Controlling mite infestations with nutritional inputs & regenerative practices | Regenerative Ag

As temperatures rise in the summertime, growers across the country find themselves battling exploding mite populations. What can farmers do about this? The answer lies in proper nutritional management.
In this video, John Kempf explains the conditions that lead to increases in mite populations and the nutritional inputs that can reverse their takeover.
Advancing Eco Agriculture works with growers to create customized crop programs, combining our biological and mineral nutrition products with regenerative practices to improve crop quality, yields, and disease and insect resistance while regenerating soil health.
AEA Founder and Chief Vision Officer John Kempf is a leading crop health consultant and designer of innovative soil and plant management systems. He has a unique ability to simplify and clearly explain complex concepts in the areas of soil and plant health, and skillfully discusses the larger social and environmental impacts of food, agriculture, and ecology.
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[@MarinaJBoyd]

I'm just a home gardener, but this video changed my home garden. After losing my favorite tomato plant to spider mites in year three, and having all the methods I read about fail, I came across this (very long) video. I watched it, and a couple of others from AEA, and it was like a light went off in my head. I had learned the very same concept about the human body several years ago. I bought inexpensive micro nutrient solution that contained Magnesium, Sulfur, Molybdenum and a couple of other minerals, and I foliar sprayed on my winter volunteer tomato seedlings (90% of which historically have died by normal planting time die due to environmental stresses and pest that time of year) ) 2-3 times per week. It didn't really hit me until it was time to move my indoor starts outdoors that I realized the volunteers had taken over all my pots. Now, I have a MASSIVE number of these random, beautiful tomato plants, which are far stronger and healthier than the seedlings I started indoors from seed, or any tomato plants I have grown, or purchased on all the four years I've been gardening. My tomato plant volunteers have big fat stalks, beautiful, lush green leaves, tons of flowers, and an occasional dead insect. I had a few locus to take a few bites from a few leaves, but even they seemed more or less uninterested in my plants, I saw a couple hanging out on the stakes, but generally had no interest in the plants themselves. I expect to have commercial level harvest of tomatoes, so I'll be collecting marinara sauce recipes or something. Thank you!

[@marynunn1708]

Outstanding webinar. Thanks John and support staff! Always learn so much from your subject teachings and the Q&A answers. Keep it up. We need you and all the RegenAg teachers and growers.

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

Thanks for watching, Mary Nunn. We're so happy to hear that you enjoyed this! - The AEA Team

[@debarghyaroy9948]

This is ground-breaking! Thanks!

[@chrispusmuchiri148]

Excellent webinar. Could you please provide a link to the nitrate conversion webinar for larval insects?

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Thanks for another excellent webinar! I have shared this with a bunch of people as usual. Looking forward to the next one! Have an excellent Independence Day weekend!

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

We so appreciate your continued support! Thank you! - The AEA Team

[@danielding1541]

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[@smileysgarden]

i appreciate you diving into this topic on the nutrition side 🙏

[@Aceboggy3223]

I was just thinking about this smiley wanted to run by Eagles chat . Just caught a few girls with some spider mites for first time and haven’t seen them on some others yet . I unfortunately had a environment that bred the bastards stagnate hot air . But I just brewed up my first tea for the plants and was wondering how much of nutrition will play a role in mitigating them I already have 2 ipm sprays I’ll use for but was thinking of trying to use some Azamax aswell since multi pronged approach seem the best way to deal with them .

[@projectmalus]

@@Aceboggy3223 Some varieties are prone to bugs (or mold) more than others, so that's another strategy to grow resistant ones. I wonder if it's because these plants can deal with ammonium more efficiently as well as produce other self defense chemicals and whatnot. My Catawba grape is super healthy while two other varieties look hideous, right next to the Catawba, which incidentally has a wonderful taste. Highly recommended!

[@RKOuttathebox]

Next level information! Thank you!

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

You're very welcome - thanks for watching! - The AEA Team

[@Horse237]

I have been studying market gardening on the web for several years. A new church member is a professional gardener. I am in the process of convincing him and most of the congregation to grow food in their backyards starting with beets and other cool season veggies. They need to start their preps now. Next year they can go into full production including sunflowers in the front yard. Sunflowers are good protein especially when sprouted. In WW II we had Victory Gardens. We need to give away food from these gardens to prevent Nationwide Food Riots. Churches and schools can start Victory Gardens. We can save coffee grounds, feed them to worms and get Nitrogen that has been transformed into amino acids. We can save eggshells, wash them, sterilize them in an oven for 10 minutes, pulverize them and feed them to worms to get the enzyme chitinase that eats the exoskeletons of aphids.

[@paulbraga4460]

great. for chitin - tis crap/shrimp shells that contain it. eggshells are mostly calcium carbonate...

[@marlan5470]

If you are in a hot environment, just leave the egg shells in the sun. They will be sterilized by the radiation of the sun and doesn't cost anything.

[@jamdrew15]

You have such a great program, ive learned so much from your podcasts and webinar. but will someone please buy this man a new microphone.

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

We're so glad you're able to gather so much information from our content, jaMx! Thanks for sharing! - The AEA Team P.S. We'll see what we can do about the microphone :)

[@AlexandreLollini]

Plants like humans are using EZ water (effect of infrared radiation on water in contact with permeable membranes) to separate salts from pure water, then an ability to use either pure water or the wanted salt, but in the same process filter out unwanted impurities. The second process is the use of wind oscillations and Moon tidal force to move fluids in the plant (especially up and down) effect is measured by taking precise trunk diameter over time (wood cut at certain time and date produce denser -or- more fire prone wood). Both those processes should also fit in the puzzle that is plant life complete understanding. Also humic acid does wonder both in clay soil to unpack it and in arid sand soil to stick clays together, this is an auto-regulator (in the presence of moisture).

[@felixthefoxMEXICO]

absolutely brilliant

[@mmccrownus2406]

You synthesized your previous work well

[@matthewking2209]

So when it was 103F the the other day with the heat index of 112F I used a infrared thermometer on my tomato plants and the leaves were under a hundred F. The leaves did curl upwards to protect the plant and have stayed curled. The grass was 120F and the black surface of the compost layer was 170F. The soil temperature 2 inches down was 102F and 89F 6 inches down. We have had a few day like this, do you think it is possible to have a 20-30 degrees leaf temperature difference in these conditions?

[@kurt.wilkinsongardendesign]

Thanks alot

[@freedom_born]

As someone below mentioned. How does this correlate with supplemented co2 ?

[@nikolapopov7038]

Where I can watch this video with freak moviny I don’t understand the name thanks

[@matthewkheyfets1309]

I am applying the nutralive package. I use about 1tsp for about 22oz of water and use as a foliar spray for 20-40sqft. Is that enough product because while I think the plants are generally healthier, I can't help but feel based on the reviews of the product that perhaps I'm not applying enough?

[@mauricecalliss1303]

Curious about ants colonies within a crop system if the crop would be classes as contaminated if they would get into the harvestif present in a crop or if their presents would be beneficial as one would think.

[@andrewgeorge7459]

Wondering if silica helps prevent infestations.

[@iwenive3390]

Is Braggs liquid aminos composed of L type aminos and would it be safe in compost tea?

[@ItsLady_Ray]

I was using blackstrap molasses regularly on some of my plants. Of course spider miters appeared. Since I’ve stopped and changed a few things they’re gone! It makes sense now. This information is much appreciated. 🙏😆

[@xx7101]

John said he uses molasses in every N application. Molasses is carbs not a form of N. Please explain

[@pawelk3702]

master, temp. threshold for c4 plant change when i have co2 enriched environment?

[@chanoone7812]

Good question

[@paulbraga4460]

fish hydrolysate applications supply N without the plant using so much energy to convert to amino acid? mygreathanks and blessings

[@SetTheCurve]

Fish hydrolysate is amino acids, and supplies N.

[@paulbraga4460]

@@SetTheCurve mygreathanks and blessings

[@mauricecalliss1303]

I'm wondering if it's proven or not that plants are also prcessing atmospheric gasses nitrogen like clover and legumes (after 300 million years I can't imagine that all plants havnt evolved to do this or use other atmosperic gasses not normally recognised) may be using these in some form for some kind of prcess maybe in trycome processes)

[@habeburrahman3312]

So just add the recommended nutrients to my normal feed? And that will convert ammonium

[@marlan5470]

How about controlling other pests like ticks and lice without nasty chemicals?

[@sabrinamerritt8853]

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[@shimokoshimoko2228]

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