Building a Johnson-Su Bioreactor to Create Awesome Compost For My Flower Farm
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
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How did it go? This video says it's been a year, have you extracted and used it yet? Are you injecting into the soil or spraying it? PS love your flowers!
You do work hard lass! So many strings to your bows - watercolourist included - all very very impressive (and interesting)
I made my JSB in June, went with the modified single center column design (see diego footers channel) I had the same issues deciding what to put in it, eventually went with chipped fresh hedge clippings from a conservation mix hedge (cut 5ft fresh green whips off 300yrds of hedge with secuters then chipped them) got to 60C for 4 days and lost ~25% volume, I topped it up. Matt Powers said every sample he's had under the scope from a JSB showed lots of cilliates, indicating anearobic conditions, and Nitrates, so I asked him about adding LAB along with the worms, he said it sounds like a good plan so that's what I did (I used tiger worms) I also add more LAB once a month (molasis recipie). Watering it every day has been a bit of a pain, tempted to set up an auto watering pump or something! I've had a sample from the top under the scope, very fungal dom, but it has a way to go yet (also lots of shrooms in the center air column) it'll be really interesting to see your results under the scope from a very different feedstock, good luck!
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Ohh, this was so interesting. It is I really enjoyable seeing you and Rob working on things together and I’m loving how you are using organic waste from the farm. Thanks for sharing your journey and knowledge.
Very interesting. Can you do a video on how well you think the compost from the reactor does - tea, mix etc. Is it better?
This video is amazing I can't wait to binge your channel
You go girl I’m hoping for your great success! 🍁🍂🍁🦃💚🙃
Wow, that was a workout, glad you had the tractor 😊
Very interesting.The video disappeared yesterday mid way so was delighted to see end this pm.Thanks.
Yes unfortunately there was some missing sound so I had to take down and re-edit and upload! Glad you found it interesting!
I used to get hoisted up in a bucket to cut our hedges! Great fun but hard work and H&S would have had a fit!
😂 looking forward to more updates cos I'm a bit of a compost nerd!
Great content Sarah. 👍
Thank you, Sarah for the link on the compost calculator. It looks great. Can't wait to get into it.
It has been handy over the last few months of trialling compost piles!
Great video
is there a reason why you didn't put the plastic around the out sidef the cage?
wonderful...there is really no recipe of materials but one makes sure to follow the process of homogenizing the mix - no layering like high carbon then high nitrogen and the moisture and finally allowing the whole thing to mature for a year or so...blessings
I’m hoping to make some in the next few weeks from horse manure and straw bedding and see what comes of that. Minimal work and we have heaps of the stuff. If it works it will be fantastic.
😇@@bloomandgray ...blessings
I highly recommend making soil bacteria from another UA-camr The Weedy Garden. I made it for the first time in 2020 and after 2 years of using I can say it works 101%. I use 2 times a year. It's enough to enrich the soil. To make soil bacteria you don't need many products and they are not expensive. The recipe is on his channel and in the 2nd video.
Do you mind sharing what you use? I just watched his video, I’m unable to get seaweed, or sugar cane products and I was wondering what you used. Also what did he call it crusher dirt, stone? I would appreciate it very much if you could share what you used? 🍁🍂🍁🦃💚🙃
My father used to top his garden with manure and ashes from the wood stove he had a wonderful garden
Hi Sarah, In your video you show the JS bioreactor outside, do you cover to top to stop rain? I don't have any undercover space to store it so just wondering what others have done if it needs to be permanently outside and it rains a lot, like the UK!
Always love seeing the flowers and watching your bouquet making which are a work of art. This is next level, it is fascinating to see how much work and energy you are putting into regenerative farming and taking good care of the soil and life beneath. Yes, I will be looking at your links and giving it a go. Thank you for sharing this journey of learning with us Sarah. I have a question, cold composting over winter and clearing out the spent flower beds. Should I remove the seed heads and compost the rest? Should I just add it all to the mix and hoe down any unwanted volunteers after spreading on the soil next in the next year or so?
I’m glad you enjoy these videos Caroline!! They’re definitely not the most popular videos on my channel but I’m still going to post them as i hope to attract more people who are interested in this kind of thing, and I love it anyway! I suppose re. Winter composting it’s up to you. It depends what you want to put your energy into. I have avoided putting things that contain lots of seeds into my cold compost because I don’t want all the seedlings in the compost but if you can identify your seedlings it should be easy to remove them from your beds with a hoe.
hello! we are trying to make one of these and your video is super helpful. WHat mesh did you use? we are struggling to find some in the UK!
I wonder if any chemistry is applied to the operation
Well, that is really cool! I was wondering if you even need to take the pipes out at all? Maybe I missed that information?? It's easy to understand how it composts much quicker than a conventional compost pile!
Well I suppose you could leave them in, but if you take them out, the holes stay open and you can re-use the pipes to make more piles!
Having done this with success, just a couple of points.
The material isn't clay like, it is mature vermicompost, and when it is clay like, it is too wet.
Also it needs to be under cover, as your climate is the same as mine and it will freeze in the winter, and kill all of the worms so stopping the biological work over the winter, and increasing the time needed.
David Johnson's method works well, but as he says, it has to be tweaked outside of the desert conditions, he lives in. Hope it turns out OK, it has made a good start.
Ah ok! I’ve seen David and others mention a few times that the finished consistency is clay-like. Just quoting him! It is on a pallet so we can move it inside if it gets too cold. What materials have you put into yours with success??
@@bloomandgray Veg, flower, herb trimmings, shredded stems from roses, shrubs hedging, straw, willow ( great for fungi of all kinds including myco ) if shredded as fine as you can they break down in a couple months. Have seen you have a good pile of old manure, this can act as an inoculant to start thing going. If it hasn't been going too long, you can top it up, no recommended by David but does work. He loses some but not as much, mainly because he uses a lot of wood chips, to allow air, and they decompose slowly, one of the reasons it takes a year or so. The secret is as much diversity as you can, so it's good for everything you grow, as in KNF and Jadam. The best thing to feed a pepper is composted pepper leaves etc.
David waters every day, your problem in this country is too much as it can turn solid, and stop being aerobic, we don't have 40+ degrees for 6-8 months of the year, but that speeds the composting up at that heat.
Good look, but remember you don't live in New Mexico, so think Yorkshire.
Disagree- The finished compost should have a clay-like consistency...like worm castings. Yes. There is a video of that comment from Dr. Johnsin. A JSB is a big stand-up up worm bin. Don't skimp on adding composting worms. Don't expect you native earthworms to climb up into you reactor. They are called "Earth" worms for a reason.
Agreed - NEVER let them freeze b/c you'll kill the worms & the pile will go hydrophobic. Below 40 degrees bed temp, worm death begins.
loved the video. Did you say something about the carbon to nitrogen calculator towards the beginning of the video???
morningchores.com/compost-calculator/ yes this is the one I’ve been using. It’s quite handy!
What are your top stunning looking flowers 💐? And what are the top 5 best looking for a mediterranean look like white gravel, conifers, olives and lavender setting looks?
Add some urine in it or if there's a poultry farm nearby their droppings are great
1 Hectare is 2.47 acres ..
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Those composters are a massive waste of time. It will take 2 years and A LOT of tearing it down and rebuilding it to turn the material. There are plenty of videos showong how this system is a failure.
It doesn’t need turning. I haven’t seen any of these videos, feel free to share here!
@@bloomandgray look at the Diego footer videos or the ADHD farmer. If you search, "Johnson she bioreactor" you will instantly notice that the same youtubers are posting multiple videos on this. Thats because it fails so they are trying to add tjings and change things to force success.
The interior air tubes were thought to be the innovation that would prevent you from having to turn it. Which makes absolutely no sense what so ever since the middle of a standard compost pile is what heats up and breaks down. Adding the airflow tubes is supposed to increase the speed of the breakdown and hep regulate a consistent temperature of 160ish degrees. It doesn't work, as you will soon see. The turning is absolutely required as the outside 8-12 inches will nit breakdown left unattended.
In addition, this system requires both a lot more watering as well as a lot more attention to detail when layering in your materials.
A simple pile that you thriw whatever in turned and watered once a week for the first two months is hugely more successful and 100% cheaper (free) to build.
I have seen Diego’s videos but as with any process you don’t always get it right first time. The reason for the air pipes is the keep the pile aerobic during the decomposition process facilitated by fungi. ‘Quick thermophillic’ composting over a couple of months with regular turning does create heat but it’s mainly a bacterial process. I’m looking for fungal compost, which requires less disturbance and a longer time period for fungal hyphae to develop. I’m sticking with the Johnson su for now as I want those fungal components in my soils! You’re right that the external doesn’t break down like the middle but when we’re talking about needing as little as 1kg per 2 acres does it really matter if the outside doesn’t break down?
@@bloomandgray umm two cover two acres, yes it absolutely does matter. I spend $3,600.00 to barely cover 1 acre of 70% flower beds and 30% vegetables. One Johnson so reactor is going to give you enough to do the indoor plants in the average person's home...
Those materials will decompose in a year whether they are turned or not, especially if worms are going in. Twigs and thick flower stems such as rose might not go, but straw and even wood chips will be ok after 12 months under those conditions.