A complete guide to soil microbiology.
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2021-07-23に共有
This video represents years (literally) of reading books (including university textbooks), podcasts, research papers and digging that I have done. This isn't me talking here, this is me simply relaying the information I've learned in my own journey.
So much of this information seems like it's "book info" and not useful in the garden, but it's simply not true. If a soil test came back high in nitrates but low in ammonium, what FUNDAMENTAL THINGS would that tell you about your soil? After watching this video you will be able to answer that question with ease, and then take specific action to move the system and soil to where it needs to be.
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Thanks for watching and happy gardening everyone!
Keith
Timestamps:
3:14 Dirt vs Soil
4:10 Bacteria and Fungi role in the soil. Glues, Soil aggregates, nutrients out of stone.
6:12 Chelation: the act of taking those nutrients and making them bio available.
6:30 Plant Root exudates. I.e. how plants trick microbiology to do all the work for them.
10:29 Soil tests, Soluble vs insoluble nutrients. How soil tests can be misleading.
14:50 The nitrogen cycle and what your nitrites, nitrates and ammonium concentrations can tell you about your soil food web of life.
17:50 How ecological transition and the nitrogen cycle tie in together. Note that I cut out a long winded section on pH here, and that Nitrates make alkaline soils (the bacterial glues are very alkaline) but fungi and ammonium make acidic soil.
19:36 A continuation of the above, but what that means for weeds and what plants you will create the environment to grow. I suggest if this topic is of interest, that you start at 14:50 so that you have all the information you need to understand this section.
22:14 A Dog in a cowboy suit
22:45 How the soil food web of life can solve your sand, silt or clay problems and create a loam. You will still have heavy clay, you just won't care. Nor will your plants. This is why something like a carpet of daikon radishes is the ultimate clay solution.
26:54 Tilling
28:14 The larger organisms of the soil food web of life. I.e. this is where chelation happens.
30:25 We are all just spaceships carrying around the smaller lifeforms.
32:31 Fertilizers and microbiology
36:27 Every piece is as important as every other piece. I.e. balance in all things.
38:50 Okay okay, enough already I get it. I need a soil food web. How do I make one?
41:20 Aerobic vs Anaerobic.
46:08 Three things you should do today after learning this.
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コメント (21)
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Would you say that LAB (being an anaerobic bacteria) would be bad for your soil (if added to your garden soil sparingly)? Would you say yes, they are a kind of “plant friendly’ anaerobic bacteria in that sense. Perhaps an ‘exception to the rule’, or would you say no, LAB are bad news and will create an anaerobic environment in your soil? Same question regarding bukashi, or “compashi’ as I call it. Short answer yes or no is fine Keith if you would be so kind. Really great SFW explaination btw 👍👍👍🙏🏻🤎🧙♂️
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Speaking as a trained microbiologist, they may not be your words per se, but your clear explanation shows your actual understanding of the subject. Especially aerobic vs anaerobic microbes. Well said, well done.
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When your YouTube research comes with citations you know it's not just average Facebook group science... Absolutely loving the longer videos, as well as your other content!
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I'm a (plant) nerd, you expect me to have friends to share to?
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You are in fact correct this is one of the most important videos you can watch
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This is probably the single video on this topic I have seen that made it complete in my understanding the story. Thanks Keith. Your help has meant a lot to me on my journey. I knew it all before, but your “interpretaion” help me confirm my understanding. Thanks so much.
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Love this video and your well paced, well spoken teaching on this. Trained in different arena of engineering and definitely not a scientist, so for me as a layperson this video was very helpful! I’ve probably learned about soil microbiology from 5 or 6 different people, but this is by far one of the best breakdowns. The, “what does this mean” at the end of each section in the video really helps to put things into perspective. Puppy picture also helped tremendously to decompress and absorb the information! 😂 A form of mental chelation??
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You are a great teacher. You really know your stuff. Sounds like you have studied Ellain. P.s The dog lasted a bit too long. Rather listen to you. You explain it so well, it doesn’t brain overload 😃👍🏼
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This video has changed my whole perspective of feeding my plants. Thanks so much!!! This was so informative and actually will be a game changer for me.
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I've read many permaculture books and watched numerous videos on this and similar subjects over years but you are very good at explaining the many concepts in simple terms. Great job😁
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Excellent Content 🎉 Thank you 😊
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53 minutes long! Ooooh today is a good day :) Can I just say thank you from everyone for all the work you do on this channel? Your channel should have a million subs, and I for one tell everyone I know about you. The quality is unmatched. You deserve so much more recognition.
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THANK YOU for reading the science and providing references. literally no one else does this.
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Oh .. I would also love to say and I don't even know your name. What I love about your videos is your ability to use plain english to simplify without detracting any information. I listened to the soil microbiology video whilst I was cleaning a house and i understood every word. I wasn't at all overwhelmed. Thank YOU and I will admit Netflix is out the door and Permaculture videos are in. I'm working through all of yours first.
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I added a bunch of timestamps to help you all find sections you may be interested. Just a caution though, this really is a video that builds on itself step by step, and I do know that it's long, but nothing worth doing comes easy. I suggest if you can, watch the entire video.
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If you have a fish tank you have a mature bacterial nitrogen cycle. Water changes are great for charging compost, charcoal or straight into the garden!
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The Dog Made my day. Great Video, greetings from Germany.
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A MASTERCLASS! I got into learning about permaculture a few months back, and i am so glad i found this video. It was the missing link to the start of my little project on some hard clay soil here in Brazil. Thank you!
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Dude, I have been watching you for about a year and while I am only half way through, this is YOUR BEST VIDEO. MOAR!
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Thank you keep educating people about The Soil Food Web. I am also trying to educate others about the Soil Food Web practices and the importance of organic material added to our dirt to ammend it into Soil.
