How to Harvest Microbes from the Land to Build Your Soil- Know Your Soil!
In this video from Know Your World (www.ashleyshandmade.com) Tom shares a technique to harvest microbes from the rootstock of old healthy trees. These microbes are then brewed and added to your garden to balance your soils. Note this is a different process than compost tea- this process does not require aeration because it is a fermentation process that grows bacteria. In compost tea, they need to remove the compost from the microbes through aeration in order to get the microbes in liquid form. In this process we are creating microbes in a liquid form from the beginning and they have their food source (molasses) to keep them growing.
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Is the rice cooked and how long does the final product store, I'm guessing it's apply when ready tho
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because this I'd 3 yrs old now, would you of changed anything
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Im sure you can build it too guys. Just look for woodprix page
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6:58 dog wants some of that yummy looking rice, das good eats
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I wish I had a hold on molasses like that! I'd never have to resupply for compost tea haha.
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thank you
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Why didn't you just get some soil from under the tree? I am not getting it.
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I think your store bought inoculants that you used in the vid are AMF. Those actually need a living root to grow and reproduce. It's Mycorrhizal fungi, so it is beneficial, but your method is actually going to allow the wild beneficial microbes to eat the AMF. After a month most the AMF you paid good money for will be gone.
I suggest a slight modification of your technique. Add the storebought spores right at the very end just before you apply the finished product. This way once the spores wake up they can find a living root to colonise. -
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they said if rice get white microbes it is OK. But if black or green it is bad.
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Very nice method. Thank you so much for sharing!
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Oh my! How lucky you are to have such a beautiful old tree. It is the kind of tree that calls to you to sit a while and demands your inner child to explore its secrets amongst the many shades of deep damp mossy green. LOVE
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https://youtu.be/yCBJ0rXwILY?t=468https://youtu.be/yCBJ0rXwILY?t=468https://youtu.be/yCBJ0rXwILY?t=468√no way add $ 7,99 to your soil. Rice ONLY.
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Oh and I forgot to ask a few questions. Do you dilute the liquid to feed the plants? Can I use the liquid as a foliar spray? Also, I'm not sure how many buckets I need to make. Just wondering approximately how much and how often you feed your plants. Thanks.
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I L♥ve the tree and all that moss! L♥ve the dogs too. Was that frogs I heard croaking at some point? I'm an avid organic gardener and always looking for ways to improve my gardening skills. This was just perfect timing. I've been researching microbial activity and products and just coincidentally come across this video. Yay! :0) I have used store bought products and make "garden tea" in a similar fashion, so this is right up my alley. So gonna do this!
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Besides corn, what are you growing in your garden? And do you fertilize with herbivore manure and cover your garden with wood-chips to establish good soil biology?
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Wow that is awesome i'm definitely gonna try this mahalo!🌻
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very well done video thanks you for taking the time, to teach
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At first I thought you were Robert Redford,
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