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Soil Solutions Series | Ep. 05 | Dead Zones in Soil #soilhealth #regenerativeagriculture
Struggling with soil that just won’t grow anything? You may have a high EC (electrical conductivity) or “dead zone” caused by excess sodium and salt. Glen Rabenberg and Dr. Tom Dykstra show how to use an EC meter to measure soil conductivity and explain the levels at which plants start to suffer. They also introduce calcium as a solution to neutralize high salts and restore your soil’s health. This video is packed with practical tips on how to tackle tough saline and sodic soils, from identifying the problem to fixing it for better crop yields.
For more information on Dr. Dykstra, visit www.dykstralabs.com
To download and review Dr. Dykstra's Electrical Conductivity Charts, visit drive.google.com/file/d/1gzPlf00_x0Aajn2uqYBgfRrLxErhueh3/view?usp=share_link
For more information and resources, visit www.soilworksllc.com or call us at 605.260.0784.
Glen’s Tools (penetrometer, EC Meter, BRIX Refractometer): www.soilworksllc.com/home-tools-2/
00:00 Introduction: Excess Salt & Sodium in Soils
00:50 Using an EC meter to measure Salt & Sodium levels
03:30 Impact of High EC on Plant Growth
11:15 Fixing High EC Dead Zones
12:15 Closing
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Soil Solutions Series | Ep. 04 | Soil Electrical Conductivity & Measuring a "Heartbeat" #soilhealth
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Soil health expert Glen Rabenberg and Dr. Tom Dykstra dive deep into the role of electrical conductivity (EC) in understanding and enhancing soil and plant health. In this conversation, they discuss how the EC meter acts as a tool to measure the “heartbeat” of the soil, offering insights into the biological activity that drives plant growth. Learn about the optimal EC ranges for different stage...
Soil Solutions Series | Ep. 03 | Insect Resistance #regenerativeagriculture #planthealth #soilhealth
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Join Glen and Dr. Tom Dykstra, PhD in Entomology, as they dive deep into the science of BRIX levels, plant health and pest management. Discover how the sugar content in plants affects their resistance to insects and what you can do to protect your crops naturally. Learn about the four feeding guilds of insects, how to use BRIX levels as an indicator of plant health, and the importance of a bala...
Soil Solutions Series | Ep. 02 | Healthy Plants 101 #planthealth #soilhealth
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Soil Solutions Series | Ep. 02 | Healthy Plants 101 #planthealth #soilhealth
Soil Solutions Series | Ep. 01 | Exploring "Regenerative" Ag w/ Glen Rabenberg & Dr. Thomas Dykstra
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Soil Solutions Series | Ep. 01 | Exploring "Regenerative" Ag w/ Glen Rabenberg & Dr. Thomas Dykstra
Soil Health Strategy & Field Tour at Johnson Farms #soilhealth #regenerativefarming #organicfarming
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Soil Health Strategy & Field Tour at Johnson Farms #soilhealth #regenerativefarming #organicfarming
The Fraternity of Farming: Glen’s Journey to Revitalize His Family’s CRP Land #soilhealth
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The Fraternity of Farming: Glen’s Journey to Revitalize His Family’s CRP Land #soilhealth
Weeds are NOT "The Problem"
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Weeds are NOT "The Problem"
Glen's Organic Starter Fertilizer: Boosting Seed Germination and Soil Health #regenerativefarming
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Glen's Organic Starter Fertilizer: Boosting Seed Germination and Soil Health #regenerativefarming
Successful Soil Health Transformation #regenerativefarming #soilhealth #organic
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Successful Soil Health Transformation #regenerativefarming #soilhealth #organic
Slash Synthetic Nitrogen Costs: Sustainable Solutions for Growers
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Slash Synthetic Nitrogen Costs: Sustainable Solutions for Growers
Unlocking the Secrets of Soil pH: A Key to Thriving Crops
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Unlocking the Secrets of Soil pH: A Key to Thriving Crops
Beneficial Soil Microbes WON'T WORK For You Unless You Do These Things First...
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Beneficial Soil Microbes WON'T WORK For You Unless You Do These Things First...
Glen Rabenberg | Improving Soil Health Workshop put on by Jay Young - Tribune, KS 2022
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Glen Rabenberg | Improving Soil Health Workshop put on by Jay Young - Tribune, KS 2022
Meet Our Growers - Jon Justeson (Gridley, CA)
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Meet Our Growers - Jon Justeson (Gridley, CA)
Thank You Farmers - You Are Essential
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Thank You Farmers - You Are Essential
DIY Bio 5 Extractor
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DIY Bio 5 Extractor
Glen Rabenberg - Soil Health 101 - Eco AG 2019
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Glen Rabenberg - Soil Health 101 - Eco AG 2019
A Conversation with Gary Zimmer of Midwestern Bio-Ag - Lessons for the future
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A Conversation with Gary Zimmer of Midwestern Bio-Ag - Lessons for the future
Meet Our Growers - Lorne Muller
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Meet Our Growers - Lorne Muller
Meet our Growers - Robin Brekken, Brekken Organic Farms
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Meet our Growers - Robin Brekken, Brekken Organic Farms
A Conversation with Thomas Wiseman - Correcting Calcium Deficiencies in Fruit
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A Conversation with Thomas Wiseman - Correcting Calcium Deficiencies in Fruit
Meet our Growers - Frank and Chase Olagaray
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Meet our Growers - Frank and Chase Olagaray
Meet our Growers - Andrew Petrini
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Meet our Growers - Andrew Petrini
Volunteer weeds as an indicator of soil health
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Volunteer weeds as an indicator of soil health
How to Identify a Healthy Plant - Internodal Length
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How to Identify a Healthy Plant - Internodal Length
Conference & Field Walk at Mikkonen Organic Farm
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Conference & Field Walk at Mikkonen Organic Farm
Soil Works LLC - A Breath of Fresh Air
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Soil Works LLC - A Breath of Fresh Air
Bio 5 Extractor
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Bio 5 Extractor
Meet Our Growers - Blossom Vineyards, Thornton California
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Meet Our Growers - Blossom Vineyards, Thornton California

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @waynewhite2314
    @waynewhite2314 3 години тому

    They probably have an important role we dont yet understand tho.

  • @saltyyankee5149
    @saltyyankee5149 3 години тому

    those books are out of copyright, you could create a print on demand service (Amazon does this) and sell copies

  • @WyrdoMusic
    @WyrdoMusic 4 години тому

    Awesome. Thank you for sharing

  • @zanegrey4364
    @zanegrey4364 5 годин тому

    Photograph ever page and share the knowledge.

  • @sumitboral3745
    @sumitboral3745 8 годин тому

    Mind-blowing

  • @sumitboral3745
    @sumitboral3745 8 годин тому

    Sir I have question, if refind suger has 22 hydrogen atoms then why doesn't it reduce soil pH..

  • @mrpinify
    @mrpinify 8 годин тому

    Love this but every big industry has an affect on something ua-cam.com/users/shorts7b71YfVpoAw?si=06mo0D-Ec_vdfCvw

  • @billabong9215
    @billabong9215 9 годин тому

    I transformed my farm in Ireland with minimal weed killer usage and minimal reseeding. I had a huge problem with dock leaves and thistles from compaction. All I did was keep topping them and trying not to compact the ground.... A few years later,majority of ragwort, thistles, docks etc have been killed and any seeds dormant in the soil are too deep at this point to germinate.

  • @gregrossel3978
    @gregrossel3978 9 годин тому

    Older books are based on first principles, and that is what has been lost. Even old math books have gens long forgotten.

  • @brianc2486
    @brianc2486 11 годин тому

    I thank you for this great information. Makes me wonder what besides the farming boom during the dust bowl was the natural factors

  • @LeeeerrrroooyJennnnnkins
    @LeeeerrrroooyJennnnnkins 13 годин тому

    Water, when "burned", turns to gas, so really this excerpt provides no factual elucidation..

  • @ericrbacher9371
    @ericrbacher9371 14 годин тому

    organic just means made of molecules containing carbon in this context. most of a plant is made of cellulose. cellulose is made of glucose. glucose comes from photosynthesis. photosynthesis is the process of turning carbon dioxide into glucose using water and sunlight. This is why when you burn a plant, almost the entire thing is turned back into carbon dioxide and leaves very little ash. That ash contains all the materials that didn't become gases during burning. Those materials come from the soil and are necessary for the plant to exist. Fertilizer is a concentration of compounds in the soil that plants need that don't come from air. It doesn't replace air, but no amount of air will replace these compounds. in nature, a plant will suck up these compounds to build its body, then when it dies, the compounds are broken back out of the remains for the next plant. when we farm, we take the plants away to be sold and with them all the compounds from the soil. So you either have to put dead stuff on the ground to biodegrade into those compounds, or you can put the compounds directly on the soil. Fertilizer has nothing to do with air and isn't there to replace it. The problem with fertilizer is that it moves with rain water to natural places and throws off the balance of the plants there.

  • @bjohnston3659
    @bjohnston3659 15 годин тому

    In the age of phrenology and eugenics, slavery and voting restrictions, I seem to recall the crop yields were a tiny fraction of what they are now. In addition, poor or uncertain harvests were a fact of life as was high infant mortality from famine. If you yearn for the good old days, don't leave out context

  • @Pay-It_Forward
    @Pay-It_Forward 23 години тому

    6 carbons & 6 oxygens in glucose (C6H12O6), in gluccome from 6 (CO2) in air, however the 12 hydrogens come from 12 H2O molicules in the soil. Cellulose (C6H10O5)n, is made by removing an (H2O) from Glucose & attaching them together. Carbon Fixation be it C3, C4 or CAM, happens at the stomata, not in the soil. Nitrogen Fixation happens in shaded soil with Azotobacter bacteria fixing Nitrogen into ammonium & Mycorrhizae turning Ammonium into Urea. The amount of minerals left behind varies greatly with species. Calcium Sulfate(7.4pH) is the best calcium & sulfur for most but not all situations. Calcium Thiosulfate (CaS2O3) LimeSulfur(CalciumPolySulfide) are too water soluble to be safe, unless used by an expert who knows his soil, in small regular amounts. Gypsum is pH neutral & has a max solubility saturation point of (0.24%) which is a near perfect Calcium & Sulfur level, both for Fixation via FeMoCo & for making Sulfur Proteins in the plants.

  • @trog.lodyte
    @trog.lodyte День тому

    Bought my ex "the intelligence of flowers" by Maurice Maeterlink, 1905.

  • @calebfast8088
    @calebfast8088 День тому

    Awesome video for reading Brix levels! Thanks.

  • @denniskemnitz1381
    @denniskemnitz1381 День тому

    Write it, document it Dennis

  • @joshaklese4969
    @joshaklese4969 2 дні тому

    SOY IS A BLIGHT. ANYONE WHO GROWS SOY IS A BLIGHT.

  • @cresentiae
    @cresentiae 2 дні тому

    Thank you #SaveSoil #Consciousplanet

  • @ronbaxley8105
    @ronbaxley8105 2 дні тому

    Magnesium is a mobile nutrient it will show first on the lower leaves as the nutrient will be mobilized to the area of new growth.

  • @remi3990
    @remi3990 2 дні тому

    So they’re fucking jipping us with low yielding seeds!

  • @JustinCasey216
    @JustinCasey216 2 дні тому

    It's crazy because air doesn't weigh anything in the plant. Plants weigh stuff because they have matter. Air has nothing to do with their weight

  • @mountainmade4094
    @mountainmade4094 2 дні тому

    Weeds are indicators is the easy way to say it.

  • @Dinckelburg
    @Dinckelburg 2 дні тому

    This isn't the revelation you seem to think it is

  • @TheWhale45
    @TheWhale45 3 дні тому

    CO2 to start with.

  • @sumitboral3745
    @sumitboral3745 3 дні тому

    For the farmers and the gardeners this man is a gift from God...

  • @Dear1970
    @Dear1970 4 дні тому

    I live in a state that uses salt on roads and runoff runs on lawn what can I apply to neutralize salt damage to the lawn?thanks

  • @porkysnature
    @porkysnature 4 дні тому

    I just watched a quilting video about organic fabrics (linen, wool, cotton) carry a high frequency. Manmade fabrics do not.

  • @theoriginalmonstermaker
    @theoriginalmonstermaker 4 дні тому

    Look up nitrogen fixation. That's a pretty central theme in this discussion. And regardless what any of these guys were hypothesizing, none had any real groundbreaking success until Norman borlaug. (And regardless how ppl feel about GMOs, that's where our major advancements have occurred since then. )

  • @marktemplin1159
    @marktemplin1159 5 днів тому

    Air,,,,all roots need. Alittlw bit of air, but, to much air and the roots dry out,, there is. Agood soil density,, to soft and airy not good, to compact and roots cant dig threw it is bad as well,,, science, folls, its all science,,,, amd dig down,, if you have hard oacj, 3 feet down,, yohr fields will struggle

  • @markmatson3468
    @markmatson3468 5 днів тому

    WTF, just no knowledge spouting idiocy

  • @brainpain9235
    @brainpain9235 5 днів тому

    Don’t believe it’s true. Light green on new leaf is normal

  • @pest5547
    @pest5547 6 днів тому

    We spread our seed wheat, and wherever a tire ran over the sown wheat, the wheat grew faster... same thing happens with grass seed..

  • @Johnduffeyjr
    @Johnduffeyjr 6 днів тому

    Are you coming to Nashville Tennessee anytime soon for a seminar

  • @Johnduffeyjr
    @Johnduffeyjr 6 днів тому

    So where did you go to college to find out all this information

  • @omarbaassiri8689
    @omarbaassiri8689 6 днів тому

    He has balls to go against what he has been raised on.

  • @mikecamps7226
    @mikecamps7226 6 днів тому

    OUTSTANDING

  • @racebiketuner
    @racebiketuner 6 днів тому

    I focused on oxygen during the the fifth year of soil remediation on my mini farm. The improvement made a very noticeable difference. Much less disease/pest pressure and significantly better yield.

  • @clayed3311
    @clayed3311 6 днів тому

    The best way to get air into the soil is have old decaying root channels and pathways that earthworms and microbes leave. Stop doing tillage. Tillage destroys channels for air and water to infiltrate.

  • @BrandonGege
    @BrandonGege 6 днів тому

    You don't need a tractor, in no till gardening people use broad forks. The let air in without turning the soil, If you turn the soil it kills the life. Also a tractor compacts the soil.

  • @AlvinKazu
    @AlvinKazu 7 днів тому

    This is probably the greatest gardening/soil video I've ever seen... To think the simple elements combine into such a complex and incredible process. So much sense. So it seems we don't feed the plant sugar... We just give it the necessary minerals to produce it's own sugar? I've heard giving the plant sugar can stop it from producing it's own.

  • @anthonydrake4244
    @anthonydrake4244 7 днів тому

    ONE WORD........ ARTICHOKES

  • @garydeveglio5878
    @garydeveglio5878 7 днів тому

    I stopped using chemical fertilizer about 10 years ago I use strictly organic fertilizer and compost My tomatoes and other vegetables have never been so healthy and productive I get the compost free from the town

  • @fletcherreed3259
    @fletcherreed3259 8 днів тому

    I thought it was because that’s where the seed landed

  • @gonzoexpress9885
    @gonzoexpress9885 8 днів тому

    Bio-LOGICAL farmers are the backbone and heroes of society. They love the land, the soil and their animals. Deep Respect!

  • @gonzoexpress9885
    @gonzoexpress9885 8 днів тому

    High quality humus is the quintessential and true Staff of Life.

  • @JJ-em7cu
    @JJ-em7cu 8 днів тому

    Veey useful info! Thank you Glen!

  • @TNJohnDeeretractornut
    @TNJohnDeeretractornut 8 днів тому

    No, that theory doesn't work in my part of the country

  • @unpopuIaropinion
    @unpopuIaropinion 8 днів тому

    Hey guys, this is the first year I get citrus, and I can say almost all different cultivars (tangerine, orange, mandarin) have very low sugar. I fertilize regularly with both compost, manure and sometimes chemical. What could be the issue here? The trees are healthy

  • @coolvideos777
    @coolvideos777 9 днів тому

    ..... It's all because of the drones, i'm a space alien from outer space observing this fiasco unfold. I'm going to beam down beer and pizza so you guys can have a merry christmas🍺🍕🎅