Boost Soil Fertility With Wood Ash - Late Winter/Early Spring Application Exact Ratios - The PH Myth

[@michaelwickham1179]

I've learned more from this guy in 6 months than I've ever learned from anyone. Thanks Nate..

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thats very inspiring my friend thank you for saying that!

[@Bestwaywebsites4me]

Same here.

[@veraw2121]

Me too and it's only been like 3 weeks ❤

[@904DIRTYSOUTH]

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[@Offgridlivingfillmore]

Very good information he teaches well

[@juliepeterson2579]

Thank you for explaining this in a way that is less complicated. The natural process before all these tests. Like our ancestors did. Makes more sense

[@lauragreen49]

Keep dispelling myths my friend. Abundance is free

[@garthwunsch]

Thank you. I burn a lot of “clean“ wood pallets to heat my shop and attached greenhouse. I get a lot of nails in the ash. To sort these out, I pass the ash through a 1/4” hardware cloth, then put a couple of larger rare earth magnets in a plastic pill bottle and place this inside a tin can, which I then pass over the top of the ashes. The nails stick to the can, which I lift out and place over another container, then lift the magnets off the can bottom, and the nails fall into bucket. It’s amazing how many pounds of nails I get in a short while. Once a year I take all the scrap metal I accumulate to the metal recyclers. I don’t get a lot of money, but I do keep a lot of material out of the landfill and have it reused. Some would say this isn’t worth it… but… LITTLE THINGS MATTER… in all matters!

[@holisticheritagehomestead]

Excellent video! We use wood ash directly in our garden beds, in our compost pile, and also sprinkled in the chicken’s litter. The litter in the chicken coop gets periodically added to our compost system. I also am not concerned with changes in ph, and think nature will find the balance. Here is a tip: wood ash is a great snow/ice melt that is all natural and will keep salt and/or unwanted chemicals off of your property. It helps to give traction on possibly slippery snow and ice. Be well.

[@FidelCashflow13]

People always wonder how my yields are so massive and produce looks so beautiful. I haven't ever used anything other than wood ash and diluted urine,Its really that simple. (Maybe a small top up of some fresh compost each year)

[@sug725]

how much wood ash you use?

[@FidelCashflow13]

@@sug725 only 2/3 tablespoons a gallon

[@sug725]

@@FidelCashflow13 wow thanks man

[@FidelCashflow13]

@@sug725 sure thing

[@CanineResources]

Being “Ashy” never felt so good before 😄. Thank you for the knowledge 🙏

[@antemercep8844]

I'm so glad I run into this channel, very informative and interesting stuff here. I have personal experience with wood ash and tomatoes. Probably 15-20 years ago I was helping my uncle plant tomatoes since he had some back issues. We dug deep and wide hole and he dumped some wood in and started fire. After everything burned he throw few thick pieces of wood to hold the moisture and put some soil back on it. Than we planted tomatoes and I must say it was insane harvest, much better than at all neighbouring gardens that just put some manure on soil.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

great advice thank you for sharing!!!

[@sararichardson737]

Can you use ash if you have bio-char in your beds?

[@flash001USA]

Great videos! I'm glad I found your channel. You can never quit learning gardening techniques. I grew a few hay bale gardens a few years back that done great then saved all of the spent hay and built up raised bed gardens that like you, I built on the cheap with wooden stakes that I outlined with baler's twine that allowed me to make a shroud using landscapers cloth for a sort of make shift raised bed for pennies on the dollar compared to if I had I went out and purchased wood or blocks for the project. Last year I sat down and watched a load of KZbin videos and I decided to make my own wood ash from dead branches and other debris off of the property and it worked out quite well. In another video you mentioned using lawn clippings and other organic matter like old leaves etc and last year I grew my tomatoes and bell peppers and green beans with the natural compose made from what I raked from the woods and my bell peppers produced loads of peppers and the tomatoes and green beans produced enough for me to can quite a bit even off of just a few plants. This year I took all of my corn stalks, okra stalks and pretty much everything left over from last year's garden and I mulched it for this years garden that I will mix back into my soil. It's nice to not be worried about purchasing fertilizer with this method. I plan on trying your potato growing suggestions out this year and I may use cardboard boxes with some twine around them to support the boxes from falling totally apart in place of the plastic bags. On your videos you always tell people they need to start growing gardens and in these times you are spot on! One more thing, I have always had luck growing cantaloupe and after a few growing seasons of giving fresh stuff to my neighbors I now have a handful of neighbors who are doing their own gardens and now giving me stuff. Sorry to have written a book here but you're correct that people need to rediscover their roots and learn how to grow their own food.

[@highcloudsociety7639]

WhoooOk my friends this the third time I look up how to make something and my guy pops up literally 🙏🏾

[@bigwalker5429]

You are 100 percent right. When I found organics I threw all my ph crap away. Happy microbes happy roots happy fruits. The microbes adjust the ph on thier own

[@doloinc]

When people are using JADAM protocols, they often forget that most of the JLF used is often more on the acidic side, particularly if the JLF is high in nitrogen/proteins, which has a lower pH. The combination of high nitrogen JLF and wood ash will tend to balance itself out chemically. This likely explains how the combination of urine and wood ash is extremely effective (comparable to miracle grow) and doesn't tend to effect affect soil pH very much, unless excessively applied.

[@smas3256]

Comments are good because of this great learning channel. I'll be back.

[@Enrichtheecosystem]

I’m an organic farmer and you’re telling the truth about farming. “Let the ecosystem do it’s work” ❤

[@nancycagle7854]

Another fantastic & highly educational video from The Viking 🌱💥

[@whutwhut2434]

My PHing mind is blown!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

lol... i see whut you did there

[@lindapayeur3621]

Me too

[@kevinmurimi2176]

This has become my netflix, binge watching all the way then rewatching to take notes. Thanks Nate!

[@powaowa1]

This is my 2nd video of watching ya, and I have a feeling I will be dedicated fan!

[@BrixThePlanter]

I love how learning more about living soil allows you to referred away from expensive pH monitoring tools and to rely on your senses or communication with mother nature we got a jump in to their closed loop system

[@JohnSaldana]

Master class as usual. We want to move next to you. 😂 thanks mate.

[@brendacavanaugh3104]

I watched a video 1year ago that this family in Russia was planting potatoes. They were spreading wood ash all in the rows as they were planting potatoes. We have been lied to about everything here in the US.

[@richardpitzer9922]

When growing up in North Eastern Ohio, we always saved and redistributed fireplace and campfire ash amongst the garden, around pines and shrubs. We would mix ash with water, compost and cow manure. It's the best! We had well seasoned compost bins.

[@myfitstoreuk5608]

Off to the woods tomorrow to collect some sticks and make me some wood ash! Thank you, great video, as alwyas! 💪🏻

[@Jonnyk-ukno]

Back to basics! love this stuff. I’ve learned so much

[@Alchemyforall]

Thanks for explaining that - 'the plant itself can (will) adjust the PH'.

[@a_l_e_k_sandra]

Thank you for the metric measurements, really appreciate it. I've already applied my wood ash all over my winter leaf soil cover. My garlic look very happy, even through the snow. Subscribed!

[@savedgeneration3254.]

I love you my man for this video Gracias.

[@jettakaren]

I just mixed my liquid wood ash last week. Now I gotta burn more wood. (Yay!) Thank you kind sir.

[@mareeploetz5194]

Hey friend! Thanks for informing me so clearly about the virtues of wood ash. Coming into winter I’m going to store that ‘left over’ from our fire for the good time gardening. I’m loving your clarity of information. 🙏

[@deborahlittke2261]

Perfect timing as it's just about a month until planting time. I saved last year's ash from the wood stove and will have another bucket soon. Also (off topic) but I now know what to do with all of the freezer burnt chicken ... BURY IT and by Golly there's going to be the best squash plants in town this year!!!

[@FluffyFerretFarm]

I have been utilizing your ideas and methods and my garden thanks you!

[@norcaligreen9055]

Commercial , Northern California, 100ft greenhouses ….. sounds like you were in my field of expertise ❤

[@gardenlikeaviking]

lol... behind the redwood curtain

[@acrum21]

I added wood ash this winter and have been pulling lettuce and greens a lot in the past week. The lettuce has kept for so long in our fridge and just thought wow super fresh and healthy but this video reminded me just how much I added to the garden beds and it showed

[@terryskorczewski4727]

I scatter wood ash on my garden before I till in the spring and then I side-dress with wood ash occasionally throughout the growing season

[@momcomputer6461]

Nate, please label that qt. jar of wood ash. With all the dehydrating you do, I'd hate to have you accidentally add it to soup some day. 🤣 I have previously offered you all the used chicken & turkey bedding if you would just clean my coops. You didn't take me up on it. Now, if you would like to clean my wood burner, you are welcome to the wood ash. I have plenty. Sorry, just feeling ornery tonight. Great video!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

lol I'm swimming in ash and manure my friend!!... thats so funny you say that because yesterday my mother came over and she saw the jar sitting still on the table and she said "oh pretty what's this?" and went to smell it like food lol

[@momcomputer6461]

@@gardenlikeaviking Swimming in ash and manure? I think it's time for a polar plunge and sauna session! 😂 Just playin'. Have a wonderful day!

[@robertsanders339]

Thank u for all ur info all this stuff the price is going crazy Making it is lot cheaper and has been working great

[@kathyp.3214]

Thanks for using European Measurements. Greetings for Germany

[@AK-tv5cc]

I completely agree. Natural ways are the best. Thanks a lot for the valuable information.

[@garthwunsch]

Wow… your garlic is soooo big already. What a difference two grow zones make! My garlic is still snoozing and dreaming of spring under two feet of snow!

[@SD-il9uk]

Hi Nate, I like your enthusiasm. Great info.

[@gazellecarlson6543]

totally getting some from friends that have wood stoves can't wait thx for the great tips

[@valthatcher1235]

Yay. So happy you did this vid about wood ash and the ph of the soil.

[@Countrycabin]

This lines up with all the old people in my life passed on to me.. more than anything I have ever come across so far! In addition to all the reasons!! So smart!! Thank you!! Definitely staying tuned and beginning to use of your wisdom and years of expertise experience. So great to find you!! Thank you!!!!!!!!❤❤❤

[@smas3256]

45K subs Nate. Way to go. Congrats.

[@debrakasadine647]

Wish I had seen this video before winter as I heat my house with wood... next winter the ash will be utilized better! Thank You!!

[@Sealianet1019]

Correct! Finally, Ive watched hundreds of Farming Ideas. But this is the first video that mathches of my thingking about Ashes. Im now in the trial and error on how to eliminate chemicals in Hydroponics. So faming will be much more easier and healthier to everyone. More power to you.

[@euphoniahale5181]

That is some cool sheet about the plants making there own ph. And people say plants aren’t intelligent. Thanks for the video. I have lots of ash and was wondering if when and how to use it.

[@joshuadequina6058]

I really like your idea my friend and also thank you for sharing this very informative knowldge 😊, im watching here from the Philippines 🎉🎉

[@EdieBabeMonster]

Thank you so very much for all the superb education!

[@kemstephens4457]

I used it on my blueberries and they loved it!

[@BigWesLawns]

I re watched this and now realise you answered my question already. Ash is good in the compost. I must have missed it last time.

[@riarereitimon4410]

Again great video, informative & to the point, thank you!

[@GlossyLipsArt]

Wow thanks for sharing 👍👍 next bonfire ash will be kept 😅👍

[@redfungus999]

This guy rocks ! learning soooo much and can't wait to hit my veg patch with some wood ash...

[@golamrahman7004]

আমার জন্য খুবই উপকারী একটি ভিডিও।

[@yarpole]

При использовании анаэробного травяного настоя почва раскисляется, если мы используем золу для подкормки. Так как бактерии в настое делают среду кислой. По этому при использовании золы в будущем поливайте растения анаэробным травяным настоем.

[@ChadnRanda]

I appreciate you my fellow Ginger gardening brother I like to make burn piles burn everything down about 80% extinguish it with the water hose for a couple handfuls of feather Meall and bone meal blood meal whatever and then cover it with mulch.. give it a couple weeks and then directly sow your pumpkins gourds squashes into the burn hill.. this is the third-year I've done it and I'm telling you it is fantastic I have dug a hole and filled it with really good nutrient-dense soil I have buried roadkill up under them I've done a lot of things but the burn hills work the best. You could throw a couple handfuls of your favorite synthetic fertilizer on top of the burnhill I've done that before it works but I feel like I'm cheating so I stick with the organic way but to each his own

[@dmitrimikrioukov5935]

Yes, it's so true! I noticed when I looked carefully at my old potted plants' soil, each species had created the type of soil ecosystem very similar to the one in nature. Sundew soil actually looks and smells like a bog. Pine bonsai soil smells and feels and looks like you are out in the forest. It's also true for aquariums. Aquariums smell like a lake.

[@lukeatillo6954]

Thanks for sharing bror! ✨🙏💖😁✨

[@stonerubber]

Thanks Nate. Trying to implement your fertilizer recipes this year. My third JADAM brew is bubbling up and I'm looking forward to using the others, especially on new beds being established now. Will need to hit my neighbors up for some wood ash, but have been making small batches of biochar and charging it with microbial solution. I know it gets a little complicated, but biochar is a good topic! Not that you need ideas. Thanks for this break from "schedule C."

[@gardenlikeaviking]

fantastic my friend!... yes I'm all about the biochar and inoculating it with the JMS and the fish fertilizer and any number of the JLFs for a huge diversity of IMO's

[@jamesdodson9417]

@@gardenlikeaviking Can I inoculate biochar with all the home brew things you’ve mentioned in all your videos at once? I have really poor soil it’s all clay I need all the help I can get , thanks for your hard work and wisdom.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

@@jamesdodson9417 thats right you can add basically all of them but definitely the fish, urine and JMS are the most foundational

[@blizzard_of_Za]

Thank you for speaking on PH and soil. I haven’t owned a ph pen ever. I grow only in soil and was taught natural farming techniques from my father and grandmother. Whe. Your soil is teaming with microbes 🦠 the will adjust ph for you

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thats right my friend when the soil is alive they'll adjust it for you!!

[@thewindithowls944]

I will try this, this year and see

[@glassbackdiy3949]

good talk, cheers Nate

[@socaldragonfarms5751]

Badass! Awesome video!😎💯💣

[@raphaeldzinyemba5693]

Keep on with the good work Nate it is really changing our mentality

[@LD-uq3fb]

Excellent information as always 🙏🌳

[@smas3256]

Thanks for clarifying. Use this ratio over mulched garden. I saw the app over the large area but did not notice the mulch over the other areas.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thats right we always keep the garden heavily mulched

[@meboyotube]

Hahahaha you said something, I made a: "No shit?" face and you said "I know" like you could see my face lol. This is awesome, thank you!

[@davidgallego8506]

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you.

[@kevinwaggy2656]

I am going to start saving my wood pellet stove ash and use it...

[@GFD472]

I'd love to see a detailed tour of your garden and backyard. You have a well though out and refined way of doing things which would be great to get a closer look at.

[@gecko5871]

Someone said to me wood ash is acidic so I wouldnt wanna touch it but we have lots of it from burnt rice hulls (byproduct of power plants). Glad to know its useful

[@lolitabonita08]

i watched ur other video for wood ash...I made an experiment with some sad plants and some onion cuttings from market...I just have the plants in water and i put a pinch of ash in each jar...holly molly they love it..the onions grew so fast and beautiful -need to transplant them- i also put some (pinch) to a very sad Christmas cactus....the plant revive ...so i use it more often...thanks to you i found a free fertilizer for my plants...:)

[@tinkernaut8736]

It's great for making soap too!

[@_SunRa_]

Thanks for making this video ! Good info! I like to use wood ash on a couple crops like pease, etc. and I have used it on tomato’s before even tho the common info says not to-and they did really well lol. I am excited to use it more abundantly, as I will have more of it it on hand this year !😊

[@noway9991]

ashes, applied, first round of JMS applied I will get you a video one of these dayz

[@wendyneal4900]

I don’t have any access to wood ash, although I have wanted to get a fire pit, for the last few years, seems like the best reason yet to get one. Thanks Nate!

[@JustinDOehlke]

^^this man is speaking truth^^

[@lekgotlatgae5955]

Love your mindset bro…

[@wayfaringfarmer2724]

Yes sir!!! Another great video from my Nordic Naturalist Brother…. How much time needs to be between applying and planting?! Shalom from the Texas Drylands

[@gardenlikeaviking]

Nordic Naturalist I like that lol... its very water soluble so if you apply it then it gets rained on a few times then its good to go... I like to put at least a couple weeks in between application and planting

[@garytucker6485]

Another great video. Thx for sharing

[@BigWesLawns]

We hear poassium helps plants UPTAKE the nutrients. You just explained it, when you addressed PH. Cool.

[@allashama]

Underated and underviewed video. Since i discovered this guy and use the fermenting liquid fertilizer, my plants are sooo happy while they were sick and yellowing even if i used organic soil with organic fertilizer (Gaias Green) those fertilizer are not ready available to plant.. it need microbe for it and my soil was Low on microbe before creating a swamp-fermentation liquid fertilizer. I'm not scared of anaerobic anymore. Just keep in mind that to be carefull. anaerobic will make you sick as a human, but plants have no impact. About pathogen in soil and bad microbe.. i think when that's happen there is only an unbalanced microbe organism. too much of bad and not enough of good. By adding more good, the bad stuff will goes out. So i think bad fungus like Fusarium or Septoria can be reduced when adding beneficial micro organism.

[@billybass6419]

My dad grew up on a one-mule farm in the early 1930s. In the winter, they burned their fields to fertilize the ground and kill the over-wintering bugs and weed seeds.

[@joangordon-mowatt2229]

I love this I'm definitely will try it this way thanks Soo much

[@joanies6778]

Good to know I can't use the wood ash that's been sitting in my pit. First time hearing that fact. Thanks!

[@regororav]

You can use it. To counter the clumping just start another fire on top of it after raking the old in from the edges. Just not a big pile. Remember to to remove or use it before the next rain.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

you can use it but it'll have most of the minerals washed away... so if you want the best mineral supplement for the soil it must be totally dry and never exposed to water

[@ModernPioneerHomesteader]

I learn so much from you

[@hermanhale9258]

I threw wood ash all over everything growing in my clay soil, and it seemed fine, but then I saw videos or articles saying - don't put it on potatoes, don't use it on clay soil, I think also don't put it on tomatoes and peppers. So, I have not watched your video, just skimmed to see what you are doing, you may be correct! I would like you to be correct, because I have a good amount of wood to burn.

[@VASI_LIKI]

So i wanted to comment before watching to stamp the thought. I watched another gardiner who warns that this will make soil more alkaline so to use it knowing it will change the pH

[@aaronhopkins6697]

Thanks Nate, once again as always more fantastic information you speak. I've wondered about all the hype about pH, and you explained it perfectly.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you my friend and yes so many garden myths we need to investigate fully!!

[@rodnawilliams9398]

thank you so much for showing us this .. learning new things daily

[@garywillow6578]

I have been experimenting with banana Ash and am now loving this dry form of banana. In my indoor grow I like to pH so if there are problems I will know it is not pH locked out. My outdoor garden I have no need to pH.

[@TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

Your info is great man; 1-I had no doubt potatoes would like moderate ash as they love calcium and potassium. This myth probably came because they like slightly more acidic soil. 2-yes soil PH is dependant on many factors, a small addition of ash will do almost nothing. As you say only in hydro do you need perfect ph, usually 5.8-6.5 for most crops.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

I'm happy to see you understand this my friend thank you!

[@littlebearherd3643]

Thanks again Nate

[@Elagrowfields]

Great information about wood ash. How can one use this in organic hydroponic nitrient solution?

[@ltuerk]

Great- thanks!♥️

[@emeraldknotts37]

Thank you for the wisdom.

[@dougalexander7204]

Much respect. Thank you.

[@TSis76]

Just spread some ash in the garden within the last hour, along with egg shells and coffee grounds

[@TakeUsHomeYeshua]

Thank you!