I'm reading The Intelligent Gardener atm. Excellent, well life changing really !! Great video. Question, Solomon recommends a soil analysis before application. Just wondering how you guys determined what was needed? Again I'm new to all this, so be very interested in your thoughts New sub from Victoria Canada Cheers 🌱🌱🌱
No, no, you make it yourself and Steve Solomon is the author of the book Speedy, who's mixing it up, learned the formula from. Steve owned a seed company in the Western USA, sold it, then gardened there in a fertile river valley before moving to Tasmania in the late 90s. I had the good fortune to meet him in the 80s when he lived in Oregon and that's how I landed here, thinking about what needed to be done to the garden to prepare for 2021's crops. Best wishes to you and your gardening, after gathering all the best ingredients. The first step is having your soil tested by a lab to see what it contains and what it lacks. You then add the missing minerals and such, plant and see what pops up.
Pretty weird how he states it is organic(which means the nutrients are bounded into molecules with carbon). But then he just adds kopersulfate (which is directly soluble in water, its mineral, nothing organic about it whatsoever). He added a couple more non-organic fertilizers btw. My point is not to tell u all its wrong or something, just a little critical about the lable: "organic" which it's definitely not. I would rather like to hear that its a mix of mineral and organic u know.
Hi Ramesh, Steve Solomon means 'organic' in the sense of allowable-inputs-for-organically-certified-farms rather than the chemical definition of organic. It is a shame that there are two definitions at play. That said excessive soluble salts can be damaging to soil life or easily lost to leaching so there are definitely reasons to minimise them and it's a good distinction that you bring up. Small amounts like are in SCOF should be ok though, as they are part of a microbe stimulating mix and should be rapidly turned into organic molecules in the chemical sense.
Organic basically is anything natural or from a plant animal or mineral source thats not manufactured, hence why all forms of potash are organic for example.
Very helpful, thank you. I recently came across Steve Solomon's Book, The Intelligent Gardener. Now for a soil test.
Terrific informative vid! Also, I'm in Texas where we don't use the metric system, but I like his breakdown of land size!
Great video, I missed the measurement for potassium sulphate in the video. Can you add it to the footnote please?
I'm reading The Intelligent Gardener atm. Excellent, well life changing really !! Great video.
Question, Solomon recommends a soil analysis before application. Just wondering how you guys determined what was needed?
Again I'm new to all this, so be very interested in your thoughts
New sub from Victoria Canada
Cheers 🌱🌱🌱
Is there a good alternative for kelp? Since kelp is a diminishing keystone species crucial for climate stability, I can't in good conscience use it.
what are these minerals though?are they derived from rocks?
He forgot to say how much potassium sulphate to use???
Hello Steve! Where can I buy your soil mix?
No, no, you make it yourself and Steve Solomon is the author of the book Speedy, who's mixing it up, learned the formula from. Steve owned a seed company in the Western USA, sold it, then gardened there in a fertile river valley before moving to Tasmania in the late 90s. I had the good fortune to meet him in the 80s when he lived in Oregon and that's how I landed here, thinking about what needed to be done to the garden to prepare for 2021's crops. Best wishes to you and your gardening, after gathering all the best ingredients. The first step is having your soil tested by a lab to see what it contains and what it lacks. You then add the missing minerals and such, plant and see what pops up.
Holy moly, turn the music down. You wok my neighbors on the outtro.
Pretty weird how he states it is organic(which means the nutrients are bounded into molecules with carbon). But then he just adds kopersulfate (which is directly soluble in water, its mineral, nothing organic about it whatsoever). He added a couple more non-organic fertilizers btw.
My point is not to tell u all its wrong or something, just a little critical about the lable: "organic" which it's definitely not.
I would rather like to hear that its a mix of mineral and organic u know.
Hi Ramesh, Steve Solomon means 'organic' in the sense of allowable-inputs-for-organically-certified-farms rather than the chemical definition of organic. It is a shame that there are two definitions at play. That said excessive soluble salts can be damaging to soil life or easily lost to leaching so there are definitely reasons to minimise them and it's a good distinction that you bring up. Small amounts like are in SCOF should be ok though, as they are part of a microbe stimulating mix and should be rapidly turned into organic molecules in the chemical sense.
Organic basically is anything natural or from a plant animal or mineral source thats not manufactured, hence why all forms of potash are organic for example.