One thing I learned over the years is to FEED THE SOIL with organic matter. Even if it`s sand when you`re starting feed it leaves, grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, kitchen scraps (vegetable) etc it will gradually improve. It`s all in the biology and composition of organic matter. Add some earthworms too which will help break organic matter down.
I was feeding the soil with charcoal. (and natural nitrogen source) Now i do not need to use fertilizers FOREVER! That method is superior even to the *crop rotation* !
@@WadcaWymiaru forever? not by the laws of physics. Also crop rotation has some benefits like starving out plant specific nematodes so its not interchangable with some bogus fertilization method.
@@szabomarton8064 By the "laws of the humanity" . An 8000 years sounds like eternity for average farmer. (that will not live even 100 years) The soil will outlive him!
Where I live, I have a 90% sandy loam. Living in a desert with weeds that are tying to stick you, I plant clover for nitrogen and clip down all weeds to create the soil - been doing it for 8 years. After composting the weeds and clover for 8 years, I have a rich black soil that I mix with the sand….and the garden thrives! Bonuses: the clover prevents water erosion and keeping the weeds active is just additional carbon for the soil.
I know the video is old but wanted to say thank you. I've had a 2 meter pile of yard debris. 80% of which was large chunks of grass and wood chips from years of yard work. Never turned it for compost. Just let it pile up. Sifted it all today and thought it was too sandy. Just showed my wife today and asked if my soil looks like your "holy grail" soil. She said it does 100%. I was going to add some compost and manure but after seeing this ill leave it as it is and give it a try. Again thanks.
@@MasterKenfucius You`re a rude and disrespectful "man". If you don`t like her gardening video why don`t you make one yourself? Go look up the definition of compost in a dictionary. LOL SURPRISE!
I am in the USA. I have access to several bakes of commercial soybean stubble. My garden is so Sandy it's hard to grow a good garden. I have searched for articles on herbicide residue on commercial grown soybeans. Have found nothing. Would hate to further complicate my problem in the only garden. Do you know if any tests done in this application?
Hello there, the soil conditioner product I used here is from WA company Baileys. Here is the link:www.baileysfertiliser.com.au/products/category/premium-growing-media-mulches/soil-improver-plus Thanks for watching 🙂
Hi Lisa! I've been using planting mix from my local nursery in Wangara/madeley area of WA and noticed there's red brick rubble in the soil mix. Is this considered safe for planting organically? It's sandy mix with bark and cow and sheep manure. I only recently noticed the brick rubble. The nursery says it's an organic blend and no other info. To this I add mushroom compost, blood and bone. Im trying to build and organic edible garden and due to our space im using pots.
Hi Lisa, I got a piece of land near coastal area whereby the land is only consist of white coloured sand like beach sand. I want to plant some fruit trees that can grow very large. Is it ok to dig up a large hole, fill it up with top soil or to throw in organics material like Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) of palm tree and mix it up with the sand? Thank you in advance.
Hi Star Dust, Thanks for your question. The tips in this video would be useful for you and for a large tree Id look to prepare a planting hole around 1m x 1m (at most). I would recommend working in some well aged compost, along with some clay soil amendment such as the Bentonite or Kaolin clay (or equivalent in your area) and mix this in well with the existing sand/soil prior to planting. I think you EFB would be okay once it has been composted. Kind regards, Lisa
How about suffocating the stuff over winter. Put cardboard and compost or cardboard and arborist wood chips over it. Or just old carpets. Weeds are being killed and transformed into compost.
Hi Lisa, I am planning to do an investigation on the effect of turning sand into soil on the growth of herbs. I wanted to take different ratios of soil and sand to see the effect it has on the biomass of the herb. 4 conditions 1. 10% soil 70% sand 20% clay 2. 25% soil 55% sand 20% clay 3. 50% soil 30% sand 20% clay and 4. 70% soil 10% sand 20% soil. Do you think the herbs will grow in such conditions (id be planting in 4 different pots)?
Hi Leo, sounds interesting. Id suggest first looking at the 'soil texture triangle' which defines different soils based on their percentage sand, clay and silt content. Perhaps a better enquiry would be to analyse the soil you have and determine its sand/silt/clay content. Then with regards to whether the herbs grow better in a sandy loam, silty loam, clay loam or loam will then depend on the plant in question (along with other environmental factors). If you search up images of soil texture triangle you will find diagrams and more info.
Are you using calcium bentonite or sodium bentonite? Assuming calcium, but I'd like to know for sure. Does adding calcium bentonite cause problems for soils that are already slightly too alkaline?
Hello paulag1955, thanks for your comment. Yes the product I like to use has calcium bentonite in it. Calcium is also utilised by the plants and no issue with alkalinity to my knowledge. Kind regards, Lisa
Mixing charcoal with dung is far superior, see: ua-cam.com/video/XQxthabe_OU/v-deo.html - 2fold (old image from USA past) no longer need pesticides or artificall fertilizers...anymore! Even plowing!
I agree that making your own compost is preferable and cheaper than buying soil conditioner. We do need to reduce the amount of fertiliser and manures that we apply to the soil though... The purpose of adding clay is to hold the compost and nutrient in the soil profile so that nutrients don't leach through the sand and into the groundwater system. This is a big problem in the Swan Coastal Plain of Western Australia. Other parts of the world will have different soils and different challenges.
Hi there, Thanks for watching! Im happy to send you my information sheet on this. Can you please send me your email address. I can be reached at lisa@inspiredbynature.biz. Many thanks. Lisa
Hi Diana, If you are starting with sand then we suggest adding some compost (ratio 50:50 being half compost with half sand). We find that adding some clay to this mix helps hold the compost in the soil profile preventing leaching of nutrients into the waterways. In very hydrophobic soils then and addition of wetting agent can also help. This suggestion is for improving garden soils. Hope that helps. :-)
Lisa, I am in Fl and my soil is very much luke yours. I did not catch the biological name for clay. Can, you send me the name that i can get hold of clay. Thanks !!
Hello Jin, Thanks for your reply. The clay products I mentioned were Kaolin clay and Bentonite clay and both are locally sourced (in Western Australia). I'm thinking by Fl you mean Florida?...I'm not familiar with your soil systems there so the best suggestion would be to get in contact with qualified horticulturalists in your area and they can advise on your local equivalents. Good luck with that.
True but my friends in California told me if i can get clay which will help way more. I have same characteristics as you mentioned. It depletes of nutrition faster when it rains . I have been working last 3 years slowly with help of DOA ( government agents). At first my land was hydrophobic so it was worst but like you said having some clay has it's own benefits. Yes, you are correct, I am in Fl. What type of soil you have is what i have actually. So, what information you gave me is a good start to check on line ( Google). I used tons of compost just to have good quality bec i actually had dead soil when i first started. I was very happy with my soil analysis and I still i would love to try to add clay for better results. Thank you so much. I learn so much from your videos.
Farmers who produce record yiels will tell you to cut back to 10 % organic. If you grew food you would know the grubs, fugi occur and root issues, as well as reduced nutrient uptake, blights of all manner in that organic content.
Hi Robert, some interesting comments. Im certainly no farmer but enjoy growing produce on a domestic scale and I welcome soil biology in my organic plot.
John Hales For some people having beautiful flowers are worthy of some of their disposable income in the same way a lot of other non essential purchases are for most humans...
Hi John, thanks for your comment. Flowers help attract the pollinators and its so nice to be able to pick a bunch to cheer up a friend but yes you're quite right...we all need to be growing food to eat. Space permitting I hope folk have room for both? Kind regards, Lisa
No, she is adding compost (broken down plant materials) and clay. If you were to analyze balanced, fertile soil, it would basically be some combination of sand, clay, and compost. So here, she is attempting to balance the very sandy soil.
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One thing I learned over the years is to FEED THE SOIL with organic matter. Even if it`s sand when you`re starting feed it leaves, grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, kitchen scraps (vegetable) etc it will gradually improve. It`s all in the biology and composition of organic matter. Add some earthworms too which will help break organic matter down.
I was feeding the soil with charcoal. (and natural nitrogen source)
Now i do not need to use fertilizers FOREVER!
That method is superior even to the *crop rotation* !
I was surprised and pleased that you can even just chuck a slab of meat into the soil and it will compost
@@WadcaWymiaru forever? not by the laws of physics. Also crop rotation has some benefits like starving out plant specific nematodes so its not interchangable with some bogus fertilization method.
@@szabomarton8064
By the "laws of the humanity" . An 8000 years sounds like eternity for average farmer. (that will not live even 100 years) The soil will outlive him!
wow ok
Where I live, I have a 90% sandy loam. Living in a desert with weeds that are tying to stick you, I plant clover for nitrogen and clip down all weeds to create the soil - been doing it for 8 years. After composting the weeds and clover for 8 years, I have a rich black soil that I mix with the sand….and the garden thrives! Bonuses: the clover prevents water erosion and keeping the weeds active is just additional carbon for the soil.
You have a beautiful voice 👏
I know the video is old but wanted to say thank you. I've had a 2 meter pile of yard debris. 80% of which was large chunks of grass and wood chips from years of yard work. Never turned it for compost. Just let it pile up. Sifted it all today and thought it was too sandy. Just showed my wife today and asked if my soil looks like your "holy grail" soil. She said it does 100%. I was going to add some compost and manure but after seeing this ill leave it as it is and give it a try. Again thanks.
Your voice is so calming to me, as I eat my dinner and learn about soil.
Good to see someone from Perth with our rather unique conditions
Thanks Elizabeth and yes I agree we have unique conditions here...requiring more planning and prepartion before we plant. Hope you found this useful.
@@lisapassmore352 I know superior method...
Thank you for this video . Your information is clear , precise . It’s a pleasure to watch
Glad it was helpful and thanks for the lovely feedback.
Love your garden and your continent.
Thanks Rohit, appreciate your kind words. Wishing you happy gardening. Lisa
This is amazing!!! So many paths can be unlocked with that kind of information!! Thank you for sharing and may God bless you !!!
Hi Lisa, what is your mixture ratio to turn sand into Sandy loam? Thank you
What Sand type did you use? COARSE SAND?.
The video should have been called "How to add good soil to bad soil to make ok soil"
Thanks for your comment Ken and thanks for watching.
You`re missing the point she said that perfect soil needs some sand
She added compost to the sand not soil.
@@dougm2250 Compost is soil. Unless you use it to decorate your head or some other idiotic purpose.
@@MasterKenfucius You`re a rude and disrespectful "man". If you don`t like her gardening video why don`t you make one yourself? Go look up the definition of compost in a dictionary. LOL SURPRISE!
Im also from Perth. Was wondering how to get the clay and wetting agent can I buy it in a bag from bunnings?
ua-cam.com/video/egXSEQku6fc/v-deo.html
Take a look at this, I think uses the same strategy for improving sandy soil and the video is by Bunnings. :)
@@bunbar6826 ok cool thanks
You should be able to get these from most garden centres. Certainly well worth the effort.
We have 4 hecter of sand land.. not 1 bag of sand ... To mix...
Hmm that is challenging. Al I can suggest is start small and build on that... Good luck there!
There is a good ted talk about using grazing animals to reverse desertification, might be worth a watch for some ideas.
Why not making more videos! You are great
Thank you very much for sharing. Our soil is very sandy as well and I'm trying to build up humus with homemade compost.
I wonder if this would work in Egypt or other sandy countries
Underrated channel
Can you make compost with straw?
I am in the USA. I have access to several bakes of commercial soybean stubble. My garden is so Sandy it's hard to grow a good garden. I have searched for articles on herbicide residue on commercial grown soybeans. Have found nothing. Would hate to further complicate my problem in the only garden. Do you know if any tests done in this application?
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Thank you very much, and lovely voice.
Couldn’t hear the last ingredient because of loud bird chirpping
It was wetting agent
greetings, the off the shelf organic conditioner that was added to the sand. can you please share the name and brand of product? thank you
Hello there, the soil conditioner product I used here is from WA company Baileys. Here is the link:www.baileysfertiliser.com.au/products/category/premium-growing-media-mulches/soil-improver-plus Thanks for watching 🙂
Great info than you very much. For the video.
Thanks bud row, your comment is much appreciated.
Dont you need soil microbes and humic acid?
Humic subtances are in the compost... and when you create the right soil environment in the ground the microbes will be present.
Hi Lisa! I've been using planting mix from my local nursery in Wangara/madeley area of WA and noticed there's red brick rubble in the soil mix. Is this considered safe for planting organically?
It's sandy mix with bark and cow and sheep manure. I only recently noticed the brick rubble. The nursery says it's an organic blend and no other info. To this I add mushroom compost, blood and bone. Im trying to build and organic edible garden and due to our space im using pots.
Get your garbage paper and cardboard and make vermicompost instead? It is also great for the envirenment
Can i mix Garden Soil & Coarse Sand?.
Hi Lisa, I got a piece of land near coastal area whereby the land is only consist of white coloured sand like beach sand. I want to plant some fruit trees that can grow very large. Is it ok to dig up a large hole, fill it up with top soil or to throw in organics material like Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) of palm tree and mix it up with the sand? Thank you in advance.
Hi Star Dust, Thanks for your question. The tips in this video would be useful for you and for a large tree Id look to prepare a planting hole around 1m x 1m (at most). I would recommend working in some well aged compost, along with some clay soil amendment such as the Bentonite or Kaolin clay (or equivalent in your area) and mix this in well with the existing sand/soil prior to planting. I think you EFB would be okay once it has been composted. Kind regards, Lisa
thanks a lot Lisa for the advice. have a nice day :)
If you own an acre of junk grass planted next to Bermuda grass with a crap ton of dandelions on top of sand, how do you treat that?
How about suffocating the stuff over winter. Put cardboard and compost or cardboard and arborist wood chips over it. Or just old carpets. Weeds are being killed and transformed into compost.
Aren´t we nearly all in the coastal areas of Australia???
Hi Lisa, I am planning to do an investigation on the effect of turning sand into soil on the growth of herbs. I wanted to take different ratios of soil and sand to see the effect it has on the biomass of the herb. 4 conditions 1. 10% soil 70% sand 20% clay 2. 25% soil 55% sand 20% clay 3. 50% soil 30% sand 20% clay and 4. 70% soil 10% sand 20% soil. Do you think the herbs will grow in such conditions (id be planting in 4 different pots)?
Hi Leo, sounds interesting. Id suggest first looking at the 'soil texture triangle' which defines different soils based on their percentage sand, clay and silt content. Perhaps a better enquiry would be to analyse the soil you have and determine its sand/silt/clay content. Then with regards to whether the herbs grow better in a sandy loam, silty loam, clay loam or loam will then depend on the plant in question (along with other environmental factors). If you search up images of soil texture triangle you will find diagrams and more info.
Thanks so much
Are you using calcium bentonite or sodium bentonite? Assuming calcium, but I'd like to know for sure. Does adding calcium bentonite cause problems for soils that are already slightly too alkaline?
Hello paulag1955, thanks for your comment. Yes the product I like to use has calcium bentonite in it. Calcium is also utilised by the plants and no issue with alkalinity to my knowledge. Kind regards, Lisa
@@lisapassmore352 Thank you so much for your response. I'm dealing with native soil that is, basically, pure, coarse sand.
You can get it by just mixing manure fertilizer, water, and vegetable/fruit compost to sand as an alternative to buying soil conditioners and clay
Mixing charcoal with dung is far superior, see:
ua-cam.com/video/XQxthabe_OU/v-deo.html - 2fold (old image from USA past)
no longer need pesticides or artificall fertilizers...anymore! Even plowing!
I agree that making your own compost is preferable and cheaper than buying soil conditioner. We do need to reduce the amount of fertiliser and manures that we apply to the soil though...
The purpose of adding clay is to hold the compost and nutrient in the soil profile so that nutrients don't leach through the sand and into the groundwater system.
This is a big problem in the Swan Coastal Plain of Western Australia. Other parts of the world will have different soils and different challenges.
@@lisapassmore352 Why would we need to reduce manures when it's been down since the beginning of time? It's good for the soil and growing anything!
I planted in sand and the blossoms and fruit on my plants just rots I’m getting nothing
Try some of these suggestions...especially incorporating compost and you should see better results.
@@lisapassmore352 i am making it thanks
great idea
Hi, what are the things you used for this project? and the measurements? thank you :)
Hi there, Thanks for watching! Im happy to send you my information sheet on this. Can you please send me your email address. I can be reached at lisa@inspiredbynature.biz.
Many thanks. Lisa
Hi Atomic Bloo, Ive got a fact sheet Im happy to email you..just let me know your email address. Kind regards, Lisa www.inspiredbynature.biz
@@lisapassmore352 can you send it to me? Prinzsirhard@gmail.com
Can you write me the four type of mixing soil please.
Hi Diana, If you are starting with sand then we suggest adding some compost (ratio 50:50 being half compost with half sand). We find that adding some clay to this mix helps hold the compost in the soil profile preventing leaching of nutrients into the waterways. In very hydrophobic soils then and addition of wetting agent can also help. This suggestion is for improving garden soils.
Hope that helps. :-)
Thanks for your help. I will try because here in Malta is not that easy to have beautiful plants because of the climate we have especially in summer.
I live in central Florida and I have the same type of soil.... damn sand lol
Send it to me.
Same! I hate the term "sandy soil" ....nope... it's just sand, straight up beach sand.
I’m north of Tampa. I feel your pain.
Lisa, I am in Fl and my soil is very much luke yours. I did not catch the biological name for clay. Can, you send me the name that i can get hold of clay. Thanks !!
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Hello Jin, Thanks for your reply. The clay products I mentioned were Kaolin clay and Bentonite clay and both are locally sourced (in Western Australia). I'm thinking by Fl you mean Florida?...I'm not familiar with your soil systems there so the best suggestion would be to get in contact with qualified horticulturalists in your area and they can advise on your local equivalents. Good luck with that.
True but my friends in California told me if i can get clay which will help way more. I have same characteristics as you mentioned. It depletes of nutrition faster when it rains . I have been working last 3 years slowly with help of DOA ( government agents). At first my land was hydrophobic so it was worst but like you said having some clay has it's own benefits. Yes, you are correct, I am in Fl. What type of soil you have is what i have actually. So, what information you gave me is a good start to check on line ( Google). I used tons of compost just to have good quality bec i actually had dead soil when i first started. I was very happy with my soil analysis and I still i would love to try to add clay for better results.
Thank you so much. I learn so much from your videos.
Great work
Well explained
Thanks Karthik for your feedback. It is much appreciated.
Are you an australian ?
Hi Chris, I sure am!
Great video. I'm surprised you don't have more subs. Try to get another channel to recommend you.
Yr voice is hypnotic and the content is great
Thanks for your comments, much appreciated. :-)
#SaveSoil
We have 84 acres seven acres is in garden.
Wow thats a big area and a big garden. Wishing you happy gardening. Lisa
I'm going to
fix @sand is good with this
Farmers who produce record yiels will tell you to cut back to 10 % organic. If you grew food you would know the grubs, fugi occur and root issues, as well as reduced nutrient uptake, blights of all manner in that organic content.
Hi Robert, some interesting comments. Im certainly no farmer but enjoy growing produce on a domestic scale and I welcome soil biology in my organic plot.
i cant focus bc its something bout her that makes my soul split | |
would be worth it i supose if the organics bought grew food to compensate for the cost vs "hey look at my flowers"
John Hales For some people having beautiful flowers are worthy of some of their disposable income in the same way a lot of other non essential purchases are for most humans...
Hi John, thanks for your comment. Flowers help attract the pollinators and its so nice to be able to pick a bunch to cheer up a friend but yes you're quite right...we all need to be growing food to eat. Space permitting I hope folk have room for both? Kind regards, Lisa
You sound like olivia newton john.
Lovely! :-)
Turn sand into soil by...adding soil to sand? Got it! Going to Sahara desert now to try this!
No, she is adding compost (broken down plant materials) and clay. If you were to analyze balanced, fertile soil, it would basically be some combination of sand, clay, and compost. So here, she is attempting to balance the very sandy soil.
Soil is only a medium that's holds nutrients and microorganisms ... I can grow plant hypdrophonically 😆
But if you grow hydrophonicaly you can't grow organic stuff
Local Boys Bodoland but does all a plant need like a herd need really only water?
what a strange accent
Thank you
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