I’m trying to create recreate a tallgrass prairie but have run into problems with invasive crown vetch. Can the soil food web deal with this particular weed and how does the distinguish it from native prairie plants?

Hi! I've been watching your videos for some time now and appreciate how much I've learned. I'd love to sign up for the next Summit and interact with these wonderful people, unfortunately the link on the description doesn't seem to work when I click it 😢.

Thank you for this.. Would love to enroll for classes. They suit my vision in the field of Horticulture.

#EndLoggingOnPublicLand.

You really have expertise I need for my Horticulture farming business. I'd want to be your student and for you to mentor me closely.

I just learned my wife have taken out a huge life insurance on me. When I found out, she laughed and said it was because I'm always chased by mosquitos. Today I found this video in her KZbin log.

I love Dr Dykstra !!! A lot of things I learned from him even I studied 8 years agriculture ! So my question is how we can the plants 12 brix ???

Trevor Quick, Australia

Is this course in Spanish?

His intro needs to be shorter and tighter.

I need six legs 😂

Outstanding mind boggling class by Dr Dykstra 🐞🐛🐜

LOL everything started at Rutgers university😅

Just curious if this a rebuttal to the newly crafted indigenous predatory microbes in the Natural Farming realm. I agree that healthy plants do not get bothered as much but its not universal, many pests will attack healthy plants, Plants gain more resiliency through healthy soil which in turn makes healthy plants. These plants will not be completely immune to pests., What about things like coffee borer beetles and other pests? Sure aphids whie flys thrips and that stuff cant really munch on healthy plants with resiliency but I do not think this is universally true

@25:00 well a fresh leaf of Spinach will have lower amounts of sugar than a leaf that’s been dehydrated by putting it in the fridge. Does that mean the dehydrated leaf is healthier because it has more sugar? No.

Why is Tom not allowed to publish on the research he does?.. also great talk, tantalizing concepts.

Dr. Elaine is second to none in the soil world. What will be ration (1) Bacteria:Fungi Ration (2) Protozoa:Bacteria ratio and (3) Nematodes:Fungi ration. Please give me answer.

Why can’t you publish your findings?

I'm interested in this topic but 2hours is simply to much. I would enjoy a summary at the end , or, a more compressed content. Thank you.

Excellent presentation :)

I've been tell people for the last 5 years that insects only attack unhealthy plants. I learned this by not tilling, I don't use pesticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers. I will have tons of squash Beatles around my plants but they never touch my plants. They eat the dead leaves that fall or I cut off. When the life cycle of the plant ends in August they will clean up my dieing plants then.

Ready to learn all about soil food web Thx Dr. Elaine for you insight. Billy in Uganda

In Uganda

@John-hu9bo Yeah, and dishwashers want to make an impact through cleaning the dishes, not politics. We can all make senseless excuses like that. Regenerative farmers are not immune for the disasters that are waiting to happen if nothing is going to change, let alone if things are only going to be worse. So perhaps you should think about what your priorities should be. When your house is on fire it is not the right moment to think about redecorating it. Then your priority should be to save the people and to put out the fire. with your attitude and senseless excuses there won't be a house left to redecorate. Just a thought.

I am unsubscribing from all the American content creators out of protest for what happened with the election. My conscience doesn't allow it to ignore it. I have to make a stand. And there is not much else that I can do that might have some sort of impact. The American society has become a society that I can no longer support in any way. And right now the thought that American people are making money because I watch their videos is unbearable for me. Perhaps that I will return when the situation has changed. But for now I have to follow my conscience. I cannot participate in a society that chooses for darkness. I am sorry that it has to be this way, but that is the only way that I can speak out and perhaps make a difference.

Why is Tom Dykstra not allowed to publish his research?? Anybody knows??

TY DR TOM U ARE A GENIUS WHAT U SAYS MAKES SENSE THATS WHAT I PRACTICALLY THINK THOUGH IM AN AMATEUR GARDENER U ARE A BLESSINGS GLAD WE FIND THIS VIDEO TY TO DR ELAINE TOO FOR LOADING THIS TREASURE INFO MORE POWER 💕 MILA FR SEBRING FL

Biochar land use change agriculture soil carbon carbon capture storage life cycle assessment

So enriching presentation, Nick. Definitely somebody with long experience on the fields. Thanks for sharing!!

I'm a biggerner on biologie farming

I can answer that question of insect predator prey. This is just in my 1 acre food forrest. I have been working for the last 5 years on adding trees, building good soil biology, adding terracing to hold water, etc. This year I have had the most live in my yard. Spiders everywhere, multiple families of birds raised, skinks and lizards, praying mantis, parasitic wasp, native bees I have never seen before, and despite a drought, the greenest plants and yard in the neighborhood. No pesticide, only natural fertilizers, garden tone and fish/kelp, sugar, calcium, compost and compost tea.

excelente presentation. best regards from Colombia.

Nevermind the actual crop, so much to learn from this experience about principles & practices. Thanks guys

I really enjoy all of the videos put out on this channel. Thank you for your research and sharing these inspiring studies.

Dr. Elaine IN THE HOUSE! ❤ 🏠 woot woot!

I was also gone mad after listening to Tom Dykstra. The video was uploaded by Jhon Kempf at AEA. And I was using brix meter everywhere and many times I am getting brix above 15 but insects also feeding on plants. I was very disappointed. But later I came to know it was not sugar level. It was mixed with salt level. So sugar level is true reading. Brix dont show exact situation.

I grow tobacco! my best friend is a soil biologists from your school! we own property together.. happy your doing a tobacco video.. do a marijuana video please..

Very interesting again, looking forward to starting the course. I enjoyed the discussion on creating all these different test sites to build proof of your system. I hope I can apply it to a rice field here in Thailand after completing the course! 🌾🌾🌾🌾

Both my grandparents were killed far too early by tobacco. It's sad to see good people giving people who deal in death a spotlight.

...to the detriment of human health. Irony.

You lost me at United Nations

I liked you before the cat video! Ha ha. I appreciate your thoughtful explanations and examples. Thank you.

Does korean natural farming work in re introducing the fungi to the soil

Im curious what Dr. Dykstra would have to say about the Coconut Rhino Beetles (CRB), as well as the Longhorn Beetles (QLB), which are creating catastrophic problems for Hawaii. What might be the solutions?

Insects encourage decay, roaches, and termites especially. Locusts/grasshoppers eradicate healthy miles of crops. Why?

There is a mistake here, beginning around 30:05. A nucleotide is not a protein, not at all, and not composed of amino acids. It is a sugar-phosphate-nucleic acid, best known for being a subunit of deoxyribonucleic acid (that's DNA). Dr. Dysktra meant to say "peptide." A peptide is a short protein or protein segment composed of amino acids. With appreciation for the information presented here, this mistake should be corrected.

Nakuru kenya - icow student

Are healthy plants pest free? Why do farmers use pesticide? Do farmers plant unhealthy crops? Why is it impossible to plant cabbage without some form of pesticide, natural or otherwise?

Has anyone used calcium to loosen soils and sugar or molasses to add carbon? If so what results did you get.

It was interesting what was said about heirloom versus hybrid plants responding to biology. It seemed to make since.