Make compost in a week with Azolla.

Morag Gamble from Our Permaculture Life (www.ourpermacu...) and the Permaculture Education Institute (permacultureed...) explains the amazing benefits of Azolla for food, fibre, fuel, fodder, mulch, fertiliser, carbon drawdown and more.
It is incredible at making the most superb compost in such short time ! Scoop it out of the water, pile it up and wait a week - that's it. It makes the soil dark and rich and plants are thriving with it.
Azolla has been around since the time of the dinosaurs and is able to fix nitrogen and drawdown carbon. It is an abundant water plant that fixes nitrogen in a symbiotic relationship with the bacteria, Anabaena, which has been around for possibly 2 billion years.
Azolla is one of the fastest growing plants in the world that cleans the water as it grows. Some say it will be critical for the future of food production when fossil fuels are less accessible to make fertilisers.
In this film, Morag is out in the pond harvesting Azolla with her family and talks about this amazing plant.
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[@morphling337]

It doubles in size in 3 days in compost water with full sun. I eat 1 lb a day all grown in a tiny 4x4' water trough, and it can keep up with me. It's very probiotic, and she neglected to mention that it's more than 90% digestible because it contains virtually no cellulose (plant fiber) and 40% protein. You'd have to eat 3 lbs of chicken to absorb the same amount of protein as you do from a lb of azolla. Also my fish absolutely love love love it.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Thanks for adding that great information!

[@JasonG]

Do you have a video of you eating azolla? Raw? Thanks!

[@lapulapino2289]

Jay Gen IT DOES'NT MATTER. EVEN IF THERE'S A VIDEO, YOU STILL WILL NOT ATTEMP TO EAT IT. THE UPLOADER'S WORD IS ENOUGH IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TRY.

[@lm2193]

indonesians are deep frying it and eat it like crispy chips

[@MsPreetji]

Hi. Please share the compost you are adding to the water to double the azolla in theee days. I am keen.

[@philsskills5065]

Yes the late great Bill Mollison had a lot of good things to say about azolla and he used it a lot as mulch straight onto pondside plants. Great info and our chickens love it.

[@mercyekoko1486]

New friend here.Good Info Morag, thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@FarmGurlScavengerNoel]

Thank you so very much for your love of life and sharing. from Washington State, USA 😙

[@hergreenthumb990]

I love your channel. I started azolla farming too. Azolla is food. I love it

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

wonderful! Do you have any recipes?

[@SurfviewTV]

Morag, You are a wealth of information. I had never heard of Azolla until you mentioned it. Coincidentally, I'm buying property in Oracle, Arizona - close to Biosphere 2. What a nice coincidence that you mentioned it in your Azolla video. Thank you!

[@richardfeiller4286]

really appreciate this episode.

[@Dollapfin]

You are a very smart woman. I can tell that you truly understand what you’re saying and what it means. I’d love to use Azolla as a biodigester feedstock.

[@jeffparryncc1701]

We got some for our turtle pond and now we feed some to our guinea pigs. The gold fish and guppy's love it too.

[@jimclaire7996]

Moral, your videos are so interesting that I seem to forget to leave a comment. God bless your family and your gardens projects.

[@auroraschaefer8075]

Interesting. This will help small organic integrated Farmers. AURAPHIL thanks for sharing. GOD bless!

[@katepalmer1985]

Thank you for this was looking for info on this yesterday. Your timeing is awesome. Can't wait to share with my community garden and friends.

[@pamgalloway7272]

THIS WAS SO INTERESTING. THANKS FOR SHARING. PAMMIE FROM CHICAGO

[@FreddiesFarmPHILKEN]

awesome video about azolla... thank you for sharing. hope you continue to make videos like this..cheers!

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Thank you 🌿

[@hergreenthumb990]

Symbiotic relationship 😍😍😍

[@creativeHDmalay]

Nice information

[@organicliving7239]

I really love this infos from you!

[@MyVegetablePatch]

Fabulous! Thanks for sharing. Will get that in our backyard fishpond. :-)

[@ernaverheijdt2925]

Accidentally your channel.popped wow very helpful and in the Philippines they feed chicken quail. Etc. Thanks for sharing . It's hard to find azolla here in new zealand. I'm looking for a starter plant. Thanks so much.

[@chrislangton6446]

Great video! Thanks so much

[@tedripper8589]

Thanks Morag

[@su0019]

hi morag, i love gardening... my son got healed by just eating my garden grown veggies... i'm very passionate... recently i'm seeing some snakes in my garden.. i'm very scared of snakes.. once i see them i don't go to garden for sometime... i see you walking barefoot not scared.. can give us tips deal with snakes..

[@virginialacar3218]

Thank you for sharing this great video. thank you thank you thank you. .

[@jimbattaglia8317]

Amazing information and thanks for sharing

[@shubhaanand476]

Could you please tell the procedure of making compost from harvested azolla?

[@gagandevgiriom908]

Good

[@virginialacar3218]

Great idea . Thanks.

[@nchestercountynews4955]

I feed my chickens with it for protein. and collect the south end for veg fertilizer

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Haha - wonderful!

[@stephenh7336]

Misleading title. Should read, "all about azolla". Had nothing to do with how to compost it in a week.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

All about how to make azolla compost in a week - you can see the results here kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWOypaF5fKyYhJY It's amazingly quick and just wonderful in the garden.

[@sullykirke6823]

Much love...

[@farahgames7275]

Hi morga iam Soha from Egypt and iam happy to know akind woman like you and I have 2 questions the first one do you put anything for azolla the second one is do you stir the implant

[@walidzahran601]

Salaam Soha, Very nice to see great Egyptian ladies interested in permaculture. Looking forward to see your projects.

[@MakesPaintings]

Great idea, thanks :)

[@mikewright3029]

Wow!... Thanks! :D

[@georgemamouzellos4647]

May I ask how this would be used to make potting mix specifically?

[@marinetrax]

Which would be better for chickens and human consumption? Azolla or duckweed?

[@natalieeiser6694]

Hi Morag, thanks to you we have acquired some Azolla and hopefully growing it, as we have poor clay soil. I’m wondering if we could use Azolla to activate biochar?

[@encikadam3461]

Wanna ask you when you said it fixes nitrates out of the water what it means and can we use it in the aquaponic system ??

[@dannypeace9053]

In my part of Florida, we just assume any body of freshwater holds and alligator of some size.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

eeeek!!

[@phormoore3631]

I grew up south of Miami, spent time in the keys. and now live near panama city(north west Florida) and your words hold true for all of Florida. I would add don't forget the crocodiles.... I came face to face with one under a dock in the keys. no lobster is worth an arm haha just glad he was a baby 2 to 3 feet... I hit my head so many times on that dock I have brain dmg haha... but we were able to part ways once we got out...

[@abdullatheep7236]

Where are you from

[@pradeeppatel-dh3rc]

👍👍

[@romabetonu]

Where is it Morag

[@lebaalicom]

I wonder where I can buy azolla seeds

[@katharinemcgee1381]

Thanks for the great video. Do you know if it is suitable to feed to chickens? There area I live in has had practically no rain for six months now so the pasture our chickens usually free range on is dead. The local river is full of duckweed though so I was hoping this could provide an alternative vegetation source during this dry period.

[@africanyak41]

Perfect for chicken feed.

[@estebancorral5151]

Morag, can you give an example how it is used as fibre other than alimentary fibre, which culture uses it as such.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Hi and thanks for writing, but I'm not sure I understand your question. You may want to check out the Azolla Foundation link in the description. Cheers, Morag

[@Bintelsafi]

Can I use Azolla as Vermiculite?

[@Mon-ps6jh]

I'm not sure where to get some from down near the Buddina Community garden. We dont get up your way very often. Does it inhibit the frog and pond life at all? Thanks

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Keep the frog pond with a maximum of 50% cover and it actually helps the system.

[@abdullatheep7236]

Hi

[@abdullatheep7236]

Morag hamble

[@ajithranasingha5595]

How are you

[@lapulapino2289]

I WOULD NOT HESITATE TO EAT IT. I'VE SEEN MANY VIDEOS, ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS FEASTING ON AZOLLA, EVEN IF THE OWNER SETS A REGULAR FEEDS THE SIDE.SINCE THE ANIMALS FID NOT DIE, AND EVEN GETTING HEALTHIER WITH AZOLLA, I WILL EILLINGLY EAT AZOLLA, BECAUSE HUMANS ARE ANIMALS TOO.

[@gerryhale9617]

Please note that in UK, it is one of the MOST INVASIVE WATERBORNE PLANTS and is a nightmare. "The mats that form on the surface of the water which can be 30cm thick. During hot weather, mats can double in size in just four or five days. These: block out light, killing our rich and diverse aquatic flora, impede flood defences and water-based recreation, such as boating and angling, and reduce oxygen availability, which can lead to the death of fish and invertebrates. It can also cause livestock deaths when animals mistake water for land." Not sure which subspecies this article is referring to. Maybe just keep it in a bathtub outdoors.

[@lapulapino2289]

Gerry Hale THAT WAS BEFORE THE FARMERS DISCOVERED ITS USE. BUT IF YOU OBSERVE, THERE ARE MORE AZOLLA FARMERS NOW UPLOADING VIDEOS ABOUT THEIR AZOLLA FARM AND THE BENIFITS. AZOLLA CAN CUT 50% OF YOUR REGULAR FEEDS COST FOR YOUR FARM OR RANCH. JUST TAKE LITTLE TIME VIEWING IN KZbin, YOU WILL BE AMAZED WATCHING THE ANIMALS FEASTING ON AZOLLA.

[@bekkishetter7504]

Do you know how much oxygen it produces or if it is a water purifier.

[@russellhowe9631]

If it is that much of a problem here in the UK maybe we should be harvesting it on an industrial scale and feeding it to our animals as a way of managing it? It is way better than spraying it with herbicides. A bit of joined up thinking could be in order, turn a prolific problem into abundance.

[@kathyroberts5870]

Is that also known as Pond Scum ?

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

No different thing. Pond scum is a floating mass of algae. Azolla is an aquatic fern which has a symbiotic relationship with certain bacterias and has the highest nitrogen fixing capacity in nature. Read more about azolla here: azolla.fc.ul.pt/astrobiologia/azolla.pdf

[@abdullatheep7236]

My name is abdul latheep

[@alexdevi7351]

Please translate in French

[@FensterfarmGreenhouse]

I don't believe that this rock we live on is really even a million years old much less 80 million.

[@Triopticblaze]

Fensterfarm Greenhouse -why?

[@kimifur]

You can believe whatever you want, but science has an abundance of evidence to demonstrate that your belief is incorrect.