This is ground up kelp. It is used for feeding protists. This means it feeds amebas and all sort of single cell organisms. For a 5 gallon extraction, you only need about 1/2 cup. This product is good because it does not plug up your application equipment. This product can be found in any general [...]
Apr 19, 2011 | Categories: Compost Extract Food Supplements | Tags: amebas, bacteria/protists, Compost, Compost Extrations, Fungi to Bacteria, Grape Compost Extractions, Ground, hydroponic, kelp, Liquid Kelp, protists, single cell organisms, succession, up | Leave A Comment »
Ground up fish bone meal is not really meant to put into a compost extraction, but to place a cup or so in your compost a week or so before extracting. This bone meal is good for growing bacteria because all of the oils have been removed. This product can be found in any general [...]
Apr 19, 2011 | Categories: Compost Extract Food Supplements | Tags: Bacteria Food, bone, bone meal, Compost Extrations, extracted organisms, fish, Fish Emulsion, for, Grape Compost Extractions, Ground, meal, succession, up, US East Coast | Leave A Comment »
When first establishing a plant border for the first time, you need to know the requirements of the plant you are using. You also need to know the soil F:B (Fungi to Bacteria. General rule of thumb, keep the F:B ration to 1:1) ratio for the plant and the existing soil. The type of foods [...]
Apr 19, 2011 | Categories: Compost Extractions Schedules | Tags: Australia/ New Zealand, bacteria/protists, CA Native Plants, Compost, Compost Extractions, Compost Extrations, Euro/Asia, extracted organisms, F:B ratio, Fish Emulsion, fish hydrolysate, Food, Fungi to Bacteria, Grape Compost Extractions, Liquid Kelp, microscope, Molasses, monthly applications, Native Plant Compost Extractions, Plant, Recipes, schedules, South Africa, succession, supplements, technique, US East Coast, US Midwest, West Coast | Leave A Comment »
When first establishing a vineyard for the first time, vines are generally require fungal dominated soil. This is expressed as soil F:B (Fungi to Bacteria. General rule of thumb, keep the F:B ration to 10:1) ratio for the plant and the existing soil. The type of foods added to the Extract depends if you need [...]
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When first establishing an orchard for the first time, fruit trees are generally require very fungal dominated soil. This is expressed as soil F:B (Fungi to Bacteria. General rule of thumb, keep the F:B ration to 100:1) ratio for the plant and the existing soil. The type of foods added to the Extract depends if [...]
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When first establishing turf for the first time, you need to know the requirements of the plant you are using. It is always best to put down compost before starting a lawn. This gives the lawn a chance to take hold. For Information on making Compost for the beginner – Videos, Click here You also [...]
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Extraction is only used when very little compost is available. Compost is placed in a fine meshed bag and agitated in a bucket of water. The micro organisms are washed off the organic material and end up in the water. Food supplements are added to the extracted organisms and then are delivered to the garden/soil [...]
Apr 19, 2011 | Categories: Creating Soil/Compost Bio Extractions | Tags: bag, Compost, Compost Extrations, extracted organisms, Extraction, Food, material, meshed, monthly applications, organisms, substitute, supplements, technique, video | Leave A Comment »
There are two places where micro-biology dominates in outdoor forest nature. It dominates in the soil in the form of bacteria, protists, fungi, nematodes and etc…. And it dominates on the plant surfaces mainly with fungi and bacteria. Measuring the amounts of each organism is one tool we can use to make plants grow healthier and stronger. [...]
Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: Foiloir Layer Biology, Testing Soil Using a Microscope | Tags: Bacillus, bacteria/protists, CA Native Plants, Compost Extrations, Confocal, dominates, extracted organisms, Fungi to Bacteria, gardening, hydroponic, lawns, micro-organisms, microscope, monthly applications, nitrogen, succession, supplements, vegetable, video, water | Leave A Comment »
You can purchase a common binocular microscope with a under light illumination (or back lit) for analyzing your own soil samples. The microscope magnification range needs to be 40X to 400X. These objectives come standard with most microscopes. A halogen lamp and condenser lens needs to be equipped on the microscope. A foreground lit microscope [...]
Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: MicroScope Types & Care | Tags: Analaysis, Analysis, Bacillus, bacteria, bacteria/protists, binocular, camera, Compost, condenser, condenser lens, DSLR, DSLR camera mount, foreground, Fungi to Bacteria, illumination, lens, magnification, micro-organisms, microscope, monthly applications, mostly bacteria, mount, organisms, perennial, purchase, roots, soil, technique, testing soil, usb camera, video, video camera | Leave A Comment »
Preparing compost tea samples is the easiest sample to make. You do not need to ratio water with the tea. The down side is you really can’t tell how much of each animal is in the tea. When testing for compost teas, you are really looking for life diversity and the general inventory of animals [...]
Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: Preparing Microscope Samples | Tags: Analysis, Bacillus, bacteria/protists, clean, Compost, Compost Extrations, Extract, Fungi to Bacteria, fungus, gardening, hydroponic, making compost tea samples, making tea samples, microscope, mostly bacteria, preparing, sample, samples, soil, tea, vegetable, video | Leave A Comment »
Identifying micro-biology in soil is the first step in understanding how we, as humans, are interconnected with the Earth. Below is a brief list and descriptions of the micro-biology contained in the soil system. Different plant communities require different amounts of these micro-orgasms in the soil. By growing compost we amend soil deficient in required micro-biology. It [...]
Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: Identifying MicroOrganisms in Soils and Teas | Tags: algae, Ammonium, Bacillus, bacteria/protists, Compost, Composts, extracted organisms, F:B ratio, Fungi, Fungi to Bacteria, fungus, Grape Compost Extractions, hydroponic, insect larvae, introduction, material, MicroArthopodes, MicroOrganisms, mites, monthly applications, multicellular, Nematodes, organisms, parasitic, protists, pseudoscorpions, soil, soils, springtails, succession, technique, tes bins, vegetable, video, water, worms | Leave A Comment »
Gardening Rhythms: Soil Testing Part 1 Gardening Rhythms: Soil Testing Part 2 Gardening Rhythms: Where Does Soil Come From The Naked Garden: SoilFoodWeb Creating New Soil Using Succession (2011)
Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: Plant Succession, Soil Biology, Soil Testing | Tags: clay, creating, gardening, New, rhythms, sand, silth, soil, soil food web, succession, test, testing, using, video, water | Leave A Comment »
Composting is a method to help, not replace, nature breaking down organic, dead/alive material into building blocks that can be available for plants or other organic life to live off. There are a few different kinds of compost piles. They are Cold/Slow Compost piles, Hot/Fast Compost piles, Worm Compost piles, Fly Compost piles and Oil/Minimal Speed Fungi [...]
Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: Beginning Composting, Composting for Growing Soil, Gardening, Landscaping, Lawn Care | Tags: bin, black, cain, Compost, Composting, fly, gardening, gilroy, introduction, jasiah, part, rhythms, san jose, truck, video, videos, worm, worms, z-best | Leave A Comment »