Food Forest Tour Clip: Mulch for Success, "Chop & Drop" Technique

Growing Food in Florida through Ecological Farming Practices:
NO IRRIGATION, NO CHEMICALS, NOT EVEN "ORGANIC FERTILIZERS". Grow Your Own Fertilizer & Create the richest, darkest, most nutrient dense soil possible with proper mulching techniques!
In this 4 minute clip from our August farm tour, Pete Kanaris (founder of GreenDreams & Sandhill Farm) discusses the right kind of mulch to be using in the Central Florida region, plus demonstrates his technique of "chop & drop". This idea is designed to provide the essential nutrients/minerals for our heavy feeding fruit trees. Instead of constantly buying organic fertilizer, we are growing our own.
The 2 crops used in the "Chop & Drop" demonstration:
Tithonia diversifolia (Mexican Sunflower, Bolivian Sunflower)
Fakahatchee Grass (a fast growing, Florida native grass)

[@joweb1320]

Love this old video!

[@catlindarnell2367]

I added some rotten oak wood and decomposing leaves best growth I've ever seen in my garden👌

[@ZE308AC]

Pete should do a collaboration with Matt Powers

[@arboristla]

Hi Pete! Do you know if Tithonia Rotundifolia 'The Torch' - the other common plant known as Mexican Sunflower - can be used in the same manner, with appreciable results? Thank you for all the great content you provide!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Hello! Yes I would think so, it's definitely not as vigorous or dense as the diversifolia.

[@dianehammer7559]

Do you still do these tours?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Hey Diane! No unfortunately we stopped the tours a few years ago. That’s why I started the UA-cam videos.

[@dianehammer7559]

Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL bummer!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Diane Hammer jubilee in Bradenton offers tours, we installed that project. Jubileeorganic.org