WATCH THIS BEFORE USING ALFALFA FERTILIZER Pellets
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Fascinating and exciting to see nature in action. I am a seventy six year old who has gardened much of my life and what I am learning about the soil structure is amazing and helps me see how our world being able to heal if we understand that nature knows what its doing if we only open our eyes and give it the care it needs. Thank you for this article
This is the first useful alfalfa video I've watched. Thank you for answering the questions of how and why.
THANK YOU so very Much. Here to share and Help the best way I can.
I was waiting for you to express a preference between the pellets and the meal!
I've been watching you for years. Enjoy your videos. I love it when you pull out the microscope and dig up plants to show us what is going on. I always learn something new. Have a great year gardening.
Awesome! Thank you! And a Very Happy Gardening New Year to you also. Enjoy.
There is a lot of heat produced in the pelleting process, so they are near sterile. I know this because you can essentially hydrate alfalfa and wood pellets to innoculate with oyster mushrooms, with very little issue of not being sterile if you innoculate enough
I was told by the manager of Alfalfa Supply Inc. that during the pelleting process they heat the pellets up to 400 degrees. Also most alfalfa pellets and alfalfa cubes are grown from Roundup ready alfalfa. Roundup is not only a herbicide it is also registered as a bactericide.
After watching this video it reminded me of my grandparents who homesteaded our ranch years ago and used to have this huge Haywagon pulled by draft horses. My father continued after they passed with the alfalfa growing and rotational resting of the land, then planting crops and we always had an abundance of whatever crop my father planted cotton, corn, etc. But it was a rotational thing which was the best for the land.
Any cover crop that is left or used that have a living root in the ground for as long as possible help build and grow soil.
I love stories about Old farms and homesteading and how these people actually lived and made a living. I admire them very much and thank you for that little tiny part of the story that you gave!
My Grandpa called it "The Old Way". Crop rotation, Alfalfa/Sweet Clover seeded with oats, cattle grazing first year, hay crop second year, feed the soil third year, (thick canopy and ground moisture decomposes weed seeds and green manure to fertilize), wheat, corn, oats, rye. Every other year, leave straw for the Soil.
My oldest brother has straight cropped for 18 years since Dad passed away.
Hard pan, alkali patches, wind and water erosion, heavy use of chemicals,,, Dead Dirt.
Now I teach my Daughters how to be a good steward of the soil, on my 3 acres, veggietable, fruit, grass clippings and sweet clover for mulch. Wood chips, horse manure, clover for compost/mulch.
Great information! Knowing why this works is so interesting! Thank you! I have incorporated pellets into my gardening this year. Now I am really excited to see what happens. I even featured using pellets on one of my gardening videos but I had no idea why! I will definitely share your info in my playlists!
I am in zone 6b as well it used to be zone 6 but they changed it around 2012. I am glad to finally find a channel at least close to my time line on things. Great video I subbed and will be looking forward to seeing what comes out as spring and summer comes on.
Welcome and Hello 6b gardener. First to to plant outside is our sugar snap peas in march .. Hopefully.
Microscopy video worth a thousand words. Wonderful.
I really love this kind of stuff. Thank you, Mark, for taking the time to do this.
My pleasure to share with you.. THANKS
This is really interesting and unlike any other video I found explaining the benefit of alfalfa. Thanks!! - Rick
Hello Rick. THANK YOU so very kindly. Always here to share and have Fun gardening.
This was so informative! Now I have a visual of these organisms in relation to fertilizing. Thank you!
What an outstanding production! Mark has us all in geek/nerd mode!
THANK YOU for you kind words and proud of it.
Great video great break down , i just bought the alfalfa pellets over the meal as i got twice as much weight for the same price were i was shopping.
That is awesome! THANK YOU for the great news.
Loved it! Thank you, so much! I just found your channel for the first time, and this reminded me of 7th Grade Biology... which I loved.
I'm planning to use Alfalfa pellets and pine straw, along with worm castings & hopefully a few logs, to fill up the bottom of my 30inch raised bed, Hugelkulture style.
This really helped me to see that I don't need to amend that layer with azo/rhizo, or mycos, like I was planning. I will be mixing both of those into the top layer of soil, and allowing it to simmer for 6wks, before planting in the Spring, so that should be plenty. I've never gardened in raised bed before, so this will be sort of an experiment.
I'm so excited because I haven't been able to garden for the past 4yrs, and I've really missed it. Your science class, has sparked much enthusiasm, as I look forward to this year's adventures.
You've earned a new Sub!
THANK YOU, Glad you found it. Thanks again for the sub. They keep to healthy soil is keeping a living root all the time year round. I will be doing a video later for a container or raised bed in early spring. Plant when you can outside a crop of spinach to start that living root process. Takes about 30 days depending on weather.
@@iamorganicgardening Thank you for the suggestion. I'll do that.
Looking forward to your video on raised beds. Love your approach.
Thank you so much for this, I’ve been looking for natural ways to “grow” healthy soil. Just added alfalfa pellets and wasn’t sure how it works but this was very enlightening. I am also going to try and compost in place a bit to feed all these micro organisms. I added to rabbits for fertilizer as well. Our soil is very heavy clay here in San Diego and has taken years to get it somewhat useable. But we’re getting there. Thank you for the lesson, I’ll be subscribing.
The key to grow soil is a balance of food for both bacteria and fungi ( 1: 1 ratio ) plus moisture all the time and a living plant root also all the time. THANK YOU
Fascinating, I love the science that goes with the fertilizer to explain the difference and show how it all works together. Thanks for sharing.
So nice of you to say. THANK YOU, have a great weekend
THANKS! I'm trying to get educated prior to beginning to organically garden. I found this video content interesting and informative.
Glad it was helpful! If any question just ask away here to help and share.
Amazing video. Love the way you explain the biology on how nature organic works. More videos plz. Thank you,
Thank you! Will do!
Thanks you for another great video! I always learn something.
My pleasure to always share. THANK YOU.
thank you for the scientific approach. Loved your video. Can't wait to see more.
THANK YOU so very much. Working on a new video to upload soon.
Excellent video. Thank you. May I ask a question? I have a Jora (brand name) tumbler composter. It’s well considered in the market. From this tumbler, during rainy periods, there is seepage which I collect in a bucket underneath that is “compost tea”. During rainy season, I get much more than 100 litres. My understanding from this fantastic learning is that the tea saved is anaerobic unless oxygen is added. This year is my first year and I saved my “tea” over the months for use during the summer. Therefore, to make it aerobic, do I have to aerate it at the time of collection, or just before use.? How long is needed for the aeration process for say a 5 gallon bucket of the “tea” with saved rain water from my water butts? This tea is completely free of charge so as you will understand, I want to maximise its benefits and use! Thanks again Paul (from UK)
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Thats why I am a sub for years now.
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Great video! Gave a thumbs up. Fascinating how it all works. My take away is that the meal was faster acting and more beneficial than the pellets on a per ounce basis. I would have enjoy getting your thoughts on the benefits of each on a per dollar basis as well. However the variables of intended use and brand variations would make this very difficult
Thanks for sharing!
Fascinating. Thanks for this! How is the family? It has been a long time since I talked to you.
I just discovered you & subscribed today. Thank you for taking the time to do this video. I was just Fantastic information and I will use Alfalfa meal in the future instead of pellets. Fascinating use of your microscope!
THANK YOU for the subscribing, Glad you like the video .
So helpful. Thank you for sharing. I look forward to the next video.
That is Very kind of you to say... THANK YOU, always here to help.
Much of the nutritional value of alfalfa is dependent on when it is harvested. Harvest at 1/4 bloom gets the most TDN or total digestible nutrient for livestock and fertilizer as well. Also involved are the age of the field and the type of soil. When alfalfa was first being pelletized I was heavily involved in the industry and the TDN was constantly checked. Not so much these days I understand. As a fertilizer, the type of soil and its biology makes a huge difference. I will still use pellets because they are much easier to apply and control.
Love it! It is all about science. Thanks for the understanding. Nice microscope.
Exactly! THANK YOU.
You sound like a student of Dr Ingham.. I finished the foundation course this year. Good on ya!
Nice to hear you took the course. I have not, but email her to answer some question to keep me on track. She is the best.
Overpriced in my opinion but I took it too when I was green and excited. Lol
@@e.wicksholisticgardens9851 Yeah, I got in on the "discount" but still think it's steep. Did some quick calculations on how many students at even the "discounted" price. That's some tax bill due.
Very good explanation. I think you’re the best.
Appreciate that. It is all due to great viewer's like you. Thank You.
Wow, great info. 🙂 So glad I came across your channel.
Welcome! And Glad you found it. If any question just ask. THANK YOU for the sub.
Fantastic & thorough video. As always, your content & delivery are great! I love your videos! I'll switch from pellets to alfalfa meal. Greetings from Virginia Beach, VA.
Thank you so very much, Enjoy.
I really like it when you use the microscope for us. Very interesting material. Well done Mark.
Always my pleasure to do that. It is a blast for me also. THANK YOU.
Now I understand the science behind plant food. Very interesting to see it in action under a microscope. Thank you for sharing.
THANK YOU so very much.. Here to share.
I'm Buying a microscope, so cool. The way you can test what's really in your product is amazing.
Awesome, thank you!
I’ll have to add to my vegetable garden this spring
Meal is the better one.. More nitrogen .THANKS.
Educational as always!
THANK YOU so very much. Have a great week ahead.
Awesome, informative video. Thanks for posting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yes this was excellent to know, I've got alfalfa meal because I'm making my own soil to plant in grow bags. I bought alfalfa meal , my own worm castings plus azomite, chicken compost , blood meal, bone meal , micorriza fungi, and a few other things to make my soil as healthy as possible so my food is more nutritious for my family🤗💐😊,, thanks
Always here to help and share. Happy Gardening
How did your soil turn out? Can you provide what and how much you used? I have some grow bags in addition to my raised beds and want to use grow bags more. Thanks!
Hope your soil was a success. Please let us know. Happy gardening 😊
Yes, very useful and needed info...thanks!!
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Great explanation! Thanks so much!
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Good info this guy going above & beyond thanks👍
Glad to help and share with you and others. THANK YOU kindly.
Thanks so much. You have provided a lot of good information.
So nice of you to say. THANK YOU.
Never knew what using alfafa products on a garden invovled. Loved the slide presentation
Great. Thanks.
love to know what kind of microscope you are using! Thanks!
Cute little critters :o) Thanks for showing us ..-
Great way of looking at it. THANK YOU.
Great stuff! Thank you!
One question: what’s the shelf life of all this fertilizers that come in a bag? I recently purchased a lot of bat guano, seabird guano, kelp meal, alfalfa meal, blood meal, etc etc...
Another question good sir: I always add diatomaceous earth to my super soil mix because it retains 20 times more water than regular soil and it’s rich in silica and trace minerals. The question is: are diatoms detrimental to bacteria?
Diatom shells shouldn't have any affect on bacteria. They are much larger than bacteria and probably provide a decent substrate. And the pesticide affect is only for dry DE; its main action is adsorption of lipids from the cuticles of invertebrate animals.
so interesting thank you
Good work… thanks for your service to humanity.
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Very interesting!! I enjoyed the science demonstration!
Thank you! Cheers!
My gosh, what a fantastic video. I have started using alfalfa pellets to amend my raised beds and it sure gives me a sense of validation that I am doing the right thing (albeit more slowly than meal!). I learned a lot from this video, thanks Mark! So much fun seeing through the microscope!!
Wonderful! So very glad to hear. THANK YOU kindly.
Very interesting. I didn't know this stuff. Awesome information 👍☺️
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This was a very interesting video! I appreciate you sharing with us. Bacteria and fungus are nearly indestructible!
They are what keeps the world alive. THANK YOU
Hi. Enjoyed. So is it good to use the pellets or not?
Very good video Mark! Love when you pull out the microscope and let us all take a look. There is so much talk about using alfalfa as a fertilizer. Now I see pellets and meal are not the same.
I was always wondering about what happens to microbes when soil is froze 4 feet deep. Thanks again for the lesson!
Glad it was helpful to see the difference. When the soil freezes or even below 60 degrees large amounts of microbes are not at all very active. But that is a good thing for both endo and ecto mycorrhizal fungi living in and on living plants roots as a host. THEY grow great now because nothing is eating them and they can grow and build soil.
Great video, Thank You!
THANK YOU so very Kindly. Have a fantastic gardening year forward.
Learned alot thanks for sharing 👨🌾😁
Brilliant.
Cool video I enjoy it. Thanks for sharing
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Thank you for sharing this information about Alfalfa pallets. This video was extremely INFORMATIVE 🙏🏼
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*VERY* interesting, educational!
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Very helpful, thank you!
THANK YOU for watching. Have a great week ahead.
Just found your channel. The video was awesome. I have been using organic fertilizers and wanted to use alfalfa pellets but wasn't sure. What about alfalfa Cubes? Would that do the same?
THANK YOU for the sub. Pellets are 10 times less nitrogen. ( see my new video. ). We will never know what is in the cubes ( early harvest alfalfa or late harvest alfalfa, Big DIFFERENCE )
Where we live, alfalfa meal is just alfalfa pellets that have been ground down. Thats what the chunks are in the meal. The analysis is what’s important. I’ve seen people using timothy alfalfa pellets thinking it’s pure alfalfa.
Thanks for your video.
Interesting! THANK YOU for sharing this.
Very good , informative video . Thanks
So nice of you to say. THANK YOU. Happy Gardening year forward.
Great video! I have a giant bag of alfalfa pellets that is probably 5-6 years old--I just keep forgetting to use it. And of course when I do, the pellets that touch the surface mold. After all this time, will the microbes in the pellets be "expired"? Should I toss it? Or if expired add it anyway so that the pellets can be food for bacteria already in the soil? Now I'm going to go see what other videos you have : ).
Yeah see that's the thing. I don't think the most promoted benefit of alfalfa is the bacteria in it anyway. From what I've seen in other videos it is a nutrition source to feed the biology already present in one's soil. Also alfalfa has a growth hormone naturally present in it. If one really needed to introduce new microbiology into the soil I would think you'd make an aerated tea from fresh worm castings.
This was so fascinating! Thank you for this demo. I guess the take away is the pellets serve as more of a slow release fertilizer than the meal starting with less bacteria. I’ve just ordered pellets because it was so cost effective. I’m determined to improve my soil and boost veggie and flower production for my personal use. 🌱🌱🌱🌱😃
The meal is the better product( more bacteria )plus we know the NPK value in it. . As the pellets we do not know the NPK in it . Plus it is grown for the protein value only for a food source. Less bacteria, etc. Thanks for asking
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Outstanding job
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Thanks for this valuable information
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Great video!
THANK YOU for your kind words. Enjoy.
Mark, Another great video! I wonder if soy meal would be a good soil amendment as well, it's $20 per 50 lb bag, vs. $15 for alfalfa, however, the former has almost 3 times the protein content.
Good question! Sorry, I do not know. Like they way you think. THANK YOU for asking.
Soy meal is a good nitrogen source, they are a good mix with alfalfa.
Intelligent design......
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In review of your comments I see a lot of folks doing that fermentation thing via JADAM theory. I just don’t get it as my understanding is aeration is the key.
I would love to see you do as thorough of an evaluation of the JADAM theory as you did here. I think a month of folks would benefit from it. Thank you for this awesome content
I agree with you that aeration ( aerobic ) is key. I will be doing aerobic compost tea video soon. Thanks for asking.
great vid. so it seems the meal is better choice for immediate availability of nutrients for the soil than pellets. However for cost effectiveness for large area gardening and farming the pellets would be better choice but would take longer for those bacterias to reproduce to be a benefit to the soil and plants. When would be the best time to apply the pellets to raised garden beds? I am prepping and more soil to my beds this fall with deep mulch as well. Can i scatter pellets across the whole bed then cover with new soil? The soil i have in there is pretty depleted and i need to fill probably another 6" of soil to the existing soil bed. How much Pellets to use per square foot? Again thank you for the vid and your time. cheers
Save your money and do not use either. If you have fall leaves use them. They will do 3 times better for you. Layer fall leaves with your own native soil ever 2 inch's. Please watch my video on this. Grew 8 tomatoes plants in one raised bed and they plants did fantastic.
Mark what can you tell us about growing Borage in the garden and also for a cover crop. Thanks Gary
It is a herd. So great to use and help build soil. Thanks
Fascinating stuff
Very interesting. You have me hooked.
Awesome! Thank you!
This is CRAZY! I never imagined such a thing! AWESOME!!! Thank- you for showing me a whole new aspect of gardening!!!😊
Any time! Always here to help and share. THANK YOU.
fantastic video. Thanks for sharing
Thank you too
So much information, thanks
My pleasurer to share with you. THANK YOU so very much
Great video Mark!
Love how you and your microscope explain: Fungi eat the bacteria, and the resulting poop =s plant fertilizer. ;-)
Presently fermenting table scraps, using the solids for compost additive, and adding alfalfa pellets to the liquid. (Bokashi tea)
I use the pellets to insure a slower nutrient release in sandy soil.
I also use coffee grounds up-top for extra nitrogen when growing cucumbers.
Question: My daughter is extremely gluten intolerant!
She read that a gardener gave this person with Celiac Disease cucumbers fertilized with coffee grounds.
After consuming she had a bad intestinal allergic reaction due to the gluten in the ground-up coffee beans.
Is this possible? A gluten transfer on a microscopic level?
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I can only add my family's experience. I have a SIL who has celiac disease. She is so reactive to any gluten that she cannot eat commercially prepared ketchup. Wait? There's wheat in ketchup? No, but it is a part of commercially prepared vinegar, which is then used to make ketchup. So I don't think the issue is can gluten transfer from one product to the next. I think the question is how sensitive is the patient in question 🤔
Hi Mark, I watch your videos a lot. I bought the book Teaming with Microbes. I want to buy a microscope and use it on my computer do you have any recommendations. Maybe on Amazon or anything else. I will be using it for my garden like you have, thanks Mike.
Hello Mike. Good Book. On my Facebook Page is the one I use. You can get a better camera than the one I use. But has to match your computer. Search all areas for the best price. THANK YOU.
Amazing video...thanks
So nice of you to say, THANK YOU.
Hey Mark, I was moving my tomato starts this morning and thought of this video. I don't have a heat mat under my trays, and the lights are in my garage and not that warm (its CA, so not too cold at night). A thought popped into my head - "I bet the heat mat effect has nothing to do with warming the roots, and everything with raising the temp for the microbes and fungus to get active." I recall a slide (probably Gabe Brown or Ray Archuleta video?) where someone had 2 trays of seedlings that were identical in every way but 2. One tray has vigorous plants and one not so much. The vigorous tray had mycorrhizal fungi and the other did not. So is the soil heating from a mat is to make the microbes and fungi happy and only secondarily the make the plant starts warm? Do you (or anyone else) have any thoughts or research pointers to share?
To my understanding the microbes love to grow and work around 70 to 80 degrees. With a fair about of moisture and food.
I am certainly no expert, but I would speculate the same thing. Good thought!
Instablaster.
That was a very interesting I would like to see it again in like 12 hour increments then with aded sugars and castings I think I need a microscope
That would be cool!
Great Minds think alike, This morning I made a slurry of Alfalfa cubes to put into my compost to be used in about a month or so. Thanks for showing the "Little Guys" I'm growing.
Very cool! THANKS for sharing.
I am concerned about agricultural grade alfalfa though . Is there requirements to tell us what the fillers are ? I do biodynamic gardening and organic . I think the best way is to grow cover crops and till them in .
The two items I used the meal is Certified Organic. No fillers. The other is no filled and non gmo. They do have to tell you what is in the bag. I have a great plan stay will it.
Mark Ive been using alfalfa pellets for years. Ive always put it in a barrel with water and rice and allowed it to ferment before using on garden. Any thoughts on this?
Hello. Hope all is well. To me ferment is the lack of oxygen. That is something that we do not what. You can add water to it and add a air bubbler to give it air. Just like making compost tea. Thanks
@@iamorganicgardening thanks. This was done mostly to make it less appetizing to those darn voles. Hope you and your family are healthy and happy.😊
This was fascinating! Makes me wish I had a microscope too!
THANK YOU so very much. I will share what I see with you so you do not have to buy One.
Recently, I threw down a bag of alfalfa pellets (horse feed) on 2K sqft of garden as a supplement to the Espoma organic blend I typically use. One of the problems I see with garden products is people using too much expecting a miracle in a bag. I learned a long time ago some products have benefit while other nutrients may needed such as adding biomas (crop residues, manures, etc.) to build nitrogen. I prefer ocean products such as fish & kelp to boost the micronutrients and amino acids in soil biology. I'm not a scientist but have had great results in many different garden plots thriving with life.
@@YAYA-bv7po Thanks for the tip on 30 days, I threw it down in the fall to allow plenty of time to get absorbed by the soil biology through several processes to become available to plants. I use stuff like Espoma as a similar ingredient and have success.
@@heavymechanic2 I gave up on Espoma years ago as I perceive their quality has diminished. Switched to the line of fertilizers from Microlife out of Texas. Absolutely love their quality. Have to buy on Amazon and it’s a bit more pricey than Espoma but I love the results. Just wanted to add my 2cents. Since I’ve switched to them I use nothing else. Great company
@@bluejay3945 I use a lot of fish fertilizer with kelp, and started going with humic, it all works together to improve the soil.
Thanks Mark.
Welcome! Glad to hear. THANK YOU.
Love it and your right nature is an amazing things we should all learn to appreciate it more cause if we did can you imagine how much better off we and the world would be that's a world I would love to live in.
I fully agree. THANK YOU.
I add a can of cola and a can of regular beer to my compost with the alfalfa pellets to jump start the process.
That was fascinating.
THANK YOU so very much. Happy Gardening
This video is so awesome 🙌
THANK YOU so very much. Have a great Year Ahead
Great video with easy to understand analysis. I use alfalfa hay for mulch around our fruit trees and vegetable garden and alfalfa meal to fertilize our roses. Thank you for sharing.
Great tip! THANK YOU for sharing.
Fascinating!!
THANK YOU so very much. Have a great year.
Hi Mark,
I'm curious on how alfalfa is dried before it is packaged. Is Glyphosate used at all in the process?
Thanks
The down to earth one is sun cured. and is cert. organic. Non GMO and no glyphosate ever allowed or used. The other is list on my fakebook page. Non GMO..
What a cool video.!!!thanks
Thank you too!
This was the most interesting garden video I’ve ever seen! To actually see the life forms under a microscope is amazing and I can’t thank you enough. What is your background?
Wow, THANK YOU. Both my grandparent's where farmers. Each having over 300 acres. After my wife passed away at 36 years old from a rarer incurable cancer I decide to by a farm. My 2 sons where 6 & 4 at the time. So I had no money and why not farm with nature because I knew it works, it is all around us. I was very lucky to hear and be taught by Dr. Elaine Ingham. Top soil scientist that discover the Soil Food Web. Been doing it now for 20 years working with nature.
If you likke this then you'll love KNF Korean Natural Farming.Take a look at Chris Trumps posts.He shows you a very simple way of harvesting the Microbes/Fungi with boiled rice placed on the soil for a couple of days.After 48hrs its covered with white furry Microbes which you can make IMO Indigenous Micro organisms that can be stored and used to treat the soil.