Best Products at a Farm Supply Store for Maximum Yield

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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits the farm supply cooperative in Hilo , Hawaii to share with you his favorite products to produce the maximum yields from your garden or farm. In this episode, John shares with you this unique member-owned, not for profit farm store in Hilo, Hawaii that supports the local community by supplying farms and homeowners organic and conventional fertilizers and pesticides as well as pots, tools and more. You will also learn how you don’t have to pay sales tax on your fertilizer and nutrient purchases on the big island. John will walk around the store and share his favorite products with you that will allow you to grow the biologic organic nutrient dense style that john uses to grow his gardens and will use on a farm one day. First, you will discover about the importance of the microbes and how you can add them to your garden as they are your FREE workforce that work to break down nutrients and make them available for your plant. Next, you will learn about rock dust, and some alternatives that will add a wide spectrum of trace minerals into your soil. Next you will discover some of John’s favorite organic pest controls to control bugs and pests in the garden. Next, John will talk about moving towards organic farming from conventional farming and provide some options for people that want to replace their chemical fertilizers with a more natural and organic one. John will next share some of his other favorite products you can use to create a more diverse soil ecology that will encourages the highest yields. You will learn about organic alternatives for a high nitrogen fertilizer and an organic alternative for a high Phosphorus fertilizer. Finally John will share some of his favorite tools including small net pots that can be used for hydroponics or aquaponics, a closed tray that can be used to grow microgreens in your home, as well as a machete and a special tool used for harvesting papayas. After watching this episode, you will learn about many of the nutrients and organic pest controls that John uses in his very garden and how you can purchase them in Hilo, Hawaii on the Big Island at the lowest prices possible. Referenced videos: Em1 Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJqsBKNuoY Open Source Compost Tea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTijkwQaPRI BioChar Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UiW3-IMfME Learn more about the Farm Supply Cooperative at: http://farmsupplycoop.com/ Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens

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not sure i agree with "synthetic fertilizers killing the soil microbes" i think it's more accurate to say its not feeding the soil microbes the organic matter they need to survive/thrive. same result in the end though.

hi. i would like you to send me some comfrey parts that i can plant, the local nurserry here promise me last year but until now i dont have it yet....
Andy Seva
2 Blue Elder Ct
American Canyon CA 94503

Oh crap John!!! I really love your style, you're an amazing human being! But check this out, When you're holding down to earths micorizza in your hands I couldn't help but see AVID 0.15 EC on the next shelf up. That stuff is crazy strong and should be behind the counter. I recommend GREEN CLEANER from OLD AGE ORGANICS. That stuff rocks! Please recommend that product to these guys, Mother Earth will thank you 🐳

Does anyone know the financial cost of starting up and yearly running of a 100,000 arc permaculture farm??

HELP! Can anyone help me with a soil mix for organic vegetable gardening in containers? I'm completely overwhelmed and lost. I don't own a car and rented one to pick up items that were suggested to grow vegetables organically in containers. I bought Pro-Mix BX and some other items but after some research I've become totally confused as I don't think it's organic. I had to go the hydroponics store as finding items in my area proved difficult. They also sold me Botanicare Pure Blend Pro which I think is specifically for growing cannabis, not vegetables. I also purchased 2 small (3 litre) bags of Rubicon Worm Castings (they only had small bags) and Gaia Glacier Rock Dust and Fafard Sea Compost. If I had a car I would take it all back and buy some already mixed organic vegetable mix for containers. I bought some last year and it sucked so I thought making my own would be better and cheaper. As you can see, I just created this youtube account looking for some help. I appreciate anyone's time and help if possible. I've watched hundreds of John's youtube videos however applying that wisdom is where I'm stuck. <grin> All of my plants are sitting outside waiting for me and I'm so lost I don't know if I can just mix all these products together and hope for the best or if I should do something else. Sorry for the long post. LOVE LOVE LOVE your vids John! Thank you for the most precious commodity we have, the giving of your time. Again, my thanks for anyone willing to advise me.

U should get a bitcoin wallet. Ppl can donate to u with just an address u can post. Thanks for ur videos man!

Hey John, I been growing a vegetable garden for 3 years now here in Illinois. Each year I have a fungus I think on my vine plants. Their leaves get white spots on them. How can I cure this?

Thank you for your videos, I love watching them. I get so addicted to my garden in the summer and plan it all winter. Right now I'm trying to at least grow enough green beans to last our family a year, well 9 months I read they well keep good in deep freeze. And we are trying to teach our kids how good fresh produce is, and a way to save money, plus it's kind of therapy time will out in the garden. It's very good type of bonding time with them.

I'm a pacifist so the gun analogy didn't appeal to me.

bless you john im mexican guy n im trying to wake up my family but there so blind society got them but im not quitting fight the good fight many blessings brother man thanks for maing youre videos

you should make a day in the life video, and a video on your life story. Tell us how you got into gardening, and what previous jobs you had. Where you into plants as a child, who got you into gardening? Love the videos, keep fighting the good fight.

Thank you John! Always fun and informative.

freaken john with his cheesy jokes any person would be blessed to have him as a neighbor or close freind...

you must of had an orgasm walking in the place. what a great store organic ferts are expensive compared to syns.

Bloody Girlfriends, lol. I could listen to your knowledge all day. I'm an Aussie (Australian) so your seasons are way out compared to mine locally but the information you provide is second to none, Awesome stuff. My belief is that EVERYONE should have a garden of some sorts (bucket or paddock) , especially if your in Australia (my backyard) with our big backyards and lots of sunshine. Australia technically began in 1788, we were great then ( when we were criminals apparently, lol ). Since then self-sufficiency has gone out the window, if the Supermarkets closed for a few days most people in this country would turn vigilante. As far as gardening goes I dont do tea's and all that stuff, all I do is put manure, Lime or gypsum (depending) and fireplace ash on the garden beds when they are in "resting" periods. I don't use Fertilizer, rock dust or any of that stuff because ; 1. It costs money
2 Nature seems to work itself out REALLY good so I try and use those processes, their free ( yes, I'm a tightarse, lol). Keep the video's coming man, we ALL love your work. :)

http://www.permies.com/t/15724/soil/AZOMITE-rock-dust-stuff-radioactive

please read on azomite.

crushed Oyster shell are one of the best things to use for keeping snails and slugs away from plants. just crush them up or buy a bag which is real cheap then spread on the top of soil around your plants. The shells are very sharp to soft belly pest and they will run the other way. Now another really good thing using Oyster shell is all that they will provide to your plants. Oyster shell contains a bounty of nutrients, most prominently calcium. Other nutrients include copper, cobalt, phosphorus, manganese, zinc, magnesium, potassium, chromium, iron, selenium, molybdenum, glucose, taurine, and vitamins A, B1, B2, D, and E. Not sure if you knew that or said it in other videos you have done, if not I hope that info helps.

Hope you keep your subs John. YT sucks for removing collections!

Makes sense !
A green thumb is the best thumb !!! Thumbs up John !

Have you ever thought about writing a book john?,i think you could you probably could,id buy it,you could make several books,i've learned a lot from you and am a new gardener and trying to go completely raw and really dove straight into things and i'm having trouble having enough recipes to eat my food in,i have a curry i make,spaghetti squash and eggplant dish,falafels,and dish what i call noodle madness which is just a bunch of veggies and some nuts in a pasta,but i'm trying to get away from any processed food whatsoever,my point being that you could write a raw food book or something that people like me can benefit from,just a though you have a lot of info,it might get people to stop asking many questions and buy a book from you.Although the cool thing about what you do is that it's virtually free and stuff,but i think your info is worth a least slightly more than that,and i appreciate the information you are spreading to people and encouraging people to grow food and sustain themselves.I find it hard to good information and raw diets can really mess you up if not done right and i can see how people get discouraged,its not easy,but i believe its what people are gonna have to learn to do if they truly want a happy healthy life.Take care!