Joel Williams - "Making Compost Tea" - Biological Farming Conference 2018

Soil and compost expert Joel Williams gives an hour-long presentation on making compost tea to the Biological Farming Conference on November 13th 2018 in Tullamore, Ireland.
Organised by National Organic Training Skillnet (NOTS), the Biological Farming Conference 2018 brought together more than 200 farmers, small businesses, and agricultural consultants. Visit the NOTS KZbin channel for more lectures and valuable advice on biological farming, and visit nots.ie for more information on our high-quality, low-cost courses.

[@chrispfister4595]

Fantastic! So well thought out and presented!

[@lwhowell4387]

Excellent! Was able to pay attention without my mind wandering off. Left me hungry for more.

[@wesleytsurumi224]

I am getting closer to being a capable farmer. Thanks so much

[@hakanozkaya860]

So fantastic

[@dabomb2000pacman]

Great speaker and great information

[@JAGuarnaccia]

Inspiring presentation. I am glad to know the difference between compost extract and compost tea and how to use them.

[@rogerahern]

Absolutely fantastic presentation.

[@Yowhatsupman]

Loved that last bit - can change our society and our culture, that is big stuff but very simple to understand.

[@handyallen]

It's simple according to Greg Judy, "the best compost tea comes out of the rear-end of a cow"

[@anhkimphan514]

Thank you for in deep knowledge of soil microbiome.

[@jimlewis1992]

57:30 Importance of saving your seeds

[@henrikmelsomedvardsen3113]

Thank you for inspiring presentations! I’ve seen many of your lectures many times and learn a lot, and putting particularly intercropping and interplanting into practice in my self sufficient, pretending to be a smaller market garden this year. Might I ask if you have experience with the JADAM approach to vegetable gardening, and if you could elaborate on that?

[@davename6140]

great talk thank you

[@markread8650]

I’m falling asleep. Thanks , it’s past my bedtime

[@markread8650]

Still hanging in there. Damn mosquitoes

[@michelbisson6645]

so what happen in the north if the brew freeze, will it die or just go dormant?

[@cliverutherford5836]

Oh hail fellow investors 👍 healthy soil = healthy plants

[@markread8650]

Amen brother

[@TramonWalker]

There is no better time to cough than during a speech!

[@mundomagico7787]

😂

[@steve293]

A speech on microbes and the effect in their environments nonetheless. For real... I mean please stay home or wear a *gasp* mask for the consideration of others. I promise consideration for those around you has more to do with respect and kindness rather than an infringement on anyone's rights.

[@cecilycronin6243]

😂I’m 81 now and had Post Nasal Drip for eight years. A tutor by trade, I tried every medication over an eight period and still coughed. I was a pariah everywhere until trying KNF OHN. I take 5 ml per day and post nasal drip is kept under control. Home made plant food is great for control. If l forget to take it, after a week or so the coughing start again. No mask or drug could help me. An anaesthetic cough drop could help temporarily after the coughing started. But not recommended.

[@markread8650]

Thanks for waking me up. I was dreaming of small bubbles

[@english1midlands]

Ecothrive do a great instant tea for hobby growers like myself.You just add to water.Its got everything in a ready to use powder.

[@farmingwithtariq]

Realy I got it..

[@tiesthijsthejs]

I wonder whether these soil-inclusive movements can also positively influence landscape architecture and city planning.

[@muradawad80]

Thanks for this work. I have a question: Can you please tell us how much of these feeding resources to add for 100L of water?

[@english1midlands]

I add 15ml of Molasses to a gallon of Tea,around 50ml for 10ltrs.That works out at 500ml for 100ltrs.100ltrs is an awful lot of Tea.If your talking about feed water you don't need to add it to feed water.I will use a gallon to feed over 100ltrs of soil,several big pots.

[@english1midlands]

I get my microbes from a number of places as they say there's over 1000 different types,and I don't use a bag I just filter it after.I use Bat Guano,Meal Worm Frass,Compost and bottled Voodoo Juice.I add Kelp and Molasses for food.They say aerating turns the count from millions into billions.I am going to start collecting my own and do away the Voodoo Juice.

[@jacobclark89]

I was wondering since you posted a year ago have you changed anything about youre brew ?

[@english1midlands]

@@jacobclark89 I make it exactly the same besides cutting down on the amount of shite due to too much Phosphorus.Iv aso cut down on the carbs I feed the microbes going from weekly to monthly.I did miss the main ingredient though.Biosys from Ecothrive,its a complete compost tea in powder form.£10 for 50g at 1g per litre,4g a gallon weekly..So great value considering whats in it.Ecothrive do some great products.Along with microbes it has seaweed,amino acids,enzymes,molasses,I think that's itbut as you can see a greatt instant tea.They say no aeration needed but I do.I already use a lot of those like Algen Extract fron House and Garden which I can't recommend enough.I also use Amino treatment by H&G,Amino Acids do an amazing job completely eradicating any signs of mildew and thin branches as it alows your plant to take in Calcium 1000 times faaster,I believe calcium is the biggest element in the finished flower.You get big fatt braches meaning big fatt veins that more food can flow through.You'll start to notice the new products coming out with it in.The horticunlture industry that's now using it have reported 50%incrase in some yields.The whole of holland are using it due to herbicides being banned as it stops mildew due to hard cells that refuse to pass it to the next cell.I do go on when Iv been smoking,lol.Which is all the time.No I don't smoke first thing every morning anymore but it is only 2pm.

[@dabomb2000pacman]

Fresh is best

[@nivedithanivu3.0]

Can we take natural compost from forest to make compost tea?

[@MrZFunk2112]

You absolutely can.

[@markread8650]

One teaspoon only

[@EarthloveGlobal]

Compost tea are key to soil health.

[@markread8650]

Yeah, it does a pretty good job. Best looking springtime ever. The Japanese maples are really beautiful.

[@michelbisson6645]

once in a container how long this living brew last?

[@markread8650]

Use it quickly and all at once

[@markread8650]

Fungal dominant!

[@MhUser]

i assume spreading good compost on the ground would do the same thing + feed the plants ?

[@timcarr4155]

He's talking to farmers, try making enough compost to spread over hundreds or thousands of acres and see how you go

[@MhUser]

@@timcarr4155 well you can if you keep balance between animals and crops and orchards/food forests and other food production facilities and are sustainable and dont produce any waste, which is a direction we aim at i hope; imagine colonizing the space, you will be producing everything at place and will need an ecosystem not a monoculture aided by external sources

[@timcarr4155]

@@MhUser oh ffs

[@hosoiarchives4858]

@@timcarr4155 lol

[@TheNightwalker247]

It depends on what you are trying to do and on what scale you are doing it. A few Farmers in my area in Germany are successfully using compost on quite a few hectars. If I understand it correctly compost is life plus quite a bit of nutrients and a compost tea is more about adding life (microbes, fungi). Using compost on a large scale can make sense if you are replacing other inputs like lime and also want to boost the general health of your plants. Using compost tea sounds more like specialised tools to help the plant against certain diseases etc

[@markread8650]

Can you just give me the recipe?

[@Quaidabad-kai-londay-vlogs]

Hey Williams wassup

[@markread8650]

Stop interrupting him. He’s working off his amphetamines

[@jthepickle7]

I fear I am not sufficiently intelligent to be a gardener.

[@TheNightwalker247]

Check out Jeff loewenfels book series called "teaming with nutrients" "teaming with fungi" and last but not least "teaming with microbes" excellent overview with practical tips on what to do

[@markread8650]

Make sure you add some worm castings

[@markread8650]

Y’all getting paid? Where’s your boss ?