The most important part of insect frass is that the mycology of it gives plants an signal to defend against insects. Thus building immunity to insect invasion.👍✌️
I have citrus trees in containers some for 23 years. I have been feeding them 100% worm castings that I brew in 5 gal pail. I have been using meal worm frass that as you mentioned brings out a response to immunity. This was a dramatic change in my situation.
Great video. It would be great to see if insect frass really works as an insecticide by doing a real experiment with 2 batches of plants. One with frass and one without to see if it really works. I tried finding such experiment on RUclips but I couldn’t find one. Warm regards.
I would absolutely love to see more work done from small companies on the WHC benefits of biochar. A possible experiment outline could include charged versus uncharged biochar and microbial changes in soil after amendments have been applied. There has also been multiple back yard experiments done regarding the impact of biochar in seed germination. I would consider it essential for more work to be done regarding the power of biochar as a soil amendment and would love to see your organisation lead the charge on how the power of biochar can be harnessed for both the home grower and the commercial farmer.
Great video as always Matt! If you're looking for another amendment to test, I would recommend bokashi bran. I know it's main use is for composting, and adding biology (EM1), but I'm really curious what it does to available nutrients. Thanks and keep up the great work
I'm pretty sure that there's something made of cellolusa that is now introduced to water through the soil and starts to decompose - a process that ties up nitrogen.. So it would in theory steal nitrogen and start decomozing which leaks ammonia
A useful thing to explore in future videos might be the change in available ions which can be harmful to the plants, e.g. Na+, Cl-, Al[3+]. I noticed in the chart in this video that the mean sodium concentration went from being well within optimal to being quite a bit in excess, which would make me start worrying around soil sodicity. It'd be really helpful to know if this is a general trend or if it's one outlier massively skewing the mean.
I'm pretty sure that there's something made of cellolusa that is now introduced to water through the soil and starts to decompose - a process that ties up nitrogen.. So it would in theory steal nitrogen and start decomozing which leaks ammonia
The most important part of insect frass is that the mycology of it gives plants an signal to defend against insects. Thus building immunity to insect invasion.👍✌️
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I have citrus trees in containers some for 23 years. I have been feeding them 100% worm castings that I brew in 5 gal pail. I have been using meal worm frass that as you mentioned brings out a response to immunity. This was a dramatic change in my situation.
Would be good to see data on various insect species frass, for example mealworm frass.
I don't know what mealworms frass does for plants, but I put it in my compost worm bins.
@@michaelbessette8685 good nutrition, I had my mealworm frass nutrient tested and it was 15% protein....
Great video. It would be great to see if insect frass really works as an insecticide by doing a real experiment with 2 batches of plants. One with frass and one without to see if it really works. I tried finding such experiment on RUclips but I couldn’t find one. Warm regards.
You do great important work...thanks
Thank you!
I would absolutely love to see more work done from small companies on the WHC benefits of biochar.
A possible experiment outline could include charged versus uncharged biochar and microbial changes in soil after amendments have been applied.
There has also been multiple back yard experiments done regarding the impact of biochar in seed germination. I would consider it essential for more work to be done regarding the power of biochar as a soil amendment and would love to see your organisation lead the charge on how the power of biochar can be harnessed for both the home grower and the commercial farmer.
Great video as always Matt! If you're looking for another amendment to test, I would recommend bokashi bran. I know it's main use is for composting, and adding biology (EM1), but I'm really curious what it does to available nutrients. Thanks and keep up the great work
Love that you're using DTE brand!
I'm pretty sure that there's something made of cellolusa that is now introduced to water through the soil and starts to decompose - a process that ties up nitrogen.. So it would in theory steal nitrogen and start decomozing which leaks ammonia
As a producer of insect frass (from BSF) I am happy to hear the results :-)
great information, how about bat guano
Cool content my friend! 👍
Thanks I asked for insect frass. Glad it works.👍🏻🤠
A useful thing to explore in future videos might be the change in available ions which can be harmful to the plants, e.g. Na+, Cl-, Al[3+]. I noticed in the chart in this video that the mean sodium concentration went from being well within optimal to being quite a bit in excess, which would make me start worrying around soil sodicity. It'd be really helpful to know if this is a general trend or if it's one outlier massively skewing the mean.
I'd be interested to see this in a grow test in extracted living soil, using plants that have matching deficiencies.
Should do some stuff on natural farming inputs to see if its mostly hype as there isn't much on these inputs
Langbeinite? Does it work? Video test?
Thanks for watching! We'll put this idea in our que!
Can a little lime be added to counter the acid? Certain plants will certainly love the lower ph
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Great information, do alfalfa meal, crab meal and basalt
It seems most organic fertilizers actually reduce available nitrogen at least initially.
I'm pretty sure that there's something made of cellolusa that is now introduced to water through the soil and starts to decompose - a process that ties up nitrogen.. So it would in theory steal nitrogen and start decomozing which leaks ammonia
Would Boron decrease if Insect frass was mixed into the soil and allowed to break down over 4-6 weeks and not top dressed?
Release Chitin which is the benefit for me in defense of bugs..
What company does your testing?
They do it
Does fish emulsion contain heavy metals ?
no
Manganese and copper make things tastier…..👍🏽
I know nothing, lol...
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