John Kempf — Simple & Comprehensive Fertility Management for Market Gardens
In this session, John Kempf discusses how to manage soil health and crop nutrition using a simple “broad brush strokes” …
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In this session, John Kempf discusses how to manage soil health and crop nutrition using a simple “broad brush strokes” …
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Hey John, you mentioned this private study about the different compost in Europe. Where can I find more information about that?
I have a hard time understand mulch.
I have plenty of wood chips and oak leaves but it’s seems that people really like using hay or straw but I can’t find any that isn’t sprayed with herbicide. How are people getting this? I’m near Atlanta.
Excellent, as a lay man bravo!! As an observer It may be added that in very wet environments one may need raised bed plantings with zero till after breaking hardpan/compaction
I agree .PHOTOSYNTHESIS DRIVES EVERYTHING IN THE ECOSYSTEM. Earth moon gravitational changes and water charge /ions /electromagnetism. Storms .rain .ocean systems. IT'S THE BIOLOGICAL BIOME IN ALL ITS FORMS THAT UNDERPIN ALL LIFE ON THE EARTH AND DRIVES ALL SYSTEMS. (Maybe not hydrothermal vents /black smokers) but they have seperate bio systems but somewheres there's a connect I'm sure .paramagnatism that's the word. Nice to hear these words n relation to all regenerative subject.
I know this may not seem relevant in relation to soils. But .I've seen 2 feet deep of sand in a mouth of a marine estuary covering a substantial area just up and move in just one tide that had no heavy movement current to be able to move such a large amount of sand being covered by 2 feet of water. And then return a week later. That seem impossible. The water never moved it not without help. Electromagnetic charge from biology or them clinging to sand particulates maybe. These were regular cycles it would come and go (2feet of sand gone grom a large area only being covered by one foot of water ) thats questionable but i tell you its truth. These things were just never questioned but similar archetypes are at work land and sea .I'm sure there's a relevant there for thought. Thank you
I always thought plants fed of biology anyway i thought that was everyone's understanding. And ions in hydrophonics was just an artificial way to grow . And to me soil seems to have turned In to just a substrate . (Turning soil into rockwool) and feeding it ions. Its got to have been so obvious .comon sense speaks volumes .how can anybody not have known theses things that were discussing now. As brilliant as the science is. I'm no farmer but why arnt we already growing in super healthy soils .it's an ironic situation. But glad it's getting steered back oncourse.
John says that there's a potential problem when adding animal manure to vermicompost but doesn't elaborate. Does anyone know what the problem is? I'm assuming it has to do with the potential diseases? I thought worms could process it out of the manure. Would putting the manure through black soldier flies first then their frass to worms eliminate the problem? Ty!
What about rabbit manure?
What is the recomended application rate for Basalt power to increase/provide paramagnitism?
Okay
If I brewing compost tea, is it fungal can be cultures in the water? Sorry if my English not good. Thanks
wonderful, particularly for the gardener or community farm…mygreathanks and blessings
How do all the other bugs in the soil contribute?
Dr. Ingham says every soul has enough nutrients to grow a perfectly healthy crop, even the the trace ones. Would love to figure out why your two opinions differ as I respect you both immensely
"Plants are not vegetarian"…
Wonderful information and great presentation.
Can someone give more information on geological essay and CEC test.
A question on rhizophagy – in light of this research does this mean we should cease applying NPK completely, even if we are applying organic NPK amendments to the soil? If we do need to add these, should they only be applied as a foliar application as to not disrupt this rhizophagy process?
All the thumbs down are guys with hydro systems and a closet full of bottled chemicals
Great presentation. Can someone please list the 5 cover crops, I missed them.
what a good interview 😉
Thank you Dan and John! All excellent information for anyone grower but especially for the market or home gardeners, the knowledge sharing is fantastic 🙂 The more I listen to John Kempf the more confidences I am gaining and putting trust my into microbes. The biggest issue I am seeing in my area (eastern and central Montana) is field bindweed, please provide a webinar or short video on this topic it will help a lot of farmers and gardeners. Bless you guy's keep up the great work!
Omg, you can change the title to "how to achieve health and fertility without plant sap analysis in a polyculture/garden context". This is a podcast I have been eager to see answered by John. Well, he made it into a Bible level. Everytime I come back to watch, there's something important that I missed. Thank you John. You got to listen to his every word like prophecy.
where do you get SE? At AEA?
Amazing stuff. I was able to follow these guidelines on a small scale outdoors with 18 tomatoes getting 9-10 hr.s full sun. After burying banana skin, coffee grounds, eggshells, and sardines 12" down, I grabbed buckets full of compost, mulched leaves, and soil from the woods next door. Mixed it in with the original soil from the bed I was prepping. I harvested tree bark from a huge dead tree lying in the shady moist environment of the woods. The bark was thick, (oak or cottonwood?) underneath covered in white hairs. I used that as my cover mulch, blanketing the bed. I didn't fertilize or apply anything other than Epsom salt in the watering can with 4 applications.
The fruiting is surreal and the flavors are strong and balanced. So now I just have to keep the fly-wheel going. I have to somehow replicate that on a much larger scale. It's thrilling all the way around tho. I learned something major.
I watched Dr. James White when you mentioned him. The clouds parted, and the choir sang AAaahhhhhh! This all just makes so much sense as I "dig deeper". Happening to find AEA and you has changed my life in no small measure.
What is the optimal temperature for soil biology? Too high temperature stops biology but too low temperature shall also at least slowdown biology or not?
So if you were using a Geoff Lawton Chicken compost system where they help with the plant based compost piles that would be ok? And for the overly nitrified area of the coop, you could use that on biomass production areas off of the market garden and maintain just vermicompost and plant based compost for the rows?
Is this info in John Kempf's Quality Agriculture textbook? I really hope it is all in there! Once money starts coming back in it's on my permaculture list of books to buy
Love John Kempf but I do home market gardening (biointensive) so I'm super thrilled to see his stuff applied to that scale and purpose and context!!!!
magnificent…any more would have been too much for the purposes of this lecture – it is a "putting it all together" presentation – that struggle we must all go through whether one is gardening a quarter of a hectare or 100 hectares…blessings to all
This is another excellent informative talk! Thank Dan and John!
This was live? How did I miss?