Masanobu Fukuoka rice and orchard techniques

[@nluedtke]

Great work, Paul! It astounds me how Fukuoka, Mollison, and Holzer were each tapped in to the EXACT same deep vein of knowledge about nature, and developed their methods independently of each other, on three different continents, all in the same general timeframe. Thank you for sharing this interview, can't wait to see more.

[@meinemoehre]

very good and timely that there is a new focus on Fukuoka. Thanks Larry and Paul!

[@BubbaJoysHouseMedia]

I love the statement They have been doing it for so long that they have forgotten why they started in the first place. That is so true of many of our farming practices today unfortunately. This is an outstanding channel to get back some of our lost or nearly forgotten techniques.

[@lukeryuzaki2328]

There used to be much fewer people. The old technique was more productive during some period, where there were not enough people to watch over vast farming area at early stages of the rice paddy. The dynamism changed now with farmable land is decreasing fast, while population rising at alarming rate. Blindly applying those techniques is counter productive now, since you have less plants, and cost for fertilizer, weed, pest control chemical would eat into the profit, yet this old inorganic method doesn't promote natural growth of the rice paddy plant. When exploring new terrain, to turn an established field with other weeds into rice paddy ready, the fastest way to wipe them out is to flood the whole field and drowned them. Rice plant survives the flooding and take over. You can't just randomly throw seeds into flooding water, so in turn you have to terminate seeds, and transplant once it!s sprouting. This method is shorter-ism since it relies on previously good soil. The more you flood the soil, the more you change the local eco system. This land later become wetland which brings new pest, and invasive weeds. Mr.Masanobu Fukuoka method is not one solution for all problem, but its time is now in this cycle. We need our farming land back. We have enough people to share the responsibility to responsibly take care of the land, the soil and our food.

[@maloubernal9277]

I love this. "he does this in the fall when the seeds would naturally fall to the ground."

[@kcoker3335]

We all grow up thinking we are smarter than our parents and are doing things that are better/faster, and most of the time we aren't. Love your videos and your podcast, Paul.

[@olishant]

So relaxing listening to him talk about this wonderful man and his techniques, and then seeing the rain (snow?) in the background.

[@wk4240]

We like Fukuoka, Korn, Mollison, Lawton and many others of similar character. Keep up the good video posts. 👍

[@gardenshedmanchester]

This gonna be the most incredible and dynamic techniques of growing rice and orchard without harming our environment and to human itself. I highly acknowledge your intelligence and expertise regarding on this matter.

[@MrPotatochips4]

I read the translation in 1980, and again several years ago. I grew a plot 15x40', for fun, and I learned a lot! Thanks Larry, it's nice to see and hear the translator. Thanks Paul, for posting on UT. By the way, Wendell Berry spoke at the 2012 Jefferson Lecture at the NEH, explaining the difference between extractive industrial agriculture, and the art of husbandry.

[@ahnamay]

Watch it to the end for a chuckle! Larry is an awesome guy.

[@JMMELGRATTI]

Fukuoka was a great mind! Thank you Paul!

[@loraynecaburubias9079]

Fascinating. I wonder why isn't it still widely practiced in the world. Will definitely try the method on my 3 properties that also has a rice field and orchard. Natural and zero cost in terms of sweat and money. Wow! Youpii! A happy farmer I will be ;-)

[@ruggedtraditions]

Great job on the video Paul! I really like the format with a video interview and photos mixed in. Excellent work. I look forward to seeing the rest. For anyone who has not heard pauls podcast with Larry Korn. It is a great discussion about Fukuoka.

[@grba228]

Thanks Paul for putting this up! Great video and interview.

[@glendaruff125]

Love watching the snow behind you- we don't get much here in NC.

[@pac3lli]

I loved the podcast, everyone should definitely go check it out. It was wonderful that Larry is so giving of his time to spread Fukuoka's system. By the way, the podcast is my favorite price... free!!!!! You can find it in itunes by typing in "Paul Wheaton Podcast"

[@paulwheaton]

@ThunderPreacher I have more. More will come. It takes time to mash this stuff together. Did you hear the podcast with Larry on this topic?

[@Wepinealed]

Good talk about Fukuoka. I would like to see what this guy has done using such awesome techniques.

[@reaganwiles_art]

Good for you Wheaton, I like you even more now!

[@Northwoodshotdish]

Thank you, Paul. Very good.

[@amankubuy]

Good agriculture, greetings from Indonesian farmers

[@vidaripollen]

Superb. Farming as an meditative art

[@jitakyoeiJL]

BEST CHANNEL ON KZbin!

[@ronaldthomas3528]

your hair looks fabulous! Great video thank you!

[@juliannevillecorrea]

thank you !

[@paulwheaton]

@singlechopstick have you been out to permies.com yet?

[@survivnCA]

Thank you Paul for another very informative video. Less is more when it comes to permaculture.

[@dearmalika]

This is amazing and so interesting!

[@cowleshome]

Growing grain brought to you by a guy who's name is Wheaton i love it XD

[@vidaripollen]

great inspiring man.a titan.

[@UPGardenr]

How many guy's in that field harvesting?

[@1creid]

Pro tip: watch on 1.5 speed and check out the latest featuring Fukuoka techniques here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-master?ref=1gpj6j

[@maloubernal9277]

may u tell me how you think he started out the pieces of land for his no-till type of farming? I want to get into no till but should I just contour, chop and drop and add in my rock dust and extra loads of mulch?

[@shanthiiraviravi5907]

Great

[@pawnjp]

@DancingHorses26 Fukuoka had quite the following before he died. Kawaguchi Yoshikazu is the most well known individual at the moment. Fukuoka was definitely a pioneer to be respected and studied, but I think we can continue to take his work further. Green mulch adapted to the region with the SRI method seem like a pretty good idea..

[@nluedtke]

@DancingHorses26 In Paul's podcast with Larry Korn, they discuss how Fukuoka's methods were most widely adopted in India. When I bought my copy of One-Straw Revolution, before it came back into print, I had to buy it from a publisher in India, it was the only place that was publishing it at the time.

[@ThunderPreacher]

Hey Paul, don't keep the rest of the interview for yourself, we want more! :)

[@litieguai6306]

lovelove love love

[@Swansen03]

how did that plot you grew turn out? what were you growing? did you use seed balls?

[@masterpalladin]

I'm curious as to how much water is needed to produce a kg of rice!

[@brindavanamorganicnurseryg2777]

masterpalladin 3000 to 5000 litres to produce 1 kg

[@singlechopstick]

Great video, well put together. Machine'less grain growing, love it! I'm looking for ways to grow grain on my quarter acre urban lot. Looking for ideas on small scale bean and grain production. Thx

[@mrgrimm6772]

I have a question, when Larry mentions that Fukuoka mows down and lets lay the wild area which grew around the orchard once per year, when would that be? After gone to seed maybe, to make sure it regrows similar? I have read where some cover crops the best practice is to chop and drop before going to seed...these details are important yet confusing to me but I understand different circumstances might call for different measures.

[@eretzahava222]

in Springtime you cut the winter groundcover...in Autumn Nature does this for you :) ;) Also....the plants going into seed is a ``do-nothing``method of Nature/the plants to re-sow them themselves :)Let me know if you have more questions, i love to help :)Though..how are you doing farming/gardening..i see your comment is from 3 yrs ago

[@ThunderPreacher]

@paulwheaton12 Yeah Paul, thanks to your remark I found it easily and enjoyed it very much.

[@Swansen03]

borders then, like, feet/inches, there are pictures comparing the stands as they are side by side

[@TheOmegaLeaf]

Can somebody tell me how he got rid of the grass to replace it with the cover crops(white clover). I really want to know the answer! I am asking the question again from another video because this video seems more appropriate to ask this question

[@vickihastings9423]

Google one straw revolution pdf...you can get all the answers in the book

[@vickihastings9423]

+vicki hastings but clover tends to choke out grass where I live

[@sukumvit]

What grass? He would have started with a standard paddy, basically an arable field. They are usually plowed regularly to control weeds. During the summer growing season you can also open a vent from an aquaduct to flood the field, which will kill off all non-aquatic plants. Rampant weeds are actually a massive problem in Japan, but one thing I am pretty sure of is that Fukuoka initially started off with a conventional plowed field, not a field of Kentucky bluegrass, Fescue, or Bermuda...

[@vickihastings9423]

I'm no expert I was just going by what happens in my lawn. The clover I planted has invaded and spread through half the backyard. I got the idea of using clover from fukuoka book that I provided a link to. I am no expert by any means. From reading the book he started with a tangled mess of ignored crops. But you probably know a lot more than me so...

[@vickihastings9423]

...I've been happy with the results I attained through using his methods. But my garden is small

[@Swansen03]

Fukuoka sans farm was in a zone 10/9, so, humid/wet subtropical, but, rice is as such anyways. Thats how he grew something during the winter. Most of his momentum went to india, where it was received quite well, with great consideration to Masanobu's spiritual experiences and india's heritage. That said, i've found one maybe two documented tests with seedballs and both produced plants, but, neither seemed to have the seed ball size right(nor seeding time).

[@shanmuganathanvenkat6197]

you are right we in india adopted his rice planting methods

[@Rhinoch8]

When he says he grows acacias, those are Robinia Pseudoacacias or really Acacia genre?

[@rendermatt]

what does "having a habitat for insects" mean?

[@janluesink4490]

no methane from the paddy field, since he does not flood the field

[@livewithnature7503]

sir i am from india . first of all i am sorry beacause my english not good but sir i think you understand me and reply me about my problem . sir my problem is i love natural farming because it's the truth of our life . i knew this before 5 months when i saw masanobu fukuoka in KZbin doing natural farming. first i was think is it true . sir in our village all people doing farming with till the soil with tracktor and ploughing and then planting . if i telling him about natural farming people laghing at me. they told me that without tilling the soil , with weeds farming is not possible . but i don't agree with them . i am starting natural farming in a small area to see that plant grow or not . i put the seed without weeding without ploughing into the soil and other people doing ploughing with tractor and then planting .and give chemical fertilizers . i am waiting for results . everytime my mind say it's not grow but still i wait for the result . and the result is disturb my mind . after one and half month i saw that my plant not growth but those peoples plant well growth . i am feeling very sad and searching what the problem in my cultivation . when masanobu fukuoka doing farming with weeds and no ploughing why my farming not success , what the reason . is that my soil not good or anything else sir please please please reply me i request you . i love natural farming 🙏

[@mightyconker3903]

I've been watching and reading Jadam natural farming which is a bit more understandable for the badly conditioned farmer of modern day. Hopefully we can all reject modernity before it's too late

[@singlechopstick]

@paulwheaton12 yes I have and it is a higher education on carbon based lifeforms. My reading ability can't keep up with my interests. I just got in "Sepp Holzer's Permaculture" book love it! I'll see ya at Permies. Keep the videos coming. Easy and convenient way to learn. Thx

[@Swansen03]

Fukuoka's son is still maintaining his farm, but, he doesn't do it in an open nature like masanobu san did.

[@mikestudio9658]

do nothing farmer, no need to spend money on fertilizer, machines,herbicides, confirm organic and one in nature, only collect harvest which could sell few times more expensive (organic).... wat else do you need?

[@yoyoyoyo7813]

wouwwwww

[@UPGardenr]

Do nothing means go the natural way.

[@turuanu]

Wheew, isn't this inspiring?

[@glendaruff125]

what about snakes-

[@crpth1]

Glenda Ruff - Snakes are excellent "pest" controls. Read mice and rats. ;-) I know which ones I prefer on my field. ;-)