How to Grow Spirulina - Small Farm Scale (Mini Doc pt1)

[@TheSamba37]

To anyone considering this, that "Hand pump" he got from a homebrew supply store is meant as a gravity siphon. You don't have to hand pump constantly if your origin vessel is at a higher elevation than the destination vessel. Pump it once, get the siphon going and you can pretty much walk away.

[@nimarus3118]

Yes, knowing this really helps with water changes in large aquariums.

[@ramonanettles2329]

Yes, and you could even attach a pre-filter to the base of the siphon with a rubber band.

[@sebastianlesny2230]

@@ramonanettles2329Using another (finer) filter at the pick up, that would probably cause a clog. since the filter/screen/mesh is after pickup and there isnt supposed to be any other deposits then it most likely wouldnt help.

[@baystergaming]

“Change the world, Get people nourished get those brains moving and all that good stuff” grabbed my attention, is the goal.

[@nedweeks6964]

"Multi disciplinary citizen scientist" That's awesome!

[@patriciasorensen7107]

Wow, you people who are so critical obviously havent made your own videos or been public speakers. Cant you just appreciate the value he has given us in a personable manner? I really enjoyed his style .

[@reececrump8483]

i dont know why it took so long to click in my brain how cool all this is. The possibilities of algae cultivation are spinning in my head right now when I think about how they could be combined with urban development and genetic engineering. Then you mentioned the use of biogas effluent as nutrient source. I've already been advocating biogas digestors and fantasizing about investing in my own, but to now understand yet another way where this technology can synergize with other sustainable systems literally left me breathless. im not being hyperbolic here, I genuinely stopped breathing for a minute because of how exciting it all is.

[@manda2424]

Love that you went into such detail with checking for contaminants through microscope.

[@petersvideofile]

Dude this is amazing this is what I've been looking for since 10 years ago when I wanted to grow my own. My 6 year old is here watching your video with me, she says your manucure looks like spirulina and so does you hair (in a good way :)) Keep up the great work man!

[@CompassFungus]

Bro you're one of the most intriguing humans i've come across on YT. I'm addicted to watching any content you make!

[@Peter-yc2uh]

This was great. Keep up the great work. Anything that helps the world stop thinking that they need to buy processed foods and/or overly expensive natural and organic foods that we can just make ourselves is a HUGE gift. It's just so fascinating to me that some of the most potent superfoods are some of the easiest to grow and produce ourselves, EG, spiro, chlorella, fermented foods and drinks, etc... "downsizing," "minimal living" and basically just being happy with what I call "radical basics" is truly a joy, and more and more people are realizing this! What joy!

[@CryptoSchool01]

Can we make this spirulina culture in home ??

[@rocket5557]

This is the simplest tutorial on the subject on KZbin. Thank you!

[@chrisalyngonzalez3750]

Hi, marine bio student and algae activist;) thank you for posting this video! It’s inspiring to know there are others out there are dedicated to spreading the word about algae. I’d love to bounce ideas off you ! Algae just sucked me in so I’m in the early stages of creating my own startup of sustainable algae products and hopefully setting up a channel to blog it all!

[@Valchrist1313]

This channel doesn't have any content

[@Cerberus984]

@@Valchrist1313 lol

[@FatRonaldo1]

I’m just falling into the rabbit hole, is there any where you could point me for advice on what products can be made with the algae I grow?

[@zephyrr108]

what is an algae activist

[@JadessLorraineFusio]

@@FatRonaldo1 You can basically add it to your baked food products for 1-2% depending on your preference.

[@TheDerperado]

The best video on growing spirulina!!

[@jovenusdivine503]

I have been taking this for 36 years! And it is one of the few ... Vitamins or whatever you want to call it that I will ever take out of my diet! I believe in it so much because it does so much and so many people don't know about it it's been around for centuries

[@sravanreddy3303]

Yas you can use spirulina

[@cronix1314]

what are the benefits that you see ?

[@basavarajmeti7857]

Excellent demonstration of cultivation and harvesting of Spirulina

[@halifaxlithos2488]

Just what I was looking for. Thank you very much.

[@meganlivesay8442]

Wow that is so much hard work to do that. I am grateful for the instructive video. I am inspired to try something like this.

[@WAIT4JESUS]

I really appreciate your humble style of presenting this very cool relevant information. Thank you!

[@2509zg99]

Excellent video, so much technical information presented in a very simple way! Thank you!

[@shynimasmalayalamchannel4047]

Thank you soo much for the support

[@schizogardener]

Super awesome setup! I remember hearing about spirulina on an episode of Doomsday Preppers and ever since I've been trying to get my hands on some. I literally discovered your channel yesterday and I'm impressed! On par with Cody's Lab, StyroPyro, Thought Emporium and Nile Red. Great stuff man. Keep sharing these science/biology gems.

[@schizogardener]

Not to mention the permaculture/myclogy aspect. Brilliant subject matter man!

[@originalink644]

I am happy I found your channel.

[@bammbamm6869]

Mush respect big dog. Keep up the good work, with this and the mycology 💪🏻you truly motivate 🍄🍀🌲

[@ashleyadams6554]

Your video is much appreciated and informative thanks 😊

[@jonnorthey5868]

Brilliant and concise look at growing Algae - fab and weldone

[@serratlantean8662]

Awesome! Thank you so much and God Bless !!!

[@gertieemorrison5447]

Wow. Great stuff. Thank you for posting

[@feloniousmonk1187]

thanks for taking the time to explain the process... interesting...

[@whothewho82]

Dude this is truly amazing work. Thank you so much for posting.

[@roadwarriorkennelsnana4742]

Incredible great information spirulina chorella asatxinthin algae technology this industry is growing ....amen

[@awesomecowsrock]

AWESOME VIDEO. I make my own fish food and my pacus favorite food is algae waffers. I want to start a fish food company and this vid helped

[@joegaines8826]

After you harvest a crop from your pond what happens to the water? Can you reuse it for another crop? Do you need to add more growth medium? Interesting video. Where can I find your book?

[@WilliamVG]

Very economical way of harvesting nutrient rich food. Thinking about doing this.

[@JadessLorraineFusio]

Spirulina is indeed a superfood!

[@walkinyourworth]

Thank you for doing this!! I had no idea I could make my own Spirulina!! 👏🥰🎉

[@havabighed]

Awesome video, I knew this already but I thought it was a great presentation on your part.

[@rebeccat1828]

Oh my god. I love this!! I would love to explore citizen science. There's way too many things not to be interested in and that I can't study in class

[@wilsondeleon9725]

Great job!

[@minhho8719]

dear friend, i'm just wondering if i'm to start a project of growing sprulina, can i get a starter up culture from u?

[@lesstalks8325]

That's the reason,, I love KZbin

[@asma.nooruddin]

Awesome! Thank you for this detailed video.

[@AutoNomades]

Supercool ! Thanks a lot for sharing your works !

[@brasonbchicken6692]

I really want to do this, thanks for the amazing insight it gave me a great place to start

[@stevenpalmore4299]

Looks like a good candidate for drying or freeze drying to preserve

[@bwanajulius]

Thanks for sharing all this, keep up the good work!

[@checkyourbrakes]

This is excellent! Greatly appreciated 👍

[@Meleeman011]

dang dude. i was looking for carbon sequestration technologies that were easy to implement, although i came here for the purpose of fuel production, to find out i can actually eat this stuff thats wonderful news

[@joaquinbarbeito9857]

GREAT video my friend!

[@joaquinbarbeito9857]

What is the material that you use to the pool of spirulina and where can i find it? the white one. Thanks

[@michaelmccarville8858]

Thank you!!!!!! You're amazing!!!! You are a Gentleman and a Scholar!!!!! World hunger and many chronic illnesses will be reversed with spirulina!!!! Thank you for this video!!! Is it called spirulina because it spirals ?

[@arcanelucid]

Thank you for this video, very informative.

[@buensomeritano1755]

Are you looking for work/live exchange staff for your farm? Very impressed. Are you considering scaling the algae production up?

[@zerijah]

Thank you so much for your simple and informative video. I notice you say what ingredients do you use as an inoculation but I cannot see it through the video and it's not in your explanation. Would you be willing to give me a forward of exactly which fulvic humic or algae inoculator that you used?

[@dontknowdontcare2531]

if spirulina only needs high alkalinity, nutrients and sunlight, could wood ash be used?

[@hardstucktf]

I want to know too!

[@ramzeneger]

More power to you and thank for making this awesome, fantanstic, easy to understand very imformative and very important video, thank you.

[@drzoidberg2011]

Great video. Well presented. Thanks.

[@ivanyes8075]

Very informative 👍

[@ednabirundu4483]

thanks for sharing..very educative

[@RamaRengan]

I added a spiralina culture to my tanks, it's been almost a week, when will I be able to see the spiralina

[@patriciasorensen7107]

Thanks for sharing your work and interests! Im a prepper in a subtropical country, researching the feasibility of growing spiralina for a fish and aquaponics farm. I understand it can also be fed as a supplement to other livestock such as chickens and rabbits. Many items are not easily available here, so the more things i can make from scratch, the better. Any help with a diy nutrient solution that doesnt rely on a commercial product?

[@KellenChase]

Been looking forward to this.

[@armonia9758]

Great video very interesting and informative

[@TheJoshuamcgowan]

holy crap man. thanks for putting this out there

[@justinxin4794]

"Multi-disciplinary Citizen Scientist" AKA Dr. Rainbow Thumb. Awesome Video!

[@blackberryhillfarm941]

Change the world! We can do it!

[@MrSaint3]

One if my favorite channels on YT, lots of respect brother.

[@MrSaint3]

Going to try out your lc method with coconut. I used rice water but nothing came of it 🤷 so next time trying your method.

[@kirtikana3482]

Such a great and informational video! Thank you for sharing this magic with us!

[@vahidhosseinzadeh5202]

Very good video 👏👏👏, may I ask what kind of clothes you use for filtering and what is it's mesh size, please !?!?

[@flighest6536]

33 micron silk screen filter would be my guess

[@user-xb2dk8db3j]

Where can buy?

[@anggrekbulanfwc]

@@user-xb2dk8db3j At amazon

[@demtewetisa7330]

This is a great work please would you List the composition you used to culture e.g start from Baking Soda to........the end ?

[@stevenjacobs2750]

super super helpful. thanks for this.

[@Ashish-er4kz]

Incredible information

[@coltonsnider7482]

dude. this was such a helpful video.

[@youmnaification]

Thanks for the detailed info. Does spirulina keep all the nutrients when it dried and turned into powder.

[@RoyalSpirulina]

It depends on the methods. We are currently using freeze dry method to keep 100% of nutrients, but it’s still not the same as fresh or frozen.

[@Zarglog]

Spirulina harvesting is amazing. 1 gram of dried spirulina equates to 1 kilogram of fresh fruits / veggies when it comes to vitamines (including B12) and minerals. Also high on amino acids and fatty acids. A superfood to say the least.

[@Zarglog]

A question! Would it be better to use filtered spring water instead of reverse osmosis water? RO-water pulls out minerals etc from the body when you drink it. Does the same thing happen to the algae?

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

​@@Zarglogisn't that why they add the minerals back in?

[@samsaraarmada]

b12 analogue i believe, competes for the site so it is detrimental for vegans heading toward pernicious anemia, unfortunately.. doesnt mean you can have it, just dont supplement b12 at the same time

[@adriennethecoldest]

Very illuminating

[@RDSSPOT]

Thank you for sharing, good job...am looking forward to learn more...

[@jbooger13]

Youre awesome dude. Love from Australia!

[@SimeonFlowers]

Great video. Thank you.

[@ckbond41]

Thanks for giving a thorough application of how to grow Spirulina. I also feel you need to be a scientist to grow it. Damn this is really complicated for me to do.

[@MrSmeeds]

Couldn't you cook the harvested spirulina if it had minor contamination and still eat it?

[@sonsofodinunitedbybrothers9613]

Badass, appreciate the knowledge 🙏

[@0Eliza0]

Thank you! Awesome video and person.

[@connerg196]

Have you tried using the spirulina as plant fertilizer? I've seen some studies with inspiring results on fertility, soil structure, and beneficial microorganism population growth.

[@davidschmidt270]

Hey Conner...I was thinking the same thing, well kinda...like, how to use spirulina in my organic garden/ compost pile....you name it. Have you seen anything like that?

[@connerg196]

@@davidschmidt270 not specifically with compost piles but the thought did cross my mind to add it into a leaf mold bag to help digest as well as balance the C to N ratio of the leaves. I definitely want to try that out!

[@rehamsabry9314]

ممكن توضحلي اللي فهمته من الفيديو لوسمحت /انا مصري عربي

[@rehamsabry9314]

@@davidschmidt270 ممكن تشرحلي كيفية استزراع الاسبيرولينا باللغه العربيه لوسمحت

[@rehamsabry9314]

@@davidschmidt270 ممكن تشرحلي كيفية استزراع الاسبيرولينا باللغه العربيه لوسمحت

[@SamGibsonthe-carefree]

Inspiring video friend thank you for being you

[@doloresgonzalez7253]

very informative, thanks for the info

[@K4HLER]

Great job! Impressive.

[@chrisavedesian3329]

Two questions: 1) Simplifying the growing media to Water, Baking Soda, MaxiGro and Sea Minerals - have you calculated the makeup of the non-water components per mass of wet harvest (or maybe dry harvest)? In other words, if one were to re-use the water after harvesting X lbs of wet spirulina as strained through a 30 micron mesh, what would be the quantities of baking soda, maxigro and sea minerals one would top off that solution with to continue the next generation? 2) Where did you source the 30 micron mesh... the internet does not want me to find your source.

[@evaneversole8546]

Testing right now to find it I am using those nutrients

[@evaneversole8546]

It appears to be less is more as maxi grow is very concentrated

[@anggrekbulanfwc]

@@evaneversole8546 Maxi grow is a NPK fertilizer right?

[@kitahachiakamatsu5051]

@@evaneversole8546 hi. What fertilizer do you use actually? What ratio it is?

[@tayuibea7144]

Thank u so much for this video

[@FoleysAquatics]

I can use my aquarium water and use the excess bioload from my filter

[@shahriar112]

Nice and simple bro learned a lot

[@kyluscorner8818]

Great work and presentation thereof! You've definitely encouraged me to delve into this further! I haven't seen your other work, but I am curious whether you've tried diverting your RO brine (reject) into your spirulina tanks? I wonder if the dissolved ions would be beneficial to the algae.

[@vegandew]

FASCINATING

[@joecater894]

awesome vid... by any chance, do you happen to know the dry weight of bio mass you managed to accumulate within that timeframe do you? That would be very interesting to know.

[@betsyolsson-mackowski7682]

But how can I become as cool as you?!🤔😎 Very informative! I can tell you have a lot of experience. Thank you for sharing. I would love to add my labor to someone elses equipment who is already growing algae.

[@debihsofiane3229]

Thank you very much Awesome

[@antoniogomez2934]

This is amazing bro!

[@JustSomePerson8]

Super cool thank you friend

[@tuandoanh5022]

Thank you for what you show. That's very wonderful! i am in vietnam and i am very interested in this topic. I also researched how to grow spirulina algae. Hope to get to know you and look forward to hearing from you!

[@mastermind5661]

Great Job buddy!

[@meeeems7009]

Loved this! Thank you!

[@garverakers8108]

Well done, thanks fore the info!

[@retro_stone]

Man every time I see your videos iam completely impressed! What do you think about a hpme growing of hematococus pluvialis in order to get astaxantina? Best antioxidante ever!