How to make liquid fertilizer for organic hydroponics and in-ground plant growing

[@toamaori]

this is great, what puts me off hydro and aeroponics is having to prepare nutrients from powder bags and bottles of concentrate. I'd prefer to make the nutrients from available biomass.

[@bioponics]

Thanks for your comment. This proves we are misled to believe manufactured fertilizers are needed in water based systems. Very easy to make liquid fertilizer that match plants needs, then to remove carbon if in non aggregate deep water or NFT system.

[@najeebyunusa]

This is very inspirational. I came across your KZbin Channel last night while surfing the internet about Duckweed cultivation and this is one of the amazing videos I have watched. I would love to connect with you to learn more about this new techniques. Over here in Nigeria I manage a small compost start up business that we just pilot tested about 9 months ago. But these is something I found very interesting to learn more and jump start into. I look forward to hear from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us.

[@bioponics]

Hello. Thanks for your interest. Feel free to reach out any [e-mail]

[@najeebyunusa]

@@bioponics Thank you for you response. I will surely reach out. Regards.

[@ShotgunAndAShovel]

I use duckweed as a fertilizer. it works great.

[@bosunjohnson]

Great! How do you achieve that?

[@ShotgunAndAShovel]

@@bosunjohnson i do it a few ways--ill compost it, i will lay it green and wet from the pond around plants too. i also dig it right into the garden throughout the season. its very versatile !

[@bosunjohnson]

@@ShotgunAndAShovel Thank you. Do you crush it first? Do you compost it in the soil?

[@XavierArte]

yes please tell us more

[@bioponics]

Yes, great thing about duckweed is that it is low fiber. Decomposes readily and filled with complex blend of nutrients. Soak in water to make liquid extract, dry ferment in a sileage manner for pre-digestion, then add to soil. Best to get into the ground vs top dress, in order to capture nitrogen before it volatilizes.

[@MistressOP]

there was a guy doing it on growing your greens. It's how he got really wonderful green rich greens. you got a really good idea the duckweed wasn't part of his system

[@himanshutripathi2279]

Nyc. & informative video....🙏👌

[@fenkellmoney8034]

Badass 🙌😎

[@edifying]

Really enjoy your videos and appreciate your effort to make people more independent. Do you ever apply the anaerobic liquid directly to the base of ground plants? Would a person's local county extension office know what the nutritional content of local weeds are or do you have any suggestions as to where one might find this information? I live in Kansas so we have plenty of grasses plus I have quite a bit of comfrey growing. But it would be efficacious to know the relative values of what is growing in ones area so that a more appropriate mixture could be formulated for specific needs. At this moment I have a batch of Johnson Grass and Bindweed fermenting which will be filtered before application. This a page out of the David The Good "Ferment Your Enemies" philosophy. We will see if it helps. I do know from growing up on a farm that the leachate from a 16'x50' silo will produce prodigious growth. I am pretty sure that would qualify as anaerobic composting.

[@bioponics]

Yes anaerobic liquid goes directly onto the base of plants in soil. As such it does not need to be aerated or further decomposed. Liquid organics applied to the soil build loam through microbe proliferation, root expansion, humates and earthworms. This is how it is possible to get organics into the soil without tilling and disrupting the soil ecology.

[@hootsmin]

This looks cool, can you do a video with some more detail perhaps? Open up the buckets and / or give us an idea what you are using for biomass? Are you using the final product in an aquaponic system which contains fish?

[@bioponics]

Yes I will. Additional images can also be on facebook.com/bioponica or instagram.com/bioponica . Yes this is the fish food. I'll raise as many as the beds will support. Nice thing about feeding fish this way is that they don't compete for food and it's present as long as organics are pumped into the bed storage tanks. BTW I showed the biomass - it was in the bucket. Blended dehydrated mix of grasses, legumes, ash, chicken feather, bone meal etc...All types of biomasses blended according to needs for heavy or light N, P and K etc.

[@elguarogozon1]

Where can I read more i formation about it? I love this idea!!!

[@bioponics]

@@elguarogozon1 bioponica.net has info and materials to dIY

[@sumo479]

Hi David, thanks for the video. Do you have any videos you could link me too on how you make your source bio-mass material? You mentioned its not compost and I would like to know if this is something anyone can do or is it a specialized process/recipe. I like what your doing and wish there were more people like you on the planet.

[@bioponics]

Yes you can make this yourself. From any biomass or mixtures of biomasses which is what we have studied for the purpose of creating optimal NPK ratios. Source materials can be anything that is of nutrient value. Anaerobic digestion will leach nutrients from most everything.

[@zzz5824]

@@bioponics i have a few hundred acre farm i want to flatten out the farm - sell the soil- or turn it to hydroponic nutrient solution or both- can you help me

[@biffene]

Hey David, very interesting. Been watching a lot of your videos and it’s by far the most sustainable farming method I’ve come across. So what PH do you guys have in the system? Shouldn’t the ph be between 6,0 and up for the bacteria and fish in the system to survive? And doesn’t that make the iron become unavailable for the plants when PH is that high?

[@cryptocooler5281]

how is that underground tank system put together? Is that off the shelf modular or did it need to be engineered?

[@bioponics]

off the shelf. though you'll want biofiltration and vortex aeration to make it like this....bioponica.net

[@vahidfatahian6941]

Hello, can we use this fina liquid for aeroponic and hydroponic system?

[@Herbal_Lab_Cosmetics]

please elaborate the whole process and can we recycles tomato plants and fruits for liquid fertlizers?

[@bioponics]

Yes, indeed you can use tomato plants. The fact they contain ingredients sourced previously means tomato biomass extracts will closely mimic all needs that tomatoes have, less the tomatoes! Simply digest your green biomass and pour off the leachate. Dilute and use on soil as is or run through filtration with aeration to remove carbon and put in water based systems.

[@devantemcclain7633]

Can this fertilizer be used in rdwc for marijuana and how would you go about applying it

[@bioponics]

yes certainly. filter out carbon, turbidity from water and run through deep water systems. You can monitor nutrient in water via observation or use EC device to target 1.5-2.0. You wont have to worry about excess chlorides or other significant imbalances if starting with green biomass, and supplementing with wood ash, bone mean or other non salt, non mined sources of potassium and calcium/phosphorus.

[@CHARLESBW453]

David this is Charles I am trying to find somebody has tried a biodigester I want to utilize the gas and the excrement that comes out of it I'm going to take the excrement that comes out of it put into another tote tank Ariat the tank and then running into into a aquaponics pipe system without the fish also going to utilize the gas that comes off for the winter time to heat up the greenhouse do you think the system will work or will I have problems

[@bioponics]

Yes the sludge could be used to create methane and heat a boiler - that would be an excellent use. Or aerate sludge and feed to fish.

[@08dario08]

I want to start an organic farm input business , organic liquid compost , biostimulants , innoculants and trace mineral foliar feeds , can I incorporate it all into one product using this method ? This is like bokashi. Korean Farming ect . Maybe you can enlighten me with your experience ? Is it possible to bottle the liquid without running it through the vortex ? Will mycorrhizae survival in that environment ? Can I add mineral supplements to the mix ? Are there any companies using this method and marketing products ? This is an great business opportunity to produce affordable fertiliser to the masses aswell as teach them to create their own.

[@bioponics]

Yes. Indeed! And yes, you may incorporate all. Just need to coordinate with application. For instance you won't put microbes into system during anaerobic or when in full concentration. Ideal if after dilution, before application. Minerals are derived from biomass blends. For instance we make a "MineralUp" blend that provides abundance of macro and trace minerals. No companies marketing though we're selling liquid product here in Oregon from the Biofarm.

[@08dario08]

David Epstein thank you so much for your reply. For so,e reason KZbin didn’t notify me...1 year later I decided to just came back around to your videos as I’m ready to start bottling and selling my liquid fertilizer . I have made liquid seaweed fertilizer from washed up seaweed on my island of st Lucia. I live in the Caribbean and everyone is using non organic fertilizers which are imported and expensive and there is a major need for organic fert in the market for it here. Is there anyway I can video chat with you.? Do you do consulting ?i hope you see this message soon. Thanks for everything !

[@XavierArte]

@@08dario08 I'm interested to exchange with you xavier at permaculture.in.th