I just am here to say thank you Diego for opening the door to Elaine Ingham for me, it's a wealth of information and has changed my life because of the things I've learned from her stuff. Wish you all the best 👍
This whole series is fantastic, Dr. Ingham is phenomenal! Even though I was already familiar with permaculture design, I have learned so much from her. And now I understand how important good compost is!
Thank you so much for this content. I learned so much and I so hope that this infectious content quickly spreads far and wide so we can clean up the toxic land.
Thank you for sharing this amazing series of lectures. Dr Ingram is an ambassador for soil, her knowledge is endless and the way she presents it hits the spot, is easy to understand and memorable. I wish all educators could be like her (and Geoff Lawton), who have very simple ways to explain amazingly complicated processes. These lectures are priceless.
Massive thank you to all involved in making this seminar available to all. Absolutely invaluable information. I was already familiar with her work but this feels like next level. I've got to go pro on this stuff. My islands are very much lacking in this knowledge.
@@hosoiarchives4858 We first grow nitrogen fixing trees that are salt resistant to open the soil. We collect and spread weed seeds. We water with compost tea made from weeds to booster life in the soil. Gradually we can grow grasses. by mowing the weeds. After we can grow our fruit and nut trees by sacrificing some nitrogen fixers. We continually add compost and compost tea and sawdust on the surface of tree wells to reduce evaporation. Gradually we can grow vegetables in the tree wells. It all depends on the bacterial and fungal ratios in the soil. This talk gives the clues of how to get deep roots.
Chihuahua Mexico on a site that had a metre of top soil removed because they used it to level the ground in nearby orchards. We were left with clay and caliche. They sold it because it was seen as useless. They had the idea of using it as a fish farm but this project was rejected because the pecan flowers paralyse fish and we had a thirteen year drought and water was too scarce. We found an underground stream by observing which tree in the neighbours windbreak survived when they stopped watering and lining it up with a large mezquite on another neighbours block. We dug two wells on that line.
thank you i needed to watch this i am trying to grow naturally and organicly whilst surrounded by commercial farmers telling me i'm nuts. i took on a piece of land that had been commercially farmed there was more life in one of my plant pots. i am now trying to breath life back into the soil while farmers are telling me soil does not need life just chemical adatives. its hard to be the one going against the grain but watching this confirms to me i'm right and it is they who are wrong again thankyou.
This was an incredible lecture! I worry that I won’t be able to achieve some of the successes she’s had, simply because I live on an island that has about 2 inches of soil atop solid volcanic rock. It would take my whole life to build 15 feet of soil on my land, so hopefully I can find some alternative solutions.
So guys, I've tried really to follow through the videos and it is difficut and very rich content. What is the conclusion though ? All what I was able to capture is we need to build good soil structure so that all that life around the roots will flourich. Now what does that mean ? SHould I replace my soil, digg holes or is it that this is beyond the videos meaning that building soil structure itself needs other complex details on how to do it ?
It means taking a different direction , aeay from chemicals and i to biology , day by day your soil will be better and more nutritious for whatever you are planting , your plants become more resistant to pests and disease
@Ahmed Charfeddine Quite the opposite, get the life and it will build the structure (and solubilize[?] the nutrients) so plants will thrive. I am now going to other videos of hers to learn more about compost and inoculums to kickstart the "good guys".
Produce as much good compost made from as many possible organic materials as you can find with as many organisms as you can get and make sure that the compost pile does not go anaerobic. Then spread that compost over your land where you want to grow food. You want fungal dominated soil (slightly acidic) for trees and shrubs and bacteria dominated soil for brassicas, but an even mix of bacteria, fungal for all other vegetables (neutral to slightly alkaline.) Get a microscope and look at the microbes that are in your soil/compost to determine what type of organisms are growing in it and what changes you need to make, which is determined by what plants you intend to grow with the compost. If you cannot make enough compost, make a compost tea and apply it as necessary. If you want to increase bacteria in your soil/compost, add sugar. If you want to increase fungus in your soil/compost, add carbohydrates (wheat flour.) Do not use chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, or fertilizers as they are unnecessary and will only mess up your soil ecology which will have a detrimental impact on your plants. All the minerals you need are already in your soil, they are just not plant available due to your present soil ecology. That about sums it up.
The simple answer is: Get or make good compost, and spread the compost on top of the soil. Disturb the soil as little as possible. Allow the life-web to do all the work. You don't need to dig anything into the soil. Just keep spreading quality compost on top!
Thanks for all the amazing information and great work. All the talk about looking through a microscope makes me want one so I can view these things myself. You spoke of it a few times through this but never gave your suggestion on that $280-350 model. Would you mind sharing this model you were speaking of? Thank you once again for all your work.
I loled reading your comment. However.... I think early in the lecture (part 1?) She eluded to weeds living in the anarobic environment and not (nearly as much) the arobic environment.
I have a big question. I cover my beds with the weed block(black plastic cover with little holes for water to get though). Does that effect my living soil not getting as much sun? I feel like it does but it works wonders for weeds which I feel are 100 % inevitable where I live in New England. Anything and everything will sprout on open soil here!
@@caseyjones8733 I totally agree but here in New England it seems anything and everything grows on open soil. Actually have very few weeds in my raised beds but for instance I have a native strawberry that will take over, as well as wild mint(not sure if its native). I'm going to try mulch instead of weed block this year and diving into my biology!
@@caazimiw the only difference between your weed block and deep mulch is the temperature and humidity of the soil. With deep mulch you insulate the ground, decrease evaporation and even out the temperature swings in top soil.
So what can I use for compost ? How about weeds here in Southern California? Anyone have good experience with improving the clay here, I’m new to all this and would love any input .
I'm in northeastern California in the high desert. I have an enormous amount of water, it is actually unbelievable. We have volcanic rock, some soil is alkaline, it is clay soil. I have horses, goats, sheep, pigs and chickens. I have a year around creek, a pond stocked with fish, I would like to get you out here and work with me on soil. Do you have contact information?
Exactly the question I wanted to ask: I would LOVE to hear the entire description of how she/they tackled the Non-Compost! Was it recoverable? Or was it completely destroyed, after which she/they trained them how to do it correctly?
Sow in modules, use a dibber to poke a hole, transfer module. Or make a 1 inch deep line and direct sow. Check out Charles Dowding's videos, he practices no dig and has a wealth of knowledge that he shares.
@@ABplusOriginal I'm sorry the video I was able to find of her talk was posted by a third party and the links she mentioned were not listed. Anyway thank you for helping.
There's one detail I must be missing from these lectures. How do I aerate my compost if disturbing it at all is likely to discourage nematodes? How do I stop my soil layers from going anaerobic?
still confused on how i get fungi bacteria count on my soil. it is important because this is the only measure we can use to know what compost our soil needs.
80% worm casting combine with 20% coco coir produce massive amount fruits that surprised me. my yield tripped now i know why, worms eats organic matters and alone with bacteria and their casting is full of beneficial bacteria.
Wow, increased yields by 150% in Ukraine? Wow, the yields must be absolutely crazy right now with this increase topped off with all that organic fertilizer imported from Russia since Feb 2022.
@@VanillaAttila I am not an expert, (one university course in microbiology and following along with this series) but I think the idea is that you don't want to introduce them in the first place. So you want to eliminate the actinobacteria before applying.
So all this is great. The lecture series is wonderful and inspiring and exciting. But then it's also frustrating for the home gardener because, while you want to apply her teaching, it's not readily accessible. You have to use a microscope and/or take her $5,000 lecture series.
I stopped after 8 minutes as it was too painful to continue watching, she is obsessed with money and I hope she continues to milk every last gullible human being out there.. Good luck Dr.!
Wow good luck in your entire life with that kind of brain power. That has to be one of the most ignorant comments I have come across through all the comments I have seen.
Snowflake. I learned some of this from my koi pond and aquarium. Principals are much the same whether applied to soil or water. They want to sell us chemicals for everything. 26 yrs ago experts said I couldn’t keep koi or angelfish in my high alkaline water and that I must always adjust it. Never did. Lost one koi of my 31 and none of my angels. Nature always had it right with her compost making.
I just am here to say thank you Diego for opening the door to Elaine Ingham for me, it's a wealth of information and has changed my life because of the things I've learned from her stuff. Wish you all the best 👍
This whole series is fantastic, Dr. Ingham is phenomenal! Even though I was already familiar with permaculture design, I have learned so much from her. And now I understand how important good compost is!
I have been binging these videos. Thank you mr. Footer for posting this, Dr. Ingham is a plethora of knowledge. Keep educating the world!
Thank you so much for this content. I learned so much and I so hope that this infectious content quickly spreads far and wide so we can clean up the toxic land.
Thanks Mr. Diego Footer to put together great video
Thank you for sharing this amazing series of lectures. Dr Ingram is an ambassador for soil, her knowledge is endless and the way she presents it hits the spot, is easy to understand and memorable. I wish all educators could be like her (and Geoff Lawton), who have very simple ways to explain amazingly complicated processes. These lectures are priceless.
Massive thank you to all involved in making this seminar available to all. Absolutely invaluable information. I was already familiar with her work but this feels like next level. I've got to go pro on this stuff. My islands are very much lacking in this knowledge.
Brilliant lecturer. I've learned so much.
This was fantastic. Thank you for granting us this access. Dr Elaine Ingham is my hero.
Just love Dr. Elaine!
Compost... it's what the plants crave!!!
I really, really like Dr Inghams lectures. It gives me hope.
Thanks for posting this Mr. Footer.
This is easily the best soil seminar I've seen - amazing. That's for posting.
This talk is particularly important for restoring drylands. If grass and tree roots are shallow, the system collapses during prolonged drought.
How do you deal with that?
@@hosoiarchives4858 We first grow nitrogen fixing trees that are salt resistant to open the soil. We collect and spread weed seeds. We water with compost tea made from weeds to booster life in the soil. Gradually we can grow grasses. by mowing the weeds. After we can grow our fruit and nut trees by sacrificing some nitrogen fixers. We continually add compost and compost tea and sawdust on the surface of tree wells to reduce evaporation. Gradually we can grow vegetables in the tree wells. It all depends on the bacterial and fungal ratios in the soil. This talk gives the clues of how to get deep roots.
@@annburge291 amazing! Where do you live? That sounds challenging
Chihuahua Mexico on a site that had a metre of top soil removed because they used it to level the ground in nearby orchards. We were left with clay and caliche. They sold it because it was seen as useless. They had the idea of using it as a fish farm but this project was rejected because the pecan flowers paralyse fish and we had a thirteen year drought and water was too scarce. We found an underground stream by observing which tree in the neighbours windbreak survived when they stopped watering and lining it up with a large mezquite on another neighbours block. We dug two wells on that line.
@@annburge291 very impressive and what dedication!
I like this presentation.
i ❤ Dr.elaine, so,soil food web basics i started my farm land.
From northeast India.
Mizoram state
Wow this is mind blowing
thank you so much for sharing these priceless videos :)
Do you add anything to your compost tea to help them proliferate?
Hi very interesting what are your thoughts on Bouchard
thank you i needed to watch this i am trying to grow naturally and organicly whilst surrounded by commercial farmers telling me i'm nuts. i took on a piece of land that had been commercially farmed there was more life in one of my plant pots. i am now trying to breath life back into the soil while farmers are telling me soil does not need life just chemical adatives. its hard to be the one going against the grain but watching this confirms to me i'm right and it is they who are wrong again thankyou.
God damn genius. Amazing videos. Such a wealth of information! Thank you!
This was an incredible lecture! I worry that I won’t be able to achieve some of the successes she’s had, simply because I live on an island that has about 2 inches of soil atop solid volcanic rock. It would take my whole life to build 15 feet of soil on my land, so hopefully I can find some alternative solutions.
So guys, I've tried really to follow through the videos and it is difficut and very rich content. What is the conclusion though ?
All what I was able to capture is we need to build good soil structure so that all that life around the roots will flourich.
Now what does that mean ? SHould I replace my soil, digg holes or is it that this is beyond the videos meaning that building soil structure itself needs other complex details on how to do it ?
It means taking a different direction , aeay from chemicals and i to biology , day by day your soil will be better and more nutritious for whatever you are planting , your plants become more resistant to pests and disease
@Ahmed Charfeddine
Quite the opposite, get the life and it will build the structure (and solubilize[?] the nutrients) so plants will thrive.
I am now going to other videos of hers to learn more about compost and inoculums to kickstart the "good guys".
Produce as much good compost made from as many possible organic materials as you can find with as many organisms as you can get and make sure that the compost pile does not go anaerobic. Then spread that compost over your land where you want to grow food. You want fungal dominated soil (slightly acidic) for trees and shrubs and bacteria dominated soil for brassicas, but an even mix of bacteria, fungal for all other vegetables (neutral to slightly alkaline.) Get a microscope and look at the microbes that are in your soil/compost to determine what type of organisms are growing in it and what changes you need to make, which is determined by what plants you intend to grow with the compost. If you cannot make enough compost, make a compost tea and apply it as necessary. If you want to increase bacteria in your soil/compost, add sugar. If you want to increase fungus in your soil/compost, add carbohydrates (wheat flour.) Do not use chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, or fertilizers as they are unnecessary and will only mess up your soil ecology which will have a detrimental impact on your plants. All the minerals you need are already in your soil, they are just not plant available due to your present soil ecology. That about sums it up.
The simple answer is: Get or make good compost, and spread the compost on top of the soil. Disturb the soil as little as possible. Allow the life-web to do all the work. You don't need to dig anything into the soil. Just keep spreading quality compost on top!
Just cover the soil with mulch, mostly hay, and nature will do all the work for you. Read Ruth Stout book
Very good presentation a big Thank You
I learned so much from this , thank you so much
Thanks for all the amazing information and great work. All the talk about looking through a microscope makes me want one so I can view these things myself. You spoke of it a few times through this but never gave your suggestion on that $280-350 model. Would you mind sharing this model you were speaking of? Thank you once again for all your work.
Think it’s in video 2 even shouts out a die ount
brillinat.. a lot to 'digest'..
I am getting worried about pulling weeds with 8 foot roots
I loled reading your comment.
However.... I think early in the lecture (part 1?) She eluded to weeds living in the anarobic environment and not (nearly as much) the arobic environment.
Very informative
Greatly appreciated!
I would like to hear her perspective on using knf methods of plant fermentations as a fertilizer
I have a big question. I cover my beds with the weed block(black plastic cover with little holes for water to get though). Does that effect my living soil not getting as much sun? I feel like it does but it works wonders for weeds which I feel are 100 % inevitable where I live in New England. Anything and everything will sprout on open soil here!
Even out your soil biology and you won’t be growing weeds. Add some fungal compost teas and maybe do a Protozoa infusion if the soil is lacking
@@caseyjones8733 I totally agree but here in New England it seems anything and everything grows on open soil. Actually have very few weeds in my raised beds but for instance I have a native strawberry that will take over, as well as wild mint(not sure if its native). I'm going to try mulch instead of weed block this year and diving into my biology!
@@caazimiw the only difference between your weed block and deep mulch is the temperature and humidity of the soil. With deep mulch you insulate the ground, decrease evaporation and even out the temperature swings in top soil.
I would be scared with the plastic cover that the soil would become anaerobic and bad things would breed
@@Stumper52that and mulch feeds the biology; plastic doesn’t
Diego plz come back to making videos :D We need You.
Ingredients and process of the compost tea can be found where? GREAT STUFF. Thanks for sharing. ps I have a worm farm ❣
So what can I use for compost ? How about weeds here in Southern California? Anyone have good experience with improving the clay here, I’m new to all this and would love any input .
I would highly recommend Charles Dowding’s videos on compost making.
I'm in northeastern California in the high desert. I have an enormous amount of water, it is actually unbelievable. We have volcanic rock, some soil is alkaline, it is clay soil. I have horses, goats, sheep, pigs and chickens. I have a year around creek, a pond stocked with fish, I would like to get you out here and work with me on soil. Do you have contact information?
How did they recover that 'bad compost?
Exactly the question I wanted to ask: I would LOVE to hear the entire description of how she/they tackled the Non-Compost! Was it recoverable? Or was it completely destroyed, after which she/they trained them how to do it correctly?
How do the fungi discern between weeds and the grass.
Cheeky and informative :) how to do
I want to buy a good microscope but I don’t want to buy something that is going to suck. Any suggestions?
If you cant till or use pesticides what do you do to plant?
Sow in modules, use a dibber to poke a hole, transfer module. Or make a 1 inch deep line and direct sow. Check out Charles Dowding's videos, he practices no dig and has a wealth of knowledge that he shares.
Can you put the link to the micro scope she references in the earlier video?
Omax Microscopes
Or you could go back to the previous video and rewatch it. It is on YT. Stop being lazy....
@@ABplusOriginal I'm sorry the video I was able to find of her talk was posted by a third party and the links she mentioned were not listed. Anyway thank you for helping.
@@ABplusOriginal on second thought how bout you shut the fuck up. If you wanna help , help. If not shut up.
There's one detail I must be missing from these lectures. How do I aerate my compost if disturbing it at all is likely to discourage nematodes? How do I stop my soil layers from going anaerobic?
The soil will aerate itself with the addition of good bacteria and fungi moving its way through it.
Maybe vermicomposting?
Johnson Su Bioreactor
Somebody tell the writers of Yellowstone about Clover. :) Love Dr. Elaine Ingham's work. #compost
That extra protein has them cows swoll lol
still confused on how i get fungi bacteria count on my soil. it is important because this is the only measure we can use to know what compost our soil needs.
Very Profesional if it was you're area that you worked, you directed him to the person who was.
80% worm casting combine with 20% coco coir produce massive amount fruits that surprised me. my yield tripped now i know why, worms eats organic matters and alone with bacteria and their casting is full of beneficial bacteria.
Indubitably.
Diego, thanks SO much for sharing 🙏🏼🕉️🌎🌏🌍🕊️
Wow, increased yields by 150% in Ukraine? Wow, the yields must be absolutely crazy right now with this increase topped off with all that organic fertilizer imported from Russia since Feb 2022.
I got a load of compost with the actinobacteria, what can / should I do before using it?
actino thrive in low oxygen conditions. aerate the pile, exposing all pieces to oxygen and the actino should start to go dormant
@@sig124 by applying it to the soil it gets aerated , is that enough?
@@VanillaAttila I am not an expert, (one university course in microbiology and following along with this series) but I think the idea is that you don't want to introduce them in the first place. So you want to eliminate the actinobacteria before applying.
@@SuperDamncat how long does it take for them to die from oxidizing? What do I do if I already applied a 6 inch thick layer in my food forest?
So all this is great. The lecture series is wonderful and inspiring and exciting. But then it's also frustrating for the home gardener because, while you want to apply her teaching, it's not readily accessible. You have to use a microscope and/or take her $5,000 lecture series.
🙏😊❤️x
#davidthegood
To bad most people are to stubborn to change. I work around alot of farmers and and I'm always laughed at when talking about this kinda stuff.
When was this recorded? That guy coughing the whole video gave me anxiety.
Get the Jab...
Covid trauma
TWENTY FIVE FEET. WOW
It's always her talking.. where are the farmers to confirm these results?
That gangster tie in made me cringe
I stopped after 8 minutes as it was too painful to continue watching, she is obsessed with money and I hope she continues to milk every last gullible human being out there..
Good luck Dr.!
Open your eyes man
I'll debate with you if you really want it
Wow good luck in your entire life with that kind of brain power. That has to be one of the most ignorant comments I have come across through all the comments I have seen.
Your something else....
Snowflake. I learned some of this from my koi pond and aquarium. Principals are much the same whether applied to soil or water. They want to sell us chemicals for everything. 26 yrs ago experts said I couldn’t keep koi or angelfish in my high alkaline water and that I must always adjust it. Never did. Lost one koi of my 31 and none of my angels. Nature always had it right with her compost making.
Very good presentation a big Thank You