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@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

"Top Ten KZreadrs Whose Lives Were Changed by Biochar"

Great experiment and video! My husband was thrilled when we learned about using urine as a fertilizer 🙄. Can't wait to see results. My guess is the lasagna plot.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Maggie. I think it will build the soil the most, but I am quite interested in seeing how the biochar compares.

Will be watching for updates. This is extremely interesting to me. Thanks

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Tammy.

I've been watching you for a long time and I can tell this last move, having to start over, has been hard on you. I see you trying to convince yourself this will be good just as much as us. Thank you for staying positive.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

It is tough, but I am having fun again. Deus vult.

@nancyfahey7518

2 жыл бұрын

Gardening cleans the soul of its burdens. Science focuses our inner mind.

I! Love! Experiments! This is so exciting. I want to do exactly this when I move to the next (hopefully last) place.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Do it, Lisa!

Who's Anna Robic and why did you compost her Into your swamp water?

@ajeldrez777

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@anniegaddis5240

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha!

@jksatte

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@danvankouwenberg7234

3 жыл бұрын

She looked at him funny.

@NoNORADon911

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody is going to mention his son shredding guitar @25:00?? LMAO. That was so fuuny. Even more funny if it was a random stranger lol.

This is a great experiment! And a lot of work. I immediately subscribed. When I started vegetable gardening many years ago, I fell prey to the "supersize" claims of many "experts". After several years I tired of all the bother of using different ingredients and making tea concoctions. I switched to compost only in my raised beds. The only thing I've changed since that time is to do "no-dig". The idea intrigued me because I'm lazy. I dedicated two of my 8 raised beds to no dig and found that (after two seasons), there was no substantial difference using "no-dig" - that's a win for me! All my beds are "no-dig". Over the years I've devoted a single raised bed to "test" a particular idea and compare against my traditional methods. Very similar, but obviously not as ambitious, as your approach. I guess the significant difference between your trials and mine is that I'm starting with a relatively healthy soil. Nonetheless, it will be interesting and educational to see your results. Many thanks for your efforts. Cheers.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work, Captain Ron. Thank you for the field report. I would love to share pictures of your experiment if you have them. Glad you are here.

@priayief

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidthegood Sorry. Haven't taken any pics - my last trial was several years ago. I might do something next spring - not sure what. If I do that, I'll be sure to take pics and send some. Cheers.

The kid shredding on the electric guitar was awesome. Can’t wait to see the results of this experiment. I’ve got sandy soil that I’d love to turn to good growing ground. Cheers from Australia 🦘

I vote for whichever square is directly over the Septic Tank.

@delilajahn-thue3751

3 жыл бұрын

Here's what I love about this: try. Try new things. Keep trying. Learn and never stop learning.

@tomsensible3999

3 жыл бұрын

@sly dankass I hear you brother-dankass! This is why I never use cleaning products. I never clean at all, in fact. (Maybe that's why I never get my security deposits back.)

@deborahgrantham7387

3 жыл бұрын

Ya mean the drain field, the septic tank is just a container.

@tomsensible3999

3 жыл бұрын

@@deborahgrantham7387 Great Galloping Galapagos Tortoises! You are correct!

@NoNORADon911

3 жыл бұрын

Hollywood squares are over the septic tank.

Awesome experiment, super exciting can't wait to see the progress on the different beds😎

Omg your rapper names alone made this worth watching. 🤣

I was screaming laughter out loud from that skit when you were robbing someone's compost pile!

All these beds will be mixed together in a couple of years and then this area in particular will be the most fertile square in town.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

You're right!

This experiment is badass! Can't wait to see what happens :) Since the biochar has so much surface area for holding not just nutrients but microlife, I would have inoculated and charged it at the same time with a strong worm casting tea, with way less of a risk of burning the plants, unlike with the Dyna-Gro which might end up being too hot of a nutrient pocket! But maybe the sand will drain it all anyway :) So I love that it's in the experiment, however, if you call the 10-10-10 evil then you have to call the Dyna-Gro evil as well; it's basically a watered-down, marked up, 10-10-10 "mineral / salt-based" fertilizer. The same 16 Macro/Micro nutrients recommended in every beginner hydroponics book, as the bare-bones-essentials to keep a plant alive. Anyone done getting ripped off at the hydro store, could go on mbferts.com and buy everything they need to mix a big batch of it at a fraction of the price, like you did with Steve's dry mix :) Anyway the synthetic/salt-based ferts kill microlife in the soil, poison the water etc. so it's not a good long-term solution but glad to see it in the mix, with the sand as your hydroponic medium it will be interesting to see what happens.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I wanted to do a compost tea soak of char too but ran out of space. I don't really think synthetic fertilizers are evil, either. I was being facetious.

Thanks for doing this for us.

I just love this! Wish I could fast forward to see the end results. Thank you so much for doing this and sharing!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

The journey will be interesting. Maybe at the end I'll make one, huge video with the whole experiment in highlights.

Wow I wonder if your back hurts from carrying the entire KZread garden community with your experiments.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

That is funny.

@lephilosopheinconnu3952

3 жыл бұрын

IT´s terrible but enjoyable when you get to work hard hard clay soil with a tool. I´ve done it. I´ve worked up to 3 hours in a row digging holes or more recently tilling to improve the soil with air. It´s hard work , trust me

@ragheadand420roll

10 ай бұрын

He has comfrey …

My clay soil appears to do that yearly to my feeble attempts to amend it. I'm finally going to shut down the bad areas and installing a heiglkultur bed with some of the amendments I saw you do in your Prima Terra video. Last year I laid a generous covering of alpaca manure, six inches of mulch on rows and wood chips three to four inches thick between rows and this year, I'll be repeating this process. I'm hoping all of my hard work is going to come to fruition this spring!

@davidthegood

2 жыл бұрын

That should do great.

Grand experiment! Stoked to see the results!

This is fascinating. I can’t wait to follow this through. Thanks for the comparison.

I am really excited to see the results! Thanks for doing this, you may have the answers I need for my garden beds here in North Central Florida, 8b-9a. You will be able to add to your already astonishing garden knowledge, happy experimenting!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am psyched.

Cannot wait to see your next videos...... fun to watch this experiment. More videos plz!

Love to see experiments! Thank you for doing all the work!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Sharon.

I'm absolutely loving your garden experiment!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dorothy. This one may be a big help to more people than just me.

You could do a poll in the community tab and that way we can see what the majority thinks will be the most successful method.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Good idea, Alejandra.

This is awesome!! I’m excited to be on this journey with you!!!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Sista.

you certainly live up to your name. subbed and working through your list. thank you.

Awesome! can't wait to see how things go.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Anita. Me either.

I'm pretty sure you are the best guy to listen to. Plus you are hilarious 😆

Yep watching your experiment from over here in Ekerö, Stockholm, Sweden 😃. Thanks for showing us how you do it!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I bet it is cold cold cold there. May you get a nice spring.

I have hard, rocky clay that I till and amend every year and nothing helps. This year, I gave up and let all the weeds grow. Finally, I soaked the whole thing, pulled and chopped the weeds, tilled it up, and threw the weeds back on top for mulch. The bed was for watermelons, squash, and pumpkins and they’re growing so well! I know it’s not the best solution, but when it’s feast or famine, it’s worth a try.

👍 I'm rooting for control, and hoping to get smart.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

That would be funny.

it's really cool to see that you are teaching your kids how to do this

@davidthegood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Amber.

Wish I could subscribe twice bud. 10/10 outstanding content. Thank you for the videos and knowledge.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

nice solo hats off

You have inspired me to try this on a smaller scale with 1 hay pellets, 2 beet pellets (both soaked in water to soften them), 3 leaf mulch, 4 dilute urine, 5 gypsum, 6 biochar and 7 Epsom salts. My soil is very silty with little organic material. I think the leaf mulch and the biochar will make a big difference. Beet pellets should also do well because of all the sugar. Thank you for sharing your experiment.

Ugh! I missed a premiere?!? But heck, 4 hours out and over 1500 views, I vote on the Good family and hope you get a huge harvest no matter what you use.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

I gave up on experiments a few years ago due to lack of space, time and resources. However my methods are not the best and I am keen to learn more. So David thank you for this and I will watching you constantly from now on to see how this will turn out.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. You may get to experiment again. Even pots can be used to test soils and amendments.

I am most excited for the alfalfa bed

I love you are able to perform that Asian squat. I'm practicing it on the daily. Hurts like hello, but I'm improving and it feels great.

I can't wait for August.

This seems like something that would be even more interesting if it continues for at least 5 years using the same amendments in the same spots so you get a better idea of what the long term results are. Also on the urine, even diluted 6 to one it is still fairly high in nitrogen so be careful with the application.

I’m stoked to see how this goes

Nice! A mystery man shredding on the guitar, background music for planting.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

It cracked me up.

I'm so excited to see what happens!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Tony. I just saw the first shoots coming up.

I think the Lasagna bed will do the best! 🤙

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

It very well may. I know it has worms in it and it's the only one.

@TheRealHonestInquiry

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidthegood Depending on how fresh your worm castings are that bed may be growing some worms soon from the eggs in the castings, you will have to keep an eye out for babies in there!

Awesome experiment!! I am trying the square foot garden method in one of my 4 by 8 raised beds this fall. I'm in Venice Florida just waiting for it to get cooler to plant out my cool season stuff!!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Square foot can grow some nice crops, though I had problems with the peat going hydrophobic.

@riverasurbanhomestead7564

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidthegood I just topped off about 5 inches of the "Mel mix" to the top off my existing garden soil in the bed. We shall see. It will be a fun project with a lot of squares!!! Lol

I can barely organize one crop in my one bed. lol

Awesome

so my thumb right now is definitely BLACK, hopefully some specs of green will appear. this video was super interesting! and i, too, can't wait to see how the beds do. i'm currently relandscaping the front yard first and then the backyard eventually. i have poor florida soil, so it's really cool and helpful to see this sort of content.

I recommend some Cinnamon in the lasagna, here in south Florida ants love to make a home under the cardboard i have found

@tjdellinger3537

3 жыл бұрын

fire ants are bad in my louisiana garden, too. i just yanked all the cardboard out due to ants.

Oh thanks you all I'm inspired a customer just gave me some walking onions tied back to civil war times ,so nice to watch this heck far you all are doing some interesting stuff I like your videos !!!😃

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome. I love those kind of heirlooms.

😂Your son is awesome

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I think so. Two sons were in this video, one on guitar, the other making the planting marker.

Should have known the way you were crouching 😂😂😂😂😂😁 hehehe

I'm so glad you couldn't be bothered to post a link to any of the results.

@davidthegood

Жыл бұрын

Just search my videos, dude. There's a results vid.

@thepianoist

Жыл бұрын

@@davidthegood So your solution is to expect every single person that sees this video to search through your channel instead of you just dropping a link in the description? You put in like 30 other links but this one was just too much?

hmm I thought it was Grand Master Frost. But what do I know, I'm vanilla cent.

The lasagna bed is looking rich! Of course, it’s hard to stop a Steve.

I love the experiment! We need more of this on youtube.... Wondering if it's worth running a follow-up at some point, using 50% / 50% blends of the 3 or 4 most productive beds.... The lasagna bed seems to have a lot more diversity, but I'm wondering if it will take longer for materials to break down than some of the others-- and whether that holds it back, even with pockets of compost. I enjoy following your channel (as well as RED) because of the thought, experimenting, and then trying to make sense of it all. God's work!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Travis.

She called you a dirty rotten tiller

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Those no-till sorts can get ugly.

@ajeldrez777

3 жыл бұрын

I laughed so much and went around the house showing the clip to my family 😂

@korgy2261

3 жыл бұрын

@@ajeldrez777 I had to replay that part and was like what did she just say?! I'm sure it was just for the show and David asked permission first :)

@korgy2261

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidthegood That box with the wood bark mix over time will probably be your best box in your experiment.

Your son totally outshredded anything eddie van halen ever did… move over eruption here comes gardenin style 😂✌🏻🙏🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

Love David’s catfish house!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Best slaw for compost tea.

@TheRealHonestInquiry

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidthegood LOL!

Great experiment! Thank you for sharing it with us. Very much looking forward to the results. I just hope your alfalfa isn't GMO.

At least 6/12 will be fabulous!

I've been using fertilizer tea for years. I'm thinking your swamp water is cousins to mine, but I think I'm going to start adding old kombucha and all kinds of weird stuff into mine- I make sure to make banana peel tea and egg shells and also epsom salts. Sounds good. Fetid, for sure.

I see you, Anakin 👀

Is it great when everyone pitches in to fill the jug!?

I now understand why "lasana" did so well. LOL I watched the results video and was very confused what this magic lasana was.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I can see how it would be weird!

Wow

That Neptune fertilizer is good for microgreens. Although they don't need it and it's expensive.

Man, you guys can plant a garden fast!!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

The music helps.

I have a pool in my backyard taking up room so I definitley can't experiment at that scale. Looking forward to see what happens!

@lisakukla459

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I'd love to have a pool to jump in after working in the garden. I'll have to work in a stock tank or something to my design.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta put some floating beds in there!

@tinawindham6958

3 жыл бұрын

My house had a pool filled with dirt so I put my bunnies in there, then later my turtles and all the compost. Now I have a pool full of worms. Way better than a $$ hole! I had a pool in La😫

@belindadomingo

3 жыл бұрын

Water plants?

Is there an update? If so I couldn't find it. Could you link here Mr Dave The Good?

You can plant plants a lot closer together I planted a bunch of bell peppers really close together and they ended up growing like a heads they made a good canopy that made it really hard for weeds to grow and I had tons of bell peppers

@shawnsg

3 жыл бұрын

The downside to planting close is disease, especially if you live in a result humid area. You lose the airflow. Plus, pest control can be more difficult. That said I could see the upsides too.

Definitely not doing the no dig approach, thanks for the insight

Make a Johnson-Su compost bioreactor.

David's catfish house? Must be more local than I figured. I'm south ala as well.

Are you now located in Baldwin County, Alabama? Lots of gardeners in the Pensacola area. Thanks for all the information over the years as well as the present.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and thank you.

Love the star wars reference haha

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

You can never reference The Prequels enough.

@johnstonj92

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidthegood its so coarse hahahahahah gets me everytime please sneek it in the next vid please.

David, how are these beds going ?

Did u get that bale of alfalfa at tractor supply? I live in mobile...I think u r close to the one on hwy 59...do u have rabbits now? I so love those little guys. The gifts that keep on giving. If u need any cuttings...I’m moving soon.

I think you should have used the bunny hop song when putting in the indentations for the seeds...

Try some Brawndo® the thirst mutilator. It has what plants crave.

Hi neighbor, Lookin forward to these trials. What I did with my sandy soil is covered with leaves and my own compost, mixed with rock dust and charged biochar. Then I use Boogie Brew tea. The ingredients are almost the same as Steve's mix. I aim for twice per growing season so 4 times per year. Maybe 5 times. 3rd year and it's really dialed in so it's easy now. Hey, Dave's Catfish House is just 5 minutes down the road. Are you that close to me?

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

I am outside Atmore. Sounds like you really have a system. Would love to see it. Get in touch!

As many nutrients you're piling to those beds, they should be gigantic lol

🤣🤣🤣 wait “compost your enemies?” What song is that in the intro? That was hilarious lol.

@Hosemastenbrook

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a David the Good original, if I’m not mistaken

If you were using transplants in the lasagna bed instead of direct sowing, would you still need to make the individual compost spots? Or would the transplants do okay in just the leaf mold?

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

I would still add some compost, but it might be worth trying both ways.

David I don't need to be fixed because I think it was cool

I predict lasagna bed will win. It is less an amendment of the existing sand than a full replacement with superior material. Moreover it is an engineered membrane, whereas the others are loose mixes. I predict second place will be biochar. I'm pulling for the Solomon mix, but I fear much of those goodies will wash out of the bare sand. But Solomon mix + biochar would crush it, no question! If only you had one spare bed for a thirteenth trial.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Good guesses. It will be very interesting to see. I am also interested in the taste tests at the end.

The fat cows eating the lean cows!🤣🤣

this is fantastic! i heard that adding wood chips to soil would rob the soil of nitrogen in the beginning stage of the wood decomposing. was that a concern?

@davidthegood

2 жыл бұрын

No, it's not a problem when the wood chips are on top of the soil.

Earth core Guardian

Are these beds in Florida? Which part of the state?

Lasagna bed is _stacked_, but didn't get any time to decompose. I'm expecting poor growth because of all the incorporated wood chips, at least the first year.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

We shall see. I tried to ensure plenty of nitrogen with the carbon. It'll be interesting.

@keerak

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely! I'd be very surprised if it does well!

Have we had an update?

This is an awesome experiment! I don’t have sandy soil at all (I’m stuck with rock hard clay) but I’m very interested in how all these amendments perform. Also, where can I listen to your music?

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

I have some at Gumroad.com gumroad.com/davidthegood

@garden_geek

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidthegood Many thanks. I ended up buying The Brainspider Affair on iTunes. It’s absolutely rad. You are a man of many talents David!

@TheRealHonestInquiry

3 жыл бұрын

Clay has lots of nutrients and excellent water-holding capacity, just improve its air-holding capacity and you are good to go. Gypsum + a lot of organic matter will help.

2:03 Daves swamp water 4:40 earthworm castings 6:30 charged biochar 8:48 Dino grow 9:30 urine fertiliser? 10:19 10x10x10 bed 11:07 Steve Solomon mix 11:55 fish abs seaweed fertiliser 12:30 cover crop bed 13:20 alfalfa bed 14:09 No till lasagna

Thank you for doing this! I await the results as I have just put garden plots into rockhard limestone here in northeastern Nevada. At least one of your amendments should work here. Not only that, but you are helping those of us going through garden withdrawal. [It's going to be 1 F tonight...]

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Yikes. Too cold! What a fascinating growing environment, though.

DFSW FTW!

how many seeds per hole?