Soil Test Results! Are Compost, Worm Castings & Mulch Enough?

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Do compost, worm castings, and mulch from free local resources provide all the nutrients our plants need? I find out with a soil test. One of my goals when I started this channel was to show how we give our plants all the nutrients they need using only compost, worm castings, and mulch from free, local, and abundant resources. In the past, I’ve relied on garden results to prove my point, but today I’ll put this claim to the test with a soil test. If you shop on Amazon, you can support OYR simply by clicking this link (bookmark it too) before shopping: http://www.amazon.com/?tag=oneya-20 Topics: evidence based gardening, gardening using free local resources, soil testing, adjusting soil pH, nitrogen fixing cover crops, bringing down high nutrient surpluses Featured Video - Do-Nothing Gardening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajIB1xWx7oU 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

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Compost= phosphorus it's the highest source of phosphorus organic farmers have other than poop bonemeal and rock phosphate

YOU MAY NEED TO ADD SALT IT IS AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT. LOW LEVELS CAN AND DO NEGATIVELY IMPACT PLANT GROWTH AND PRODUCT QUALITY. SINCE YOU ARE IN ILLINOIS SEA WATER IS TOUGH TO COME BY. YOU SHOULD GET A HOLD OF SOME SEA 90 AND USE IT ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS ON THE SEA-AGRI WEBSITE. I WILL REFER YOU TO THE WORK OF DR MAYNARD MURRAY. TOMATOES GROWN WITH SEA 90 HAVE WON THE SUBJECTIVE TASTE TEST AT RUTGERS AS LONG AS IT HAS BEEN USED. THOUGH YOUR STAND ON SALT IS UNDERSTANDABLE AS YOU HAVE ALL YOUR LIFE BEEN INUNDATED BY ANTI SALT PROPAGANDA. I HAVE MET MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE TOLD THEY NEEDED TO INCREASE THEIR SALT INTAKE AND WHEN THEY DID THE HEALTH PROBLEMS THEY WENT TO GET CHECKED OUT WENT AWAY. MY SISTER A PHD VIROLOGIST AND DVM WARNED MY WIFE THAT HER INTAKE OF SALT WAS TOO LOW AND LECTURED US AT SOME LENGTH OF ITS IMPORTANCE [FOR HUMANS PARTICULARLY IODIZED SALT] YOU SHOULD RESEARCH IT AND THE DOCUMENTED BENEFIT OF SEAWATER'S SUSPENDED CONTENTS. SEA 90 IS REAL SEA SOLIDS. DO YOUR RESEARCH AND YOU WILL BE AMAZED. ALSO TALK TO INTERNATIONAL AG LABS THEY DO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TEST THAT'S A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE AS TO THE AVAILABLE NUTRIENTS THE TEST YOU HAD RUN ONLY GIVES TOTALS AND YOU ONLY ASSUME AVAILABILITY.

on the Ted utube channel composting only leaves is great information.

I would not stop composting. it is great you have plenty of nutrients that can be converted available my bacteria to growing plants. also I would have another lab such as a university run soil test. have you thought about testing your castings or compost separately?

Patrick has this soil testing laboratory changed it's website/reports since this video? I'm looking at the website and options for reports and it does not look similar to the report you received.

What was the initial soil mix for your raised beds, and how deep are they? Keep up the good work!😃

I really doubt you will have any nutrient runoff due to high levels of microbial activity. Phosphorus pollution should only be a problem with chemical fertilizers. I really enjoy your channel....thanks for the videos.

I have a perhaps silly question. If you add so much compost every year, every year that you apply do you have to remove some of the soil in your beds to make room?

Love your focus on the low cost side of gardening. There is no need to invest in fancy fertilizers/soil amendments, your basic gardening soil mix of worm casting/compost/mulch is more than adequate to produce fine vegetables.

when you start digging through the leaves, my god that soil looks beautiful

Thanks a loT..

Patrick, I really like your informative and concise videos. I am in Chicago also and got a soil test from the same lab you used last year. Very similar results to yours, including a PH of 7.5.
What brand of elemental Sulfur did you choose and where did you get it?
Most of what I have found is in smaller 2 - 5 lb bags.
Thanks Michael

Thank you, for the grate information you have received by testing your soil. Do this mean that wormcasting is all you need if enough is surplussed?

Thanks for all your knowledgeable and helpful vidios!! I am just beginning to compost and have a lot to learn.

Very impressive!

I think the pH 7.3 is the reason that the rockdust trail didn't work out in the year before.

alkailnity is most likely from aluminum from geoengineering. Please give some time to9 geoengineeringwatch.org Thanks great vids, i'm a new subscriber today. Peace -Ben

I have seen old growth forests results showing that the soil is super low in nutrients. There is no way that those giant biomass accumulations happen with no nutrients. So I don't pay much attention to those tests.

Want a free and natural nitrogen fertilizer? Pee :) Dilute it 10:1 and you're good to go. Thanks for sharing your results

OMG! These result are impressive! I can't believe your soil has 20% organic matter! Good Job! Question for you on pH and growing berries. Do you grow any berries( which generally prefer a lower pH )? If so, do you add sulfur to lower the pH?