Thanks for information. Pls does duration also apply to biochar?

All such gorgeous plants, both vegetables and flowers. Everything is so healthy. Those peppers are awesome.

You say put it on the garden soil The compost tea is it nutrish for the leaf like salad or it will be good also for radishes or carrot or tomatoes plant with tomatoes on the plant

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You could have easily converted the measurements to volume as opposed to weight making it easier for those of us who do not have scales.

Seems to me a lot of people get the microbes mixed up with their nutrients. I just figure aerobic for microbes. Anaerobic for nutrients. Which probably brings in dormant microbes.

Could this be used to charge biochar?

Hey 👋 I'll let my comfrey tea wait. Maybe you could teach us to use worm castings please.

What's the ph of that nutrient rich liquid gold ?

Since your video on letting these fertilizers sit for a year, now Im confused. I was buying the things needed to start making my own, but I wish I would have known. Wish I wouldnt have planted anything this year.

Being cursed with the [weed] HORSETAIL, can i put it in my fermenting barrel? This weed is loaded with silica, Is that good in any way? Thanks Nate.

The anaerobic decomposition of organic matter causes it to lose part of the nitrogen and part of the phosphorus, while the aerobic method makes it lose part of the nitrogen only. For me, the best method is aerobic inside an open pail with a perforated piece of cloth on it that allows air to enter and prevents insects from entering. If an air pump is installed, it will be better and the fertilizer is left for at least 6 months or a year. The fertilizer must be completely decomposed, because if it does not decompose, it will continue to decompose in the soil, and this means fungal diseases, nematodes, and many other diseases that weaken the plant.

I have always used anaerobic tea on soil only, and only aerobic tea as foliar

I know this is older post, but I have a new question :-) I will be using a large submersible pond pump, just because I have it. It pushes 1900 GPH. Is it ok to have the pump running when connected to a garden hose, even during the short time between beds when the nozzle is closed? I am wondering how the back pressure might adversely affect the pump. TIA!

actually, the stench can be avoided by simply putting an airlock. still considered anaerobic fermentation. perhaps check SUPER MAGRO biofertilizer videos here in youtube. the enriched super magro gives complete nutrition and it can be used for soil drench and foliar...blessings to all

G'day nate mate. Love your channel. Ive heard, that anaerobic bacteria digest minerals. Where as aerobic bacteria struggles to do so. After composting anaerobic style, your supposed to add it to your aerobic compost. The anaerobic bacteria then die and are eaten by the aerobic bacteria, therefore eating the minerals as they are now available the those bacteria. Supposedly rendering it safe and pathogen free. Can you comment on that and give your insight? Thanks heaps mate, love ya work.

I'm so glad I've found this video before I started applying for JLF's to my plants. Will make sure I let them sit out for a year first.

I fear opening my next five gallon bucket of anaerobically produced fish fertilizer. I believe the neighbors hate me when I use it, my wife hates me and I begin to hate myself when I use it. How long might it take for it to become odorless? Or, can I add some brown sugar or molasses to calm it down without substantially reducing its effectiveness? I appreciate you.

Yes. Please make a video on a large scale.

What is your opinion on using JMS 1:10 for foliar application? I want to prevent powdery mildew. I also made LABs but it's just sitting in my fridge lol

The Amazon link for the budget submersible pump does not work. Thank you for the great directions excited to get it up and running

Why not pick off baby slugs? Do you think maybe with time won’t be as bad?

I have young rabbits just moving all my plants.

👍 ok

I’m out here in Canada and I have a hard time growing turnips would you do videos specifically ? I had nothing growing this spring except my garlic and radish and onions

This last year worked super well. We harvested a lot of food. Biggest squash we ever harvested lots of beans the beans we couldn’t stop picking them up.

Are you able to keep the barrel full during the winter when it freezes without cracking the plastic or do you have to take it into a warmer environment?

Looks great now 🇳🇿❤️

8:11 Terps!

Hi Nate, i have done the anaerobic fermentation since last september following your original video with 2 big barrels and never used since. I opened last week and man! The stench was unbearable! So I suppose even after 9 months it still needs to decompose more. I won't use it until the putrid smell disappear. Let's see how long it will take. It would be useful in your videos if you could bring some info on the composition of the mix, percentages of Nitrogen, potassium etc. Measured before and after. Cheers

sooooo liquid compost?

For my leafy greens like lettuce, I use plastic tubs with a rim....and paint PVA glue under the rim before sprinkling with salt. Any slug or snail that crawls up the tub gets to the salt and turns back. Wish I'd thought of it 20 years ago!

Something I had already figured out was that most of these ferments should sit for a very long time and not be added to in an ongoing way. But what about JMS? JADAM method specifically says to use it much sooner than other ferments? Perhaps this is a non issue as it’s a bit different than the “rotting” fertilizers, much like LABS. Thoughts?

Yes it's amazing the difference between fresh or aged. It turns plant matter, fish, prawn shells, fruit and skins and water into a black magic liquid nutrient for your soil. I have just been doing an experiment with between an expensive commercial liquid fertilizer and my own fresh and aged liquid nutrients. My out come so far is that mine is definitely out performing the expensive one.

Long live the Viking.

A year huh? Im just wondering if i can use tap water too?

I need to

Spectacular information! Thank you greatly!

I love this method. So good to know. Last fall hubby covered garden with compost and topped with 3X's chopped oak and maple leaves. Heavy rains last winter. Transplants and directly sown seeds loving the garden. Worms are loving garden too. End of May already.

This is great because I really love the idea of jadam - super low cost and can be scaled to fit any size garden or farm- I love this solution to the smell problem

Thanks Nate Im excited to make a few barrels of this for next year’s garden. I did a barrel about 4 months ago and it still smells horrible looking forward to fresher smelling fertilizer. I also love the fish brown sugar recipe, I love feeding my plants with homemade fertilizer you rock my friend 👍❤️🙏🏼

How do you deal with cold weather climate areas?

In my experience, and this might sound a bit unconventional, anaerobic ferments, and maybe just the unfinished ones, seem to carry impure energies. Let’s be mindful of what we consume and aim for purity in all things.

Nice. Thanks for the inspiration.

That's been my approach. I stole the idea from how fish sauce is made. they just let it rot and rot and rot and rot till there's nothing left to rot.

So you didn’t have a control? One was copper and one was poo?

This information is wrong, as long as you follow the minimum fermentation requirements in the book you’ll be fine.

Will the barrel freeze in the winter like 10f to 20f ?

This is why our ancestors, way before we had garden centers, or fertilizer companies existed, they all had compost piles, and we all should to. Make yourself a ben, or even just a pile and layer it with dead leaves and fresh grass clippings and table scraps, and fruits straight from the garden that over ripen, or get pest damage and even the plants that get pulled and harvested. Also add a bunch of chicken manuer and keep the pile moist and turn and mix from time to time, and keep it tarped to keep in heat and humidity. At the end of the growing season every year, you will end up with a huge pile of dark, lummy, plant root heaven to add into your garden plot, which adds all kinds of nutrients and plant material to your soil, which the soil microbiology will love. The homemade fish fertilizer and wood ash are great, but I find the fermented fruit and vegetable fertilizer to be unnecessary anyways.

Nate you must have misinterpreted the Jadam system. The creator of Jadam never ever said to apply JLF or JMS to the leaves of plants. They're strictly soil drench applications. Traditional KNF solutions are for foliar applications. I've found through years of trial and error that tea made from IMO4 which you stated many times is a waste of time brings the best results of any foliar applications. One batch of IMO4 can last the entire season for weekly liquid IMO4 applications. I think you're an incredibly knowledged grower and great person but I believe you're wrong about traditional KNF. That being said I love all of your videos. Thanks for what you do brother.