Assessing Soil Health Using a Microscope with Meredith Leigh Part 2

[@puneetarora200]

I strongly believe that such educational programs should be implemented in every school, especially those that cater to children from agricultural backgrounds. Many nations neglect to incorporate farming education in schools that serve rural communities. This is a missed opportunity to foster a scientific mindset and a passion for agriculture among the young generation. Farming can be a rewarding and fulfilling career choice for them.

[@dafranr6672]

0:14 Materiales para la observación en microscopio 02:19 Preparación de la muestra 03:29 Dilución inicial 1:5 04:17 Agitación 06:30 Limpieza de porta y cubre objetos 07:50 Toma de muestra diluida 08:50 Preparación de muestra en portaobjetos 09:18 Partes del microscopio 12:00 Observación al microscopio 20:31 Campos de visión en el portaobjetos 23:17 Hongos y nematodos ideales por campo de visión y portaobjetos 29:03 Descripción ejemplo muestra anaeróbica

[@thenmgarden6471]

I want to get a microscope what would you recommend? This video is so awesome I wish I could hang out

[@pbflynn3098]

I just got an AccuScope 3002 for $299 but it doesn’t have a camera

[@thenmgarden6471]

@@pbflynn3098 I ended up getting a AMscope for like 250 I think it has a place for a camera and I got a dslr extension for my nikon cameras I need to take some pictures or do some videos its been pretty interesting looking at compost tea and other stuff I can get 40x to focus though

[@skylovecraft2491]

All of your videos should be shared with farmers everywhere ALL OVER THE WORLD!! PLEASE SHARE THESE VIDS EVERYWHERE FOLKS! AMAZING💗👏

[@gilbertarzner]

I learned so much in Part 1 and found part 2 just now and this is really good even though it is 4 years later.

[@timothys7533]

This is so good. I was not sure if I should invest in a microscope and some of Elaines courses. I definitely will be investing in both soon. Thank you so much for this free info, I cant wait for part 3. so excited. :D

[@eqlzr2]

I believe in your sample you are looking at currents in the water caused by some air movement surrounding the microscope slide. Is there a circulating fan in the ceiling for example blowing air down into the vicinity of the microscope? I've observed this phenomena myself just from gentle breathing onto the microscope stage , even using a coverglass. The air around the scope should basically be as still as possible.

[@alexandrevaliquette3883]

Currents and non-living things movement are not caused by wind. It's just a reality in the microscopic world. The short movement on high magnification are 'Brownien movement' and the 'river' are caused by any small variation of temperature, evaporation, topology and salt concentration on the sample. Sure, wind will increase theses effects (more evaporation, cold, hot = movement). My whole point: mainly, the air movement are not directly the reason of the particles movement. Hopefully, it help you 4 years after you wrote this comment. Or it might help someone else, who know! Love from Montréal

[@jamesmiller6568]

Awesome thanks a lot! As a metric, you mentioned we should shoot for fungus in every field of view... at what magnification? Thanks again

[@Santreezy]

Thank you for these videos. I’m very excited to check out my soil!

[@maddydog1234]

Awesome demonstration, thank you for your knowledge and expertise!

[@CharraSuite]

As many have said, this is an exception educational video. Very well done

[@Karl_B]

Nice continuation. Good explanations. Could you identify the microscope(s) being used?

[@bexilford2]

Omax compound and trinocular Scopes

[@scottmitchell7576]

@@bexilford2 thanks 👍 I was wondering as well.

[@ellis.j.weasel157]

Awesome! Looking forward to part 3👍

[@markmorgera9659]

Elaine is awesome and full of knowledge. I've listened to all her KZbin's and would like to invest in her courses one day. Already have the specified microscope which greatly helps identification the soil life.

[@ChristopherPisz]

What's so bad about anaerobic organisms? KNF and JADAM gardening encourage them quite a bit and people seem to have really good vegetable garden results. They are constantly dumping buckets of them into the soil.

[@JNNikolas]

I wonder if the anaerobic organisms die when exposed to air and feed the soil. So they'd be good to add by the bucket, but not necessarily good to find already in your soil. But I'm also very new to all this.

[@bendirval3612]

The microscope camera you are using is pretty rough. I wonder if it would have looked better through the trinocular.

[@Andre-et5nu]

"Depending on how your face is built" LOL I like her!

[@Mythreesons137.]

Dark field 10 or 20x is good to use

[@xDanoss318x]

If you fill it up to 1ml with soil and then fill it up to 5ml with water, wouldn‘t that be a 1:4 ratio? 1 part soil, 4 parts water. She said 1:5. Not a huge deal but i wonder what is right.

[@fl0yd13]

she said 1 in 5 not 1 to 5 I believe.

[@ya3ny]

I thought the same. Still wonder why they reference the total volume instead of the volume of water in their ratios

[@williamccjr]

I would like to send you a sample of my worm castings (Eisenia Fetida, AKA: Red Wrigglers) to check out. I put a lot of time and effort into caring for my Vermi-Culture. I feed them a very diverse, and very high quality diet of wholesome organic inputs. I feed them very specific ingredients in the hopes that it produces a balanced spectrum of fungal and bacterial biology. I don't own or have access to a microscope (although I plan on getting one) so I haven't been able to check the biology in my vermicompost, however, I have a feeling that its full of probiotic life. If you're interested, let me know how to get a sample out to you. I think you'd be pleasantly surprised at the biology present in my worm castings, not to mention I would love to know myself.

[@johndenver5029]

Are your ewc available for purchase?

[@williamccjr]

@@johndenver5029 Depends, how much do you need?

[@johndenver5029]

@@williamccjr definitely not alot. Maybe 15 or 20 lbs I guess. Whatever size available at the big garden stores. Id rather give my money to the small time farmers than those guys though. That small amount may not be worth your trouble, if so I understand.

[@williamccjr]

@@johndenver5029 I don't have quite that much castings to spare, however, I can do you one even better. I make high quality AACT (Actively Aerated Compost Tea), both Veg and Bloom. You use 1/2-Cup of the Base, with 1/2-Cup of the Boost (equal parts of both) for every 5-Gallons of Tea/Brew. This is significantly more beneficial than just EWC alone, as it contains everything a plant needs to thrive, not to mention that brewing it multiplies the probiotic biology exponentially, and is the most economical, efficient and effective way to utilize EWC. I can do 3-Pounds of Tea (1-1/2lbs Base + 1-/1/2 Boost) for $30, and 6-Pounds for $50.

[@williamccjr]

@@johndenver5029 I'll tell you what, I'll send you a 1lb sample of my tea, Veg formula, and you just pay the shipping (about $3). If that sounds good, let me know, we'll correspond through email from there.

[@lokes2]

I'm in love with soil, now in love with Meredith.

[@jamesbutterson5218]

👍💚

[@buddingnaturalist]

So knowledgeable but hyper annoying with the uptalk and voice graveling. This woman’s gonna lose her voice box if she keeps this up. Have a look at something like the Voice book on Amazon-there’s ways used by public speakers, singers etc to avoid these issues.

[@addammadd]

I think folks being critical on an entirely irrelevant topic is annoying. Different strokes I guess.

[@sageninja7260]

@@addammadd exactly, cause I see nothing wrong with this lady