Does My Homemade Compost Pass the Test?

[@LittleHomesteadOnHinerPond]

This was very helpful. I appreciated seeing how you analyze your samples and learning about the bacteria to fungus ratio. Thanks!

[@2BitRanch]

I have a microscope and I love nerding out on soil microbes. I cant afford elaine ingams class so I learn what I can from you who have been .

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

Thank you so much! I'm hoping to do more detailed explanations in the future.

[@Rvbcaboose714]

There are many lectures on YT she gave that covers everything

[@2BitRanch]

@@Rvbcaboose714 yes I have watched a lot of them. Thanks

[@williamzegley2272]

Pasture Raised PIMP awesome video, way to Geek out soil and compost. Can't wait for additional video's showing the progress, as far as teas and extracts, making and applying. God Bless from TN.

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

Thank you so much brother!

[@brokenmeats5928]

I love ALL The Permaculture Consultant videos!

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

Thanks buddy!

[@rahneclark1902]

Happy for the school.😊

[@jessicawilliams218]

I love that you say fungi the proper way

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

It seems like everyone says it differently 😂

[@jdanderson6400]

Love that nematode snake at 13:00!! Waaaay better than Cottonmouths!!

[@andy1-26]

QUESTION: I have a weeping willow tree in my yard that is absolutely covered with willow aphids which are attracting wasps of every type around here. How can I get rid of the aphids IOT reduce the wasps? I have tomatoes and basil near the tree and a tortoise that eats the grass around it and I don’t want to poison my family or pets. On the plus side, I have had almost no damage from tomato horn worms or grass hoppers to my garden this year 😂 but my wife is absolutely terrified to go into the backyard and I’m stuck with caring for her roses. I appreciate the wisdom and insight you give on this channel. Thanks and keep up the good work.

[@shelleymessenbrink2740]

I have garden for years but I have learned a lot from watching your videos. This video is interesting since you are breaking it down for us.

[@janew5351]

In the 60s i was training in Haematology lab, we used a silk cloth to clean cover slips. So you dont bend over to use your mirciscope, raise the microscope ie with piece of 2 by 12 wood or adjust your seat.

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

I use the paper towel to clean the soil off and then finish it off with a lint free cloth. I don't know why I didn't do it, but my desk is actually adjustable 😂 I'm over here hunching over for no reason

[@DoItYourselfGardening]

I’d love a breakdown video of your microscope setup. I need one to fully capture the element of my worm castings. Personally I feel worm castings fresh harvested at home are the key to it all when it comes to water and sun and erosion and soil health! Great video!🤙🪱

[@DoItYourselfGardening]

10:36 this kind of stuff is awesome it’s perfect for what I wanna do!! I imagine I can use the initial reading of castings and adjust feedings to account for deficiencies specific for the application uses. Like if I want calcium or potassium or magnesium concentration than possibly seeing if increase in this we correlate to the castings!! This will be my new nightly video so I get it down mentally!! Can’t wait for more videos on the micro and I see a lab coat sporting you quite well for these segments lol😅 thank you brother and keep it up!🤙🪱

[@darlenepreston525]

Thanks- thanks. I enjoyed this content. 🙏👍🌻

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

Thank you so much!

[@engineermeg8844]

This is awesome William. You will be hearing from us soon.

[@norcalgal6785]

Thx William! 😊

[@cbak1819]

Very nerdy cool! Glad to hear you are on your way to healthy soil🎉

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

Thank you so much!

[@YoooItsRex]

Very unique and valuable content here

[@alanclarke2816]

Hi Will. I hope you and your family are well. Love your Channel. I know it’s slightly off topic. I live in nsw Aus, and I have some gum tree saplings that I am going to chip. Would you use them as green , brown or 50/50 component to your compost. Thanks in advance. Take care. Al

[@dwighthires3163]

I am enchanted with this test video. I know you have quantities you are seeking but are there any type of national or international standards and who is setting the standards? What kind of numbers are we looking for?

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

There are is a set of standards, but I'm not entirely sure who set them. I'm sure it's from observations of various soils. If you search "Fungal to Bacteria Ratio Chart" you should pull up a chart telling you the preferred ratio based on what you're wanting to grow. Thank you!

[@Rvbcaboose714]

Dr. Ingham has set standards as she discovered the soil food web. Almost all work associated with soil microbiological assessments can be traced to her.

[@dwighthires3163]

@@Rvbcaboose714 Thank you Rv for this info. Ingham is obviously a giant in this field.

[@marypieroni9141]

“Hi William. Gosh, haven’t heard from you in quite awhile. I hope everything is OK with you and your family. ❤😂❤

[@lincwayne3435]

Question: is it rational to have a fear of a soil biology test??? 😳🤔 Thanks again bruzza! 🙏🙏🙏

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

No it's not 😂 Send it my way Linc!

[@cliffpalermo]

Man I just listened to you geek out with very little understanding of what you are saying. Time to nerd out. What's your favorite resource for the layman to aquire an understanding?

[@franelw6977]

Dr Elaine Ingham

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

Aww man, I'm sorry. I'll do a video explaining the soil food web. Dr. Elaine Ingham is a good one. If you like audio books/books, check out For the Love of Soil, by Nicole Masters. I think she gives a well rounded understanding of the importance of soil biology.

[@meuandthelot]

Chris Trump

[@cliffpalermo]

@@meuandthelot that's jadam, not soil science

[@meuandthelot]

@cliffpalermo Much to learn grasshopper, he turned his families Hawaiian macadamia tree farm profitable via microbes/soil food web. Knf and Jadam are both "as nature does" microbe dependant. Watch some of his microscope work. 🤝🏼

[@Big_Daddy_Don]

William what a very important topic! But, I must say, that I was secretly wishing that you were sporting a Texas size Mullet! But seeing you without a hat in your lab, you kinda burst my bubble! I live vicariously through men who have a good head of hair! Oh! I used to have a great head of hair, but that was 40 years ago! But, if I did have hair, it would be a Mullet - Texas Style! 😁

[@FarmerCheryl]

What kind of microscope are you using? Are you at 400x or higher? Could you obtain compost samples of Johnson-Su, Elaine Ingham, Catalyst Bioamendments, and others that are supposed to have the correct fungal to bacterial ratios? I’ve been using spent mushroom blocks in my compost, so I would be interested in your biological microscopic results from the spent mushroom blocks.

[@HippocratesGarden]

What kind of mushroom. Oysters are known to reduce nematode populations. This could be good (removing the "bad ones"), or bad (removes good ones as well). Just something to keep in mind.

[@FarmerCheryl]

These are spent mushroom blocks, not fresh mushroom blocks. People who’ve used really spent mushroom blocks tell me they don’t have nematodes. Looking forward to the @thepermacultureconsultant investigating this.

[@pamelapriest6088]

This was very interesting. Im teying to improve soul biology by teas, KNG extracts. Not sure how to evaluate if its working.

[@HippocratesGarden]

@@FarmerCheryl Google "oyster mushroom compost nematode" and peruse the results. dont' trust me or any one other person (btw, I've also got one pdc, working through a 2nd, have done Dr Inghams course and a bit more.. so.)

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

I'm using an Omax compound shadowing microscope. The eyepiece is 10x but I use 4x, 10x, and 40x objectives which turns into 40x, 100x, and 400x. I have a 100x objective but that's not needed for testing and I'm not entirely sure how to properly use it. It's apparently helpful for specific taxonomy.

[@cbak1819]

QUESTION🎉 HOW FO YOU BUILD Fungi

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

That's a good q&a question. Thank you!

[@Rvbcaboose714]

Rock dust, fish hydrolsate, oats/barley, peat moss, there are tons of great fungal foods. The issue is you need a bio input loaded with fungi such as fungal dominant compost for max effect

[@HeatherNaturaly]

How badly can chemtrails screw up your soil? I have zero mushrooms on my mountain, and they used to be abundant. Nobody has done anything, except for the chemtrails.

[@DanlowMusic]

Chemtrails have messed up my garden too.

[@ThePermacultureConsultant]

That's a good question. I know one of the ingredients is Barium Chloride, which is a water soluble salt, so there's really no telling.

[@666bruv]

If the con trails are screwing up your soil, then your whole country is knackered

[@Rvbcaboose714]

Don't mix actual science with trump science...thanks