EASY Low-Cost Plant Feed to Boost Crop Yields & Health

Today's video is all about a very simple and effective plant feed recipe that can easily be adapted for any crop. JADAM Liquid Fertiliser is a fantastic low-cost resource that any gardener can use at any scale they wish, and this is the complete introduction to getting started with it, and I hope from this video you will see how simple it is. Liquid feeds/amendments should always be seen as supplementation for plants, helping them get access to nutrients they make be struggling to get a hold of. Stay tuned for growing trials I will be doing using this and other types of feed, but I love the simplicity and versatility of this one.
Dilution ratios (approximate):
2 weeks 1:30
1month 1:50
3months 1:100
6months 1:200
1 year 1:400/1:500
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:16 Our Challenges
1:22 Ingredients
2:30 JADAM Liquid Fertiliser
2:50 JADAM Teachings
4:18 Optimum Liquid Amendment
4:46 The Trick to creating a high quality feed
5:10 One Caveat
5:25 Group Specific Amendments
5:45 JLF Recipe & Method
6:40 Dilution Ratio
7:14 How to Use
7:36 More Traditional Feeds
8:06 Maintaining your JLF
8:46 The Smell
9:08 JLF to rely on
9:32 Transplanting with JLF
10:13 Nutrient bank now
10:39 Outro
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[@Anonymous-nf5or]

I managed to get an allotment plot late last year. It was in a horrendous state so my time was mainly spent on getting rid of buried rubbish and an obscene amount of weeds. This year was building the beds, compost bins, sheds etc. In-between, planting a few crops and testing what I can grow. Also planting a small polyculture orchard. I am a complete novice and knew nothing of growing food. Huw, you have been amazing at sharing your knowledge and I have learned so much from your videos. I wouldn't call myself a gardener just yet but one day I will. This is great information you just shared and will be adding to my routine. Thank you

[@bythar]

This is very encouraging to read. I just got an allotment plot a couple of weeks ago and like yours was, it's in a bad way. Great that it's going well for you!

[@007lovediamonds6]

Best of luck happy growing in allotment 😁🇬🇧

[@lrmsmrls16]

A simple spigot on the side of a 5 gallon bucket works great. I just turn the knob, put some in my watering can, and then use in the garden. I have 4 buckets like this sitting full time in my garden. It's handy.

[@tracycrider7778]

Great idea! Tysm for the share💜

[@lucylu530]

This is the second time I make this fertilizer. I love the idea of not having to depend on store-bought fertilizer.

[@HuwRichards]

Yes Exactly! :)

[@bilalball8448]

What nutrients has it? When your soil is lack of some elements, is it provides? @HuwRichards

[@belly3778]

I Had a brainwave when trying to get the most out of my pressed comfrey. Instead of squeezing the stinky mass through muslin which quite frankly knocks me 🤢, I left it for a few days on my fine metal garden sieve rested in a bucket. It worked a dream! I also discovered that fuel funnels have a sieve in the neck so if you have a very fine watering can rose it won’t get clogged up with the bits. I can’t believe the things that I get excited about nowadays 🤣

[@Westernwilson]

I hear you but it is worth remembering we are among the first generations of humans that could afford to forget about crop rearing tips and tricks! When you have to actually grow your own food or starve, those little details become a matter of life and death! And there are still folks in the world who have to rear their own food with no backup strategy...

[@BaerbelBorn]

Your videos are a perfect comination of valueable information, entertainment and artful photography! Thank you so much for those three.

[@HuwRichards]

You're very welcome! And thank you for such a lovely comment :)

[@marking-time-gardens]

Thank you Huw for even more information on how we can replenish and feed our soil (and us). It's comforting to know that we have so many options and is doable on many levels. I am grateful that you research and trial what you present in your videos.( My small garden plot has never been better! Envy of my neighborhood!) Looking forward to the progress of your new garden area! Blessings on your day Kiddo from Holland Ohio 🥰🌻🐛

[@jeannerosen9024]

Wow this is fantastic. I have been gardening for over 50 years and have never heard of this! Thanks for your wisdom.

[@HuwRichards]

Very glad it was helpful! :)

[@tiffcat1100]

Lidl had 20L bags of peat free compost for £1.49 as well as 40L bags which I can’t manage. I thought the price was v good and stocked up. I am doing my own compost too of course, plus have a nettle fertiliser under way, am doing chop & drop (plus sop & mop!), am mulching with grass clippings, not mowing as much, leaving plenty of wild patches and plan to bag up & leave leaves for compost plus leave some on the grass. A big thanks to all the fab gardening KZbin creators who are helping me to love gardening for the first time in my 64 years! 😊 ps I’ve just started sowing, planting and creating (edibles & flowers) 🥰

[@kahzinger]

Again, another video packed with quality information in a beautiful setting. I truly appreciate your work, and for sharing it so tastefully. It’s hot on Vancouver Island this week with no rain and I’ve mulched and watered my struggling beds. I’m very excited to go and forage for some leaf mould next week to try the JADAM technique. Thanks Huw! I consistently look forward to your videos. ✔️☀️

[@michelfournier2683]

The University of Huw😊I have been looking forward to this video since you first mentioned it was in production, Thanks so much, this was so informative, and will certainly save quite a few gardeners on the cost of organic amendments. All the Best

[@Jerz609]

Thanks to your advice my illegal 3000 acre pot farm is doing great. 😃 👍🤑 Now I'm on a watch list 😅

[@BaerbelBorn]

😯

[@amandar7719]

😮🤣

[@meeganneville1205]

Interesting content as always Huw 🙂 I've always used the practice that you put back the crop you have grown into the soil to give back the nutrients the crop has used.

[@auntdello5286]

I just love how much you have taught me about gardening Huw! Thank you very much for sharing your wealth of knowledge. I have comfrey popping up everywhere, I chop that up and it is my main ingredient in the bucket. Never knew it was named Jadam. I've just been calling it Stinky Garden Tea.

[@dr.froghopper6711]

I throw pretty much everything into mine, including urine. Sweet potato slips, puncture vine, bind weed-all stuff that grow very well here, and all go in my JLF. I’ve named it swamp water!

[@johnshannon13]

I have made this after hearing you talk of it before. I add everything though, grass along with weeds I let grow in the lawn. Comfrey, dock leaves and any other plant matter that I have at hand when I want to add something, even the remains of and apple or banana that I have been eating. Old chicken manure too, but not a lot. I use it to feed almost every time I water, even though it's not that old. Thanks

[@goinblinddoggone]

Did you know Huw was making videos from being a boy? Check it out. Happy growing.

[@romannavratilid]

and....? did u see any improvements in the plants that you pour this on...?

[@squirrel9936]

Thank you Huw, for all your good work here.

[@cltinturkey]

Brilliant and super practical video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Please keep us posted as you work through testing these with various crops.

[@millak3184]

Thanks for this one too! This makes so much sense to me and I love that I'm able to feed my plans with themselves to get better crop next year!

[@thebirdartistscottage]

I love your videos, Huw! I always feel so empowered and encouraged! As a beginning gardener, on my first year, it’s been so helpful to see how you do things. I don’t have access to rainwater so I started a dedicated tub of water to let sit and gas out the chlorine. I am about to start my first brew of JLF! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with us! 💝

[@RestWithin]

Thanks Huw, brilliant. Good idea to prepare for shortages of compost, fertiliser and feed.

[@craigmetcalfe1749]

We are so simpatico! I have never heard of JADAM and had all these questions and possible answers but I was absolutely delighted to see that you had similar critical thinking and had already answered my questions later in the video. Kudos to your big brain Huw. Cheers!

[@hobbygardenforhealth6973]

Thank you for sharing all your info. I love learning to grow food.

[@rhiannongrant6437]

This is so exciting! Thank you :). I’m trying so hard to reuse as much as I can to give back to the Earth what I take from it and this is such a fantastic, and organic, way of doing that :)

[@bluebirdhomestead]

This looks like a great feed recipe! I am looking forward to seeing your trials 😊

[@waykeeperfarmandnerdery]

I’ve been looking forward to 5is video since you first mentioned it, thanks for the break down and details! I can’t wait to get going!

[@amiladybug9526]

Thank you for the great information on JLF ,I did one with grass and weeds and compost. But I have a go at making some different ones too ready for next year.

[@judykeenanharris1869]

Huw. thank you so much for referring to the Jadam system. I’ve just bought the book and I’m so thrilled and inspired with Cho’s whole philosophy and techniques of bringing farming back to the farmer. I’m and tiny garden farmer and loving it. Thank you for your continued videos . So helpful and well done. J.

[@dr.niluferrahman8524]

Your videos are so interesting, easy to follow and inexpensive.Thankyou.i have purchased old plastic drums and hope to start in a few days .

[@bhalliwell2191]

If the issue is only chlorine or chloramine, you can get it out of your city water/tap water/"mains" water by various means. Google how long chlorine remains in water or how to get it gone from water. Thank you, Huw, for all the wonderful information you share! We're winding down the summer gardens, but all of this information is going to be very helpful going forward, even into winter! 💚

[@evilroyslade2491]

I just started a 60 gal JLF for next year with some leafmold and every scrap from the garden and yard. Next year I will be more crop specific when I start my JLF. Thanks for the great video.

[@ohio_gardener]

Takes my use of Comfrey Tea to the next level! 😀

[@ZeNex74]

New plot coming on well and the tips are helping. Better watch this later

[@pamwilliams6630]

I always learn so much from this channel. Thank you!!!

[@HuwRichards]

Happy to hear that! :)

[@finflwr]

The priority for nutrition rich food is to nurture the soil. The more alive it is, the more nutrients it can hold, and the more nutritious the food grown in it will be. Thanks for your work Huw. #SaveSoil

[@leanavine]

I LOVE this! It sure makes sense to me, I'm setting it up right away!

[@HuwRichards]

Best of luck with it :)

[@useyournoodle100]

Perfect timing, I live in a city and couldn't find any nettles, fortunately this recipe is manageable.

[@quantafitness6088]

You are doing such important work! This is very useful.

[@HuwRichards]

Glad you think so! Thank You :)

[@MG63]

Great video. Just what I needed. Would love to see you create a video of making a wood store for the garden. Thank you. Much appreciated from Devon UK.

[@stephanoskritikos8028]

Thank you for your advice as always very valuable.🤗🤗🤗

[@butfirsthomestead]

I'm excited to make this.😊😍❤

[@aileenh7736]

Thanks, Huw for another great Video Without these or your book I don't think I would have started my raised beds I have two and a bit, and now I want to make another and a polytunnel !!!

[@HuwRichards]

That's brilliant. Keep up the god work! :)

[@Constantinului]

super interesting ! Thank you brother

[@deannaburkett]

Wow...great video...thank you!

[@HuwRichards]

Glad you liked it! :)

[@bobbilynnmiller742]

Your practical advice and gentle spirit is the perfect combination for being a great garden teacher ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. One quick question, Where do I find containers like you use for this process ?

[@SuperHeroSewing]

I am wondering the same...😀

[@eswaribalan164]

Garden shops

[@tracycrider7778]

Any big box store or hardware store should have 5 gallon bucket’s that you could do it in

[@twpsy634]

The Welsh are wonderful teachers

[@deborakinsall9253]

Hew, can I use city tap water that has been allow to sit for a few days to dissipate the chlorine? I do not have access to soft water and in the Arizona desert rain is rare. Thank you for this video!

[@ReAn3x]

Great video on the topic. Thanks :D

[@emdorris3319]

Huw, I enjoyed watching this so much. I wish that I could be an apprentice for you. I learn so much from you. Thank you.

[@marking-time-gardens]

Yes sir Huw.... I would very much like to apprentice with you too! But I am very grateful for the great quality videos that you produce for us instead! Blessings on your day Kiddo!🥰🌻🐛

[@tenlamps6183]

Thank you for this explanation

[@miriamramos5011]

Awesome! Thanks Huw.

[@dianeirvine1384]

Great idea.

[@buddleiabee]

I use the liquid from my Bokashai composter, must be similar to this. Also I use spent mushroom compost from my local farm too in a bucket of water.

[@willowgrove631]

This is really interesting - thanks for sharing this info Huw! I look forward to seeing your results ... off to look at the Jadam book now!

[@HuwRichards]

Brilliant! So much great information in the book :)

[@lindagaughan9998]

Starting my nutrient banking!

[@gwynnwhite4500]

Thank you

[@katblyth8153]

Really interesting, thank you Huw.

[@HuwRichards]

My pleasure! :)

[@rominaadimari8723]

Genial!!! Muchas gracias Huw!!!

[@susanjordan2130]

Thank you.

[@josephinecronin1195]

Have you ever watched The Martian where the astronaut stranded on Mars has to create “live” soil. “Mars will fear my botany powers”. It’s such a lovely positive witty film.

[@pennythompson4790]

Great advice as always from you, i made a nettle feed this year and my plants are loving it, it does stink but i really don't mind thatxx

[@HuwRichards]

It stinks but it works :)

[@jollyroge5835]

Thank you most helpful

[@HuwRichards]

You're welcome! :)

[@qwerty1234561233]

Thanks!

[@HuwRichards]

You're welcome! Thank you so much! :)

[@michelleshorey1399]

Great video, thank you!

[@HuwRichards]

My pleasure! :)

[@StarTexaspets]

Idk what happened, but everybody i know is doing this just now! I attribute that to KZbin knowledge spreading 👍 Cheers to you brother, best harvests

[@romannavratilid]

are they having any succes with it?

[@missourigirl4101]

Very interesting video Huh. Thanks for sharing.

[@HuwRichards]

You're welcome :)

[@pilgrim5736]

Always helpful info and great ideas. BUT I love that watering can. Where can I get one like that?

[@kurtarron6482]

Thanks huw. Will try n 5gal buckets. Thats all i got. And prayers😉of course

[@HuwRichards]

Good luck! :)

[@ashleysumner5803]

Excellent! I’ve been using the JLF this season having made it last autumn. It’s simple & works fantastically well though I’ve been using it weekly with a 1/10 ratio

[@HappyColoristJey]

Hey Ashley, did you protect it from freezing during winter or doesn't it matter if it does freeze?

[@organicgardening5989]

Do you feed the plant with JLF every time you water the plant

[@ironmaiden795]

I like this idea! I have a question: if I intercrop plants (say basil and tomatoes), could I make a JLF with both plants or is it better to make one for each?

[@beansbrewsandbread]

Hi Huw, any tips on whether to avoid using a JLF prior to harvesting? Or is it sufficient to just make sure your produce is washed well prior to eating? Cheers Andy!

[@momonwallstreet]

Thank you for yet another beautiful and informative video. I will definitely try this method as I have been expanding my raised bed space to grow more food for local food cupboards but do not have the budget to buy increasing amounts of compost. I live in a zone 6a with cold winters. Can I keep the containers with liquid feed outside in winter and how would the freezing of the liquid affect the microbes?

[@benwhittaker7167]

Thanks Huw, been looking forward to this follow up video! Out of interest, where did you get your plastic barrels for storing your feeds? I've used a bucket for my grass JLF but I think something more sturdy might be required for long term use

[@AlchemyAles]

Have you sent these for nutritional analysis? That would be VERY interesting...

[@Ultimatefitness360]

Great video 👌👌👌

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you :)

[@ucheejimeke2151]

This is great, I'm glad to see it. Please keep it up! Please, I have a question, like when should we stop applying it on plants? I mean, is there a time of the plant growth that it shouldn't be used for good harvest? Awaiting your response. Thank you

[@TheFunctionalForce]

I stumbled on this new video as I was researching if you have any videos making and using the LAB you teach us in your book. I tried to make it last week and when the first 5 days passed the smell was so horrible 😅 I didn’t know if it was ok so I poured it in the compost pile. I’m not delicate about smells of gardens and farm animals, but this really smelled horrible 😂 Was it ok? I’d love a video on it as it sounds amazing :)

[@stevendowden2579]

enjoyable video

[@clairespace3371]

Brilliant! Makes so much sense. Thanks. Btw what are the containers you are using. What kind of place to get it from.?

[@annb7393]

love this idea! with a very small garden could one make a general feed using all the veg one grows, instead of focusing on each individual type? I don't have the space for several buckets or barrels. Thank you for sharing this valuable method.

[@HannaARTzink]

Growing food IS worthwhile. as I once commented: we may relax spending money on gadgets like greenhouses, structures, compost of dubious provenance, boxes, ets. Let's try to grow more that we spend, permaculture principles may be helpful. Thanks Huv.

[@rambukah76]

Thanks

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you so much :)

[@DjBolin-pe1zm]

I have Ben putting a half cut of lab to a 5 galen bucket it reduces the smell. Oh not sure if makes a difference but I like to add 1/2 pound of brown sugar and just a little bit of Sea salt for little more memorials. Love to here your thoughts

[@functionalmedicine-nutriti4301]

Love the video and the methodology. Have you thought of using Kombucha as a plant feed? I have been using kefir grains on my herbs and they grow like crazy...

[@debramartell8531]

Hello Huw from Ottawa Canada, thank you for yet another fabulous video. I was just wondering if I can make the fertilizers in the fall for next year even though we get very cold temperatures here and deep freeze over winter ? 🌻

[@agroaksu2987]

Great video! Whats your opinion on the so called sapling kickstarter amendment where yeast, sugar and water mix is used to boost saplings to grow. Especially in spring time when there is risk that the plants can go back to dormant or on halt because of cool temperatures?

[@OniBarix]

I started my liquid fertilizer for seed starting the day this video came out. I can already see the fermentation process beginning and I am so excited to use this on my fall crops! Thank you for the awesome video Huw.

[@ellenmcroberts7867]

I love your posts. My question is: at the end of that 1st year, do I add more plant matter, or pump the old out and start fresh?

[@BibbledyBobbledyBoo]

💚🙏🌞👍 thanks for another brilliant vid!

[@HuwRichards]

You are so welcome :)

[@patrickdempsey9886]

Well I have only two barrels and I throw everything in them I give it a fistful of sugar I even though in fresh raw fish skins mixed it up it smells like the local police and coroner should be called I watered on to my flowers and vegetables it took to it like hens poop to a blanket everything grew so fast The smeller it is the more plants love it You show is brilliant God Bless

[@joshlovegood9392]

I really like this. Have you or anyone else done trial comparisons???

[@temperancemoon8888]

You're right, things are costing more and more. There's a lot of underground farmers and gardeners and others who are operating trading systems again to help support one another. Seed and plant exchanges, farmers willing to trade meat for some eggs and produce (example), so many different ways to stay away from the all might inflated dollar and create a system of people who work together and support one another. Think of using the permaculture fundamental rules but with people..... people can be a part of a functioning system as well if we do it right and work together. Also, the more peoplethat garden the more opportunity there is to trade crops or plan gardena together to feel more families.

[@critical-thought]

If you live in the city, how many of your neighbors bag their grass clippings and leaves? Does a tree service come around and chip up trimmed branches? There is always a way.

[@suedunlop3514]

Thank you for introducing JADEM to us. Feeding plants with the same males sense. I have tried two different recipes this far, but they have attracted a huge amount of flies. Can you point me in the direction of the manufacturer of the blue containers you are using please. Thanks

[@ausfoodgarden]

I kind of combine the JLF crops into leafy, root, and fruit. so only make 3 with those plant ingredients. I have no idea if that is good or bad but it seems to work quite well. I only have a suburban garden so no chance of making all the different varieties and as I intercrop it would be difficult to add the individual amendments anyway. Thanks for all the great information.

[@HuwRichards]

Sounds great! 3x good variations to keep all your crops taken care of. Keep up the good work :)

[@callyscraftycorner2463]

Just for ratio specification. How much of the liquid compost should be added to a 5 gallon bucket. This will help me take the guess work out the entire dilution process.

[@debbeetapner7613]

Huw, thank you for this highly informative video. Would this apply to tomatoes, in that making a feed from tomatoes leaves will feed tomatoe plants?

[@daveswords2112]

Great video. I grow flowers can I do the same technique i.e. Use flower s off growth and petals? Interesting stuff dude

[@niloferlakhani218]

I am looking forward to trying this method, would grass JLF also work on grass ? Thank you

[@petemulford9383]

Thank you, Huw for a very interesting video. How do you think this compares with the Fermented Plant Juice (or FPJ in short) that you spoke to Nigel Palmer about?

[@stfnpcl11]

Hi Huw, what a great video, same as most of the others! Little theoretical thought....I struggle with lots of bindweed. Using the principle of tree leaves, containing nutrients from deep below, bindweed have got very long roots. So, would this method work if you soak lots of bindweed as a plant matter? Once it rots down in the container, it shouldn’t just spread where you water with the jadam liquid? What’s your thoughts? Thanks

[@lindahale4547]

Thanks for the advice Huw, but where do you get your containers for the JLF amendments please?