Thank you. Based on your Keith Reid interview, I picked up his book at my local library for a good read during my recent vacation. I found the book informative and understandable - my biggest, immediate take-away was his 6 plot rotation table - something that I will try in 2021. I only have 400sqft to garden so my efforts are small compared to others that really depend on their land for food production.
Some very interesting information in various Regenerative Farming/Agricultural videos on UA-cam. Many of the farmers, such as Gabe Brown, have completely stopped adding fertilizers/amendments (both synthetic & organic) to the soil, instead using very diverse mix of cover crops, no till, animal integration, armor on the soil and always having roots in the ground. Another interesting person to listen to is Ray Archuleta -- very interesting videos.
Excellent,! Thanks Greg. I don't think you mentioned the effect on nitrogen content by adding microorganisms to the soil? I guess they're specifically microrhryzoids?
We talked about that in previous podcast. In short - the conclusion was that in most cases the organisms are already there, so y, your energy is better spent improving the conditions that favour them, rather than buying mycorrhizal inoculant and adding it. It woudl have to be a real wasteland for the mycorrhizal inoculant not to already be there.
Wonder if the pea and beans compete when they are interplanted with something else? Or are the beans making enough nitrogen to fill their own needs and leaving the original soil nitrogen to the other crop.
So, if I had a thick patch of clover in the fall, could I ruth stout right over it in late fall and take advantage of the elevated nitrogen in that spot for let's say corn? Or could the clover overcome the deep straw?
That's a good question. I like to plant beans in a garden the year before I plant corn - my corn was 8' high this year if that's any indication - but yes - interesting idea. I suppose you could put newspaper over the clover to kill it off.
@@maritimegardening4887 Why kill it? If you're worried, you might even just thin it. It should continue contributing nitrogen, I would guess, while providing a living mulch. BTW, how were the ears' quality on the 8' plants?
Choping and dropping clover in my garden some ways but it can be a fight too lol But i think the clover a black maddick clover i see the nodes on the roots they are interesting But i think they really helped my parsnips this year but the parsnips roots look like they have nodes on their hair roots I hear too much nitrogen can cause weird parsnip roots but i do not know how? Just heard weird lol This garden bed had been fed compost and bunny poop with bedding mulch And clover too i try to mulch the clover out lol
This is why we recommend keeping the soil mulched. There's a perpetual source of material for soil organisms to work on - they use the nitrogen to break down the carbon - so there's less of a chance of losing the nitrogen.
This fellow is awesome. Can’t get enough of him.
Agreed :)
Thank you. Based on your Keith Reid interview, I picked up his book at my local library for a good read during my recent vacation. I found the book informative and understandable - my biggest, immediate take-away was his 6 plot rotation table - something that I will try in 2021. I only have 400sqft to garden so my efforts are small compared to others that really depend on their land for food production.
Rotation is a great plan! I'm glad you liked the book - it's just chalk full of god info
Some very interesting information in various Regenerative Farming/Agricultural videos on UA-cam. Many of the farmers, such as Gabe Brown, have completely stopped adding fertilizers/amendments (both synthetic & organic) to the soil, instead using very diverse mix of cover crops, no till, animal integration, armor on the soil and always having roots in the ground. Another interesting person to listen to is Ray Archuleta -- very interesting videos.
Hello Greg, A another good one👍🏼, thank you!😉
Excellent,! Thanks Greg. I don't think you mentioned the effect on nitrogen content by adding microorganisms to the soil? I guess they're specifically microrhryzoids?
We talked about that in previous podcast. In short - the conclusion was that in most cases the organisms are already there, so y, your energy is better spent improving the conditions that favour them, rather than buying mycorrhizal inoculant and adding it. It woudl have to be a real wasteland for the mycorrhizal inoculant not to already be there.
Wonder if the pea and beans compete when they are interplanted with something else? Or are the beans making enough nitrogen to fill their own needs and leaving the original soil nitrogen to the other crop.
I don''t know - I usually plant them with potatoes, both seem to do well
So, if I had a thick patch of clover in the fall, could I ruth stout right over it in late fall and take advantage of the elevated nitrogen in that spot for let's say corn? Or could the clover overcome the deep straw?
That's a good question. I like to plant beans in a garden the year before I plant corn - my corn was 8' high this year if that's any indication - but yes - interesting idea. I suppose you could put newspaper over the clover to kill it off.
@@maritimegardening4887 Why kill it? If you're worried, you might even just thin it. It should continue contributing nitrogen, I would guess, while providing a living mulch.
BTW, how were the ears' quality on the 8' plants?
@@ginfonte3386 I've seen videos of organic cannabis growers planting microclover under their cannabis plant to help fix nitrogen.
@@ginfonte3386 good question lol
Legumiosae like soybean are symbionts with mycorrhiza fungi and can fix nitrogen from the air this way.
Choping and dropping clover in my garden some ways but it can be a fight too lol
But i think the clover a black maddick clover i see the nodes on the roots they are interesting
But i think they really helped my parsnips this year but the parsnips roots look like they have nodes on their hair roots
I hear too much nitrogen can cause weird parsnip roots but i do not know how?
Just heard weird lol
This garden bed had been fed compost and bunny poop with bedding mulch
And clover too i try to mulch the clover out lol
only if you also add carbon to the soil. the nitrogen will just run away and drain from the soil without carbon to attatch to
This is why we recommend keeping the soil mulched. There's a perpetual source of material for soil organisms to work on - they use the nitrogen to break down the carbon - so there's less of a chance of losing the nitrogen.
@@maritimegardening4887 ABSOLUTELY, I could not agree more.
Mwha ha ha