Grow Better Plants by Building Better Soil featuring soil scientist Dr. Elaine Ingham

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[@heavyd777]

Dr Ingham is really great and so knowledgeable. My father was organic gardening in the 1970s. We used to go to a local farm and get cured horse and cow manure. Composting was always the key because we were gardening in red Georgia clay. He was raised in the country before chemicals. I've seen him grow huge tomatoes in pure clay.....with a weekly dose of kitchen scraps. He would grow lettuce in the edge of the sidewalk. Corn in very small spaces with fish scraps. Those rural folks know how to do it. No one needed soil samples to tell you what kind of soil you had. We've forgotten so much but I am so glad to see the permaculture culture. We can save the planet and feed everyone with these concepts.

[@christopherkelly3373]

Permaculture / soil food web - This needs to be taught in schools across the planet !!!

[@mking3219]

YES

[@stealth7545]

maybe in about 80 years and after the government bans gardening or something, my elementary schools back in 2007-2012 or so still taught the original global warming theory (from the 80s-90s) that was disproven and replaced by climate change which is still being worked on and changed constantly to this day to the point where most of the modern talk about it is incorrect, this is why i promote decentralization and localization of schools (pod schooling, home schooling, etc), parents need to go back to teaching their kids instead of having the DMV... I mean "department of education" parent their children for them, especially now that you can get access to information like this which would have costed you thousands to ever get access to 20-30 years ago

[@randalmoroski1184]

Wonder how Uncle Monsanto will feel about having his strangle hold being loosened…

[@ianbell2288]

Elaine is one of the most important people/teachers in the world today. You really cannot argue how crucial her knowledge is, and how essential we enact her knowledge immediately.

[@svetlanikolova5557]

I AGREE! GOD BLESS ELAINE!

[@garycollinsworth4780]

She's filling in the gaps of knowledge that were absent from the first farmers in Mesopotamia, all the way to present.

[@FrankEdavidson]

This is standard soil ecology as taught and researched at unis.

[@mclarenstables]

@@FrankEdavidson But Elaine is helping to bring it to everyday gardeners, farmers and producers. Those that don't have the resources to go to those unis. How long has it been 'standard' for?

[@FrankEdavidson]

@@mclarenstables hahaha

[@erinabraham6541]

This lady is a ROCKSTAR!!! What a terrific presentation, wish I'd had her as a teacher back when I was in school as I fumbled my way through inorganic, organic, gardening, and now pasture management in different climates. It all makes sense and now I feel that I have a real plan I can follow rather than trying this or trying that, but never quite understanding the whole symbiotic system. Thank you!!!

[@vinsslaurie]

I've learned a lot more about earth from watching this video. Thank you!

[@brianmorris364]

Innoculating large crop lands with beneficial bacteria, fungi, etc will be the key to food sustainability. Dr Ingraham needs to be listened to by the dept of agriculture and farmers everywherem

[@DKong1026]

This is mindblowing...We need to spread organic horticulture everywhere!

[@ingridveilleux4786]

A dynamic, amazing speaker who can make scientific concepts accessible to all. So informative.

[@anitamachlin9200]

Holy Cow! So this is how our garden grows! A truly organic method. Thanks for the info.

[@marcolas1982]

One of the best lecturers i've ever listened to

[@llegumesv5492]

I've watched this before but Elaine's breakdown of the soil food web is really important and I feel blessed to watched this again.

[@hhattingh]

I so glad I have found Dr. Ingham. This stuff is packed with information. Thank you for making information available to everyone.

[@patrickblair7173]

The most stimulating lecture I have heard in a long time you are absolutely awesome. I always new it had to be in the soil. Strong roots strong plants. Thank you so much for what you do.

[@genocanabicea5779]

There are farmers whos fields flood and stagnates. We installed air lines under the plants and pumped air into the soil. Their plants grew faster than in dry land! A hydro soil farm. Air is the key.

[@brucejensen3081]

Denmark once was a bigger country. The people got pushed back into the marshlands which is currently most of modern day Denmark. They changed the unusable marshlands into the most fertile soil in Europe. Your system might work, but having to do that forever is just not sustainable. Of course you have to do it for now, but you should be working to where you don't have to one day. Even water weeds can help long term to build up soil. The surface water needs to be drained to a river and some what into the water table

[@seekingthequestion]

This is actually genius. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@melovescoffee]

I'm always glued to the screen whenever she talks. This has got to be one of the most interesting permaculture subjects. Totally beyond mulching. I still mulch a lot but experimenting a bit with permanent covers and compost. Ajuga reptans and trifolium repens work well in my area and inbetween the crop rows. Glechoma hederacea is a bit high and climbs into low branching plants a bit but extremely fast growing. I haven't tried mixing them yet but i will soon. Norther Europe, zone 8, sea climate. I'm having trouble finding more. I like lamium too, i have 5 species of those, they are a bit high but they work great in the shade. Love creeping sedums in the really dry spots but i use those and the lamium mostly in my ornamental space. The really big problem i have is that my weeds are mostly grassy and i have a lot of couch-grass so i'm going to try adding a lot of browns next. My strawberries are in conifer chips. ahh friggin mazing. The only thing that really grows as a weed in there are oak seedlings the jay stuck in there. My rubus type things are all in a thick mat of leaf compost/horse manure. My ribes is in grass/leaf/sheep manure compost, they went from anemic looking twigs to healthy young fruiting bushes in 2 years from cuttings. My garlic does amazing in woodshavings with rabbit manure. It's a lot of fun trying to 'manufacture' specific soils. Thanks for my new hobby, Dr. Ingham.

[@melovescoffee]

+antonyjh1234 yes true. Sometimes you have to look through their manner of presentation to just absorb the information. There are quite a few people, especially in permaculture, i can't stand to listen to. They basically observed how nature works and made it into a more or less working production situation. Applauding that, of course! Permaculture is an awesomely cool thing, don't get me wrong, love it. Some people are very matter of factly like Gabe Brown for instance. and some act like they just invented the wheel, or worse, like little gods. Not here to diss anyone, so not naming them. By all means, be as you are. I'm not into the whole spiritual woowoo type of deal either, but to each their own. If i wasn't so deeply interested in the subject, i probably wouldn't care to listen to a lot of them. I'm getting better at putting my personal preference aside. Some people i found highly annoying but i now watch them to just listen to what they say. I just had to get over myself. I personally like Dr. Ingham. Very knowledgeable after 40 years of research, earned all her badges through hard work, though a tad bit pedantic. She is after all a teacher and a good one.

[@pitpotdeeerste]

It is not condescending, it comes from the notion of letting the students think for them self and find the answer , sparking thought. However this doesn't works if you are asking something non of the students know. In the time she is done with the question and asking if any one knows she could have explained the whole thing in detail and give us 40 years of knowledge. When she is just telling it how it is she slam dunks it ,it is just messed up to filter that out. Now she knows her shit she shouldn't be asking anything she should be telling , further more in my observations students done worse with teachers who used the question sentence thing and most fall asleep because the answer is going to be given by the teacher any way as their job is to teach ppl stuff they dont know.

[@Jefferdaughter]

Dr. Elaine Ingham 'pedantic'? Doesn't that mean 'making a big deal of a little bit of knowledge'? That does not fit Dr. Ingham, in my observation. She does a pretty magnificent job of making a complex scientific subject accessible to those who slept through their biology classes.

[@pitpotdeeerste]

Jefferdaughter It is what she does in this vid, now i for one aced biology so i dont have time for stupid kiddy talk for the dumb people. Why would stupid people failing biology need any of her knowledge it is not like they have the intellect to apply the knowledge she could provide in her lecture(which lazy stupid person watches or even attends lectures any way ?). Also kiddy talk holds back the development of a child. Now if it was tailored for the dumb , she should have kept her lecture shorter. Remember how kids fell asleep in class during question answer sentences, the dumb ones always lose interest the fastest. Keep it simple less is more, airy lose ground = good. Tight ground airless causes acid levels to rise and nutrients go to waist. Considering the lecture being for gardening enthusiast she should have put in more applicable knowledge.

[@melovescoffee]

Always on the prowl to kick some drama, arncha. Good grief.

[@leonardbarron8684]

Thank you Elaine for your commitment to natural systems growing and sharing your knowledge.

[@Silvertestrun]

Ingham speaks for the soil. And it has never sounded so sweet until now.

[@ebbaneezafeelgood2094]

Ive seen my garden change from clay to soil in three years ! .....no joke .... Now my weed rocks ! With hugal beds and much more mulch this year im expecting better than last year ....give it a try

[@td2926]

Could you share some of the things you’ve done to build soil?

[@crpth1]

@@td2926 - Chop and drop. MULCH, mulch, mulch. Grasses cover crops are a fantastic helper. If you don't want to bother. Just chop and drop whatever weeds/grasses are there! Let it build up! The day farmers replace the plow, by the mower. We'll have a better Earth! ;-) Adding "imported" resources, do help speed up things. But it's really not an obligation!! This detail might surprise some. ;-)

[@td2926]

@@crpth1 Thank you for sharing! Could you please elaborate on “imported resources”?

[@mariusdrulea9049]

I really miss a book (or several) written by Elaine. I think there are a lot more to learn from Elaine, beside this wonderful presentation.

[@mhkoo1]

This presentation was the best I have seen in the past year. In an hour you get much information that connects other pieces of information that you already know but the connections are key to understand how an ecological system can be made to work optimally.

[@michaelc2509]

best video on soil I've seen. thanks Diego

[@guyappin0]

Elaine is a must have on any team that decides to terraform another planet. Her knowledge is highly respected. At that level of education, the tendency to speak in very technical terminology that most don't understand bc of the fact they chose another career path is high. The fact she has the ability to simplify the ideas into concepts that most can understands only demonstrates her complete mastery over the subject. Surprisingly, most Dr's don't possess this ability and as a result, aren't well known and come off as being boring and time consuming to watch ⌚.

[@Imsamhill]

We need to terraform this one.

[@k-c]

Thank you for all the great information Dr Ingham!

[@MyVegetablePatch]

Absolutely fantastic information. Straight to the point and easy to understand. Dr. Elaine Ingham - always a pleasure listen her presentations. Thank you Permaculture Voices for sharing :-)

[@garycollinsworth4780]

Hear Hear!

[@StIsidoresFarm]

Thank you very much for making this video available!

[@estebanvalencia8246]

Thanks to wide open our eyes and for passing thru these prime information

[@johnsantamaria539]

A college course in an hour presentation, where have you been all my life? I think I am in love with her Brain, is she single? lol. Thank God she came back to the light from the dark side of industrial farming and selfless to share her knowledge, Thank you.

[@uncutbush]

Unbelievable how uniformed I am on organic 101 She really gets through to me I feel like I’m listening to Mother Nature telling me the secrets to success in the plant world .I’m a total geek on organics and could really learn a wealth of knowledge for #mothernature🙏🙏🙏🌱🌱🌱✌️🤙🏻

[@Phyto.]

Dr Elaine Ingham is one of the most important people to have ever lived. This was mind blowing. I am currently doing my BScAgric, and I WIIIISH I could be her apprentice, I crave to learn more about this!

[@dominicmauricio2474]

🌱I feel very lucky to have found this lecture. Thank you so much. I’ve a lot of question and studying to do. Life is good 🌱

[@theminernetwork2900]

Fantastic video, thank you Elaine. More healthy soil and less lifeless dirt that can barely hang on to any resemblance of life.

[@inessasolovey8712]

Anyone have the website she talked about at the end listing the perennial crops per region?

[@buffalopatriot]

It’s funny because as I was listening to this, I was planting in some very anaerobic soil. I took a little extra effort to deeply broad fork and apply some compost I had. Thank you Diego and Dr. Ingham.

[@onoway4741]

It's a terrific presentation as always.. it takes a little repetition to sink in exactly how this works, it's hard for many of us to understand some concepts so exotic as being able to "weed" by changing the soil life and soil structure.

[@Kumagai1976]

Thank you for sharing this. I think this is really good resource so will be sharing it. Especially like the fact that its free information for everyone. Again thank you

[@mathisrobinson9042]

so thankful for the layman term slideshow in the background

[@alderwood1989]

I just wanted to say I really like this lady! I love her casual demeanor

[@lindareese4579]

Thank you Elaine for sharing your knowledge with us...I am trying to learn all about soil

[@bobbiejofouts1708]

This is probably the most valuable video I've ever seen. Thank you so much!

[@ruthlongridge2137]

Thank you and bless you for this content. Love from South Afrika

[@magorzatakujawa307]

Thank you! I don't have space for a big compost pile but a worm bin fits. I've been applying homemade worm compost and my soil went from 5.5 ph to 7 from last summer until January with no lime or other ph changing supplements. This is the first time i have beautiful winter vegetables. no sign of any desease.Snails and slugs are eating leaf mulch instead of kale.Can't wait for this spring/summer season.

[@michellel5444]

Awesome. As a casual observer I've always wondered why the "weeds" that dominate our region change from year to year.

[@christophefournier2095]

Thank you very much indeed for this information of Paramount importance.

[@tangobayus]

Years ago I turned a piece of sand in Albuquerque into great soil just by mulching it with lawn clippings.

[@babs6504]

Thank soooo much for this upload!!!!

[@xikano8573]

1:04:01 Uuuuggghhhh Dr Elaine telling it like it is!!!

[@want2doit]

what a great presentation! thank you :)

[@Gizmo1869]

Great lecture! Full of vital information! ("USA is pesticide central" That's for sure!)

[@justinmcgonigle5587]

Thank you. Awesome stuff 👴✌️️😊.

[@samsons_cannabis]

This video should have millions of views where people have placed themselves in the world because of convenience

[@BurtWhitten]

we should all be farmers in one form or another, regenertive soil building farmers, not trying to force other farmers who arent as educated to our way of thinking. Were all stewards for a time, if farming is fun for you then you are on your right path.

[@dietpiediaries6287]

I’m falling in love with farming growing anything we can eat and now I’m interested in trees and flowers and random things

[@TheVigilantStewards]

This is really good to know that annual cover crops are going anaerobic. I'm surprised there is such a good result with them being reported even still. I like the idea of not having to get seed every year because that's not something sustainable on site. My question is though, how do you plant things like corn into a perennial cover crop? I thought perennial cover crops were understory cover crops for your food forest and to fill out swales while fixing nitrogen and attracting benefecials? Wouldn't the perennial cover crop swallow up your annual crops or grains? And would that kind of crop survive in nearly full sun? Are we just relying on the shade from the plants? I realize I'm dealing with grass and not perennial low growth cover crops at my place, but I find that when I chop grass back to plant corn, the corn definitely does not shade anything out. It's too skinny. I've tried 2x2 foot circles of corn in the middle, beans next to that, and squash on the outside with some sunflowers nearby.... the squash did not shade out the grass. I will say this year that none of my seeds grew well... I think because I ordered from New Mexico and we had a super wet year. If anyone would dialogue and share knowledge with me on the in practice version of this I would be grateful.

[@glenngogogo]

I love this, watched sooooi many times....so wonderful.....creating life...thank you x million....glenn

[@michelranger2285]

Thank you for sharing your work , very interesting ....❤👍🏼🙂🌱🍃

[@SuperSmc1234]

Dr, wonderful scientific explanation and really fruitful after go through your session. Thanks for your efforts. Dr ching

[@theapplesfoodforestfarmacy1233]

Amazing! Thank you 🙏

[@X8___]

They need to start teaching the fundamentals of soil in elementary school. Having this knowledge is how we survive as a species.

[@georgelavich8106]

Another great video the more I see the more I take in

[@X8___]

She is a great teacher.

[@rodrigobarroso9924]

She's absolutely fantastic!

[@plantylittlewoman]

A. Ma. Zing!!!! Wow, mind-blowing, thank you sooooo much vor uploading this!

[@svetlanikolova5557]

same here. I wish they translate this in all the languages of the world. Now I can move to any soil and get a garden that will virtually amaze anyone

[@archananarendrula7781]

Superb explanation,she had tremendous knowledge

[@himansukumarswain4412]

mind blowing research

[@craiganderson3952]

Just tell them where the fertiliser's came from... It's rather sad story, around WW2... Even sadder story of what they used them for... Your a legend Doc... Thank you!!

[@markbrower497]

She reminds me of some of my best professors back in college.

[@dayanamgl]

has anyone got the slides from this presentation? the link in the description is not working anymore...

[@garycollinsworth4780]

I love how women are soo able to instruct with enthusiasm and cause me to love the subject.

[@alexsarille5096]

Does anyone have a list of understory plants she listed at the end?

[@samsons_cannabis]

Where can I find the 42 essential nutrients please 💚✌

[@ElisandeWalters]

does anybody have those lists online somewhere? or do I have to wait for the book I preordered?

[@ilmondononvipiacearruolate4985]

could u kindly write down the author and title book where is the fungi bacteria ratio table for crops? I can get it right. thanks!

[@justinhall1844]

I believe its "regenerative soil" by matt powers.

[@THEBIGKUSH420]

SIT DOWN, LISTEN & LEARN

[@HigherSofia]

Excellent video! :)

[@emailme2417]

Elaine, Awesome.

[@uncutbush]

Thank you Elaine

[@tanchewleong2078]

I’m from Singapore.. living in “flats” a type of multi storey public housing blocks. We plant lovers grow the plants in pots along the corridor. Hence the way we have to manage the soil is most unique. The diameter of the pots vary from 4 inches to 12 inches. Anything bigger will cause obstruction along the corridors. How do we “nano” manage the soils in the pots. How do we promote microbial , fungi, bacterial growth in such small amounts of soil in pots.

[@tywiggle]

A scientist that is due respect. A rarity. I would love a list of the perennial under-story species.

[@tywiggle]

+Maisegen Thank you very much.

[@tsimons6705]

Please, that list would be awesome...

[@pravingangarde5249]

Can somebody arrange for the this presentation's slide show ? Kindly reply me with the link.

[@theomniscientogoftheintern8889]

Great collection of very important information on your channel. Thank you very much. Subscribed.

[@damedesmontagnes]

Wish I could see her garden and what she put into making her soil.

[@stefanochiezzi6998]

Are the slides available?

[@ingridveilleux4786]

Any comments on the pros and cons of landscaping fabric? Never use? Use sometimes? only in walkways?

[@lil0lizify]

Never seen fabric well walking through an old growth forest have you?

[@svetlanikolova7673]

Only under rocks on walkways

[@swrtsolutionsinc.1092]

Crop plants maintain a "rhizosphere", or a concentrated area of microbial activity close to the root. The rhizosphere is the most active part of the soil ecosystem because it is where the most readily available food is, and where peak nutrient and water cycling occurs. Microbial food is exuded by crop roots to attract and feed microbes that in turn provide nutrients (and other compounds) to the plant at the root-soil interface where the plants can take them up. Since living roots provide the easiest source of food for soil microbes, growing long lived roots that feed the foundation species of the soil food web as much as possible during the growing season should be a goal of farmers seeking a productive and profitable crop. Roots associated with SWRT membranes have been shown to last all season long, contributing greatly to the improvement of soil quality because they have the nutrients and moisture they need.

[@angelmadera2263]

What are the steps to fix Sandi soil And hot temperature or were can I find That info

[@darleneclark6098]

Where can I get that list. Need to develop our 25 acres A1 zoned land. Healthy

[@NS-pf2zc]

Absolutely fascinating!!

[@olaolatunji9415]

A few pictures of her experiments would have added tremendous value to this presentation. I would have liked to see a picture of the corn that grew 10 ears on on plant. Did I misunderstand? I would also have loved to see pictures of the soybeans thriving in the midst of established perennial cover crops. I am trying very hard to be respectful here.

[@HolyAnchor]

awesome stuff

[@Smedley60]

I have a great deal of respect for Dr. Ingham and think that this is absolutely critical information. I grow everything that I grow organically and do my best to follow her guidance. But, to be honest, when I hear her talk about the necessity of the food web to keep plants alive, I always wonder about how anyone's house plants survive since I'm guessing that this web is seriously lacking in most containers.

[@christophersmith8014]

Most houseplants don't really grow they mostly maintain. Also, the food web isn't entirely missing. Bacteria, fungi, nematodes, protozoa, and microarthropods are everywhere even when the potting mix is sterilized it can be re-inoculated through air and water; even chlorinated tap water has surviving microbial cysts which will "hatch" once in a more hospitable environment. Most houseplants are in loose potting soil (which is mostly organic matter), so the lack of earthworms doesn't do much harm as far as the aeration factors are concerned. Apart from these things, many people can't keep a houseplant alive and wonder why, others may accidentally incorporate methods that encourage food web development, such as setting the plants out in the rain or using rain water, and others again have houseplants such as bromeliads, airplane plants, cacti, etc. that have a very low requirement for maintenance.

[@JoshuaSteensland]

houseplants grow in dead soils but would thrive is a living soil...

[@icecreamfarmer]

Whats Up Josh!

[@charliemcgriff7643]

Hey wonderful program need help on my water system is producing chlorine not good for my compost bin what can be done

[@tammcd]

Rainwater.

[@tanchewleong2078]

Can ask what’s the most basic microscope that can show types of life in the soil? There’s a hand held portable usb type which say up to 220 magnification (celestron microdirect 1080p HD) Is this ok to buy for soil study/analysis?

[@DavidfromMichigan]

Elaine Ingham for world president!

[@nephilimPB]

I love the information but I have a question about practicality. How exactly does one "cut" a strip through densely growing perennial cover crops? Using a pick to break sod is back breaking work.

[@thomaschambers5711]

Hook a “ripper” up to a tractor

[@nephilimPB]

@@thomaschambers5711 any other suggestions that don't cost thousands of dollars?

[@thomaschambers5711]

@@nephilimPB No that was it lol

[@videosaala]

#consciousplanet #savesoil

[@savesoil3133]

#SaveSoil my friend 😄

[@xuyahfish]

Does adding dark molasses to the soil help replenish the soil for the microbes?

[@murtaghslawncare.]

Do you think we should be applying humic acid to lawns??

[@BLADEXfaheem13]

Very helpful 👍👍

[@shelburnjames7337]

How do house plants survive and is hardening off introducing these microbial life?

[@francois5096]

Hi, Exellent video ! We really need it translate in French and others language ... how can we do it ??? Thanks for your job !!!

[@prestontingley8914]

And what is this said website mentioned?