have my windows open.

i feed the soil and it does the rest perfectly

Don't use chemicals ever.

I started my first garden back in April 2024. I'm 60 yrs old and only had a shovel and lots of determination to grow vegetables and help feed people in my community. It's been very challenging to me with temps in the 90 * Please send me more info on creating better soil with no money to spend. Thank you

I'm a first-time gardener living in KC MO. inner-city where crime is high and people are poor, like myself. I am relying on the knowledge I'm learning from UA-cam videos and want to thank you for breaking down all the important stuff about soil ph, nutrients and minerals, NPK ratio etc... You'll find a video or two of my Garden at - austinwhitfield2108

The use of urine direct in the soil can be bad for the microbes in the soil? And in the composting bin? I will probably post the same question in you other video, every now and then I watch a video from your channel but today I decided to subscribe

I'm Portuguese enjoying this video and the comes the futebol field and South Korea 🇰🇷 vs. Portugal 🇵🇹, it is always nice to see the flag of my tiny little lovely country 😊

From my own experience I’ve discovered “compostable” plastic doesn’t decompose, even in a hot pile! However one of my kids cotton tee shirts decomposed down to nothing except the label in a semi hot compost pile in about 3 months!!!

Also interesting the atomic gardens. Not GMO as well.

There is good info here but it is fairly obvious you don't have extensive personal experience and the notion that vermicompost extract isn't beneficial for plants is plainly wrong. There is science showing benefit, maybe your sources aren't definitive. While it is true phosphorus levels increase relative to input levels your NPK example is the highest phosphorus level I've ever seen and to assert therefore vermicast contain excessive P for plants when you said its a "rough" example and dependent on inputs seems hasty. I've found multiple scientific sources stating vermiwash and extracts contain " enormous amounts of nutrients, vitamins, plant growth hormones" Gudeta et al., 2021. I've not heard that nutrients cannot , at least partially, be extracted from vermicompost using water, could you give me a source for that.. I understand you appreciate science but to state vermicompost extract has no value has not been scientifically validated in any way, in fact there is evidence to the contrary.

It would seem to me to be an unusual and mysterious gardening practice to somehow put a plant , tomato,pepper,eggplant ,etc in your garden hole while still leaving the phosphate from last years gardening at the surface area. I doubt any serious gardeners do not mix in new fertilizers throughout the diameter of the planting hole expected to contain roots ? Most ppl even till their entire garden so that phosphate at the surface gets diluted& mixed in with all the soil to the depth dug or tilled so soil composition doesn't resemble pre-planting conditions ...at..all. The biggest problem for me is finding good fertilizer when I need it cuz my local Lowes,Walmart, Rural King are almost fucking useless to the gardening community ! I did find some 12-12-12 at R.King , so that and fish emulsion is what the gardens getting for the rest of the season.

I am using cardboard to kill binder weed , wild morning glory. It's extremely aggressive. Any other ideas beside cardboard ?

Hello do you have any course about microbes and fungi ? I went to your website and i can't enroll it's make me a error 404

How can I kill the bugs eating my clematis

Excuse me but all the weed fabric I've ever seen will deteriorate so that you will have to take it up or replace it with another layer so it does work for a while but it will always deterate.

I use urine and rainwater and way higher volume of plant mstter and manure than liquids. I will have to test mine too. Fyi. Average bag od manure npk is super low❤

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