Free Fungally Dominated Compost & Mulch
We’ve been using fungally dominated compost and mulch in our garden for years, and we’ve done so without ever purchasing packaged compost or mulch products. Today I’ll show you how, but first let’s talk about the difference between bacterially dominated compost and fungally dominated compost. One Yard Revolution is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost, mulch, and compost tea. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used. Join me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oneyardrevolution Channel Page: http://www.youtube.com/user/OneYardRevolution Featured video: "Mycorrhizae and Mycorrhizal Amendments": http://youtu.be/2tdo3wSHVhA Stephen's video: Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkZ_TR-o3B4 1)"Teaming with Microbes" by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis 2) "Mycorrhizae: So, What the Heck are they Anyway?": http://puyallup.wsu.edu/~linda%20chalker-scott/horticultural%20myths_files/Myths/Mycorrhizae.pdf
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My woodchips are only 2 months old and full of fungus, and even fruiting bodies on the top of the mulch. they look like animal vomit but I know they are fungus
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Excellent video!!
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I noticed that you don't shred your leaves for compost bins or sheet composting. Are the leaves broken down to plant in by spring?
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Hey brown guy I'll like to be part of that street team
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Awesome, learning so much more. You really know your stuff. God bless you and your work.
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Dang, glad I stumbled across your channel. Your videos are very professional, easy to watch, very insightful, and overall a pleasure to watch. Thank you for your effort. Subbed.
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Always liked your video tutorials as they are practical and very easy to understand. This one is no different. I may not have the space to practice this for now but I'm bookmarking this for a future time. Also, I liked that you espouse practices that are low- to no-cost. Frankly, a lot of other gardening videos seem to be gimmicks aimed at making people believe farming means spending on this and that to grow food.
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Well done. One of the few who get it right. Thanks mate.. from Australia. To go to the next level... try Peter McCoy's Radical Mycology on this link---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB9JSky8x6k
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Fungal Composting seems to be eternity for me. I want compost as soon as possible :)
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Great advice! Thank you.
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Hi Patrick, The dry beet pulp is leftover from making molasses. (I think.) I'm a cabinet maker so I produce lots of sawdust. It all goes into the garden. The problem is, it seems to break down very slowly. That is why I incorporated the Alphalha, and beet pulp in with it. I am also throwing in some granular molasses to speed things up. I'll let you know how my experiment goes. Thanks again for all your practicle advice.
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Hi Patrick I live in the Northern Nevada desert ( zone 5). I do not have a good source for leaves or coffee grounds. I have been buying Alphalpha pellets, and beet pulp at the feed store. I've been sprinkling them on the garden in the fall. I have noticed more earthworms, (and Robins) should I continue? and how can I increase fungal microbes without leaves? Thank you for your expertise.
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not all white, fuzzy mycellium is mycorrhizal. that mycellium is probably a saprophytic fungus. mycorrhizae only exist where there is a plant root, so in order to cultivate them, you need to grow host plants for them to live on. Rodale has a great article on how to do it. google "rodale guide to on-farm mycorrhizae production."
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As far as carbon content of the compost pile goes, can you use carbonized rice hulls or carbonized coconut shells? These are basically charcoal/biochar made up of rice hulls and coconut shells.
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fungi and bacteria are antagonists they compete for food and space in the compost pile,if one is dominant the other will decline depending on the condition of the pile, moisture ,type of material,and other antagonists like mold etc.
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Very informative!, Thank you so much. I live in Phoenix, so I rely, on heavy mulching to protect the soil from the heat.I no longer want to remove mulch to apply organic fertilizers 3 times a year and in the process disturb the delicate fungal growth, what do you advise me doing, compost teas for the trees?Thanks
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Thank you for the consultation my friend, I will get the soil test to find out what fungus that i have in the garden. informative video btw.
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I am not to please with these in the backyard garden.... they are doing more harm than good to my soil...maybe because i am in the Caribbean, the temperature is MUCH higher.... this fungus is in my soil and it is attaching itself to small sticks, scraps and any other organic matter...every time the area dry out, and i wet it, the water runs off the soil's surface...I have discovered that by keeping the soil moist constantly the white fungus do not develop and only then I would notice earth worms, and other micro organisms which are breaking down the organic matter in the soil.
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Really enjoyed this one. I noticed you used whole leaves. Can you speed up that microryza environment by first shredding the leaves?
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Where do you get the leaf bags?
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