"Secrets of the Soil Sociobiome" with Dr. Christine Jones (Part 1/4)

March 30th 2021
Dr. Christine Jones presents "Secrets of the Soil Sociobiome"
Links to articles mentioned in the Q&A are found below
1. Re-visioning soil foodwebs
Editorial by Mark Bradford, published in the Journal of Soil Biology & Biochemistry (2016). There are 14 other articles linked to this.
bradfordlab.files.wordpress.c...
2. Techniques for assessing functional diversity in soils can be found in section 1.6 of the following article, entitled 'Microbial Signaling in Plant-Microbe Interactions and Its Role on Sustainability of Agroecosystems'
www.researchgate.net/publicat...
3. Enhancement of drought tolerance in crops by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
4. The following article is also illuminating ....
Rolfe, S.A, Griffiths, J, Ton, J. (2019). Crying out for help with root exudates: adaptive mechanisms by which stressed plants assemble health-promoting soil microbiomes. Curr Opin Microbiol. 49:73-82. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2019.10.003.
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
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[@argentvixen]

1:20:00 biostimulants for the win. Please have Dr Jones do a whole episode just on how to diy biostimulants effectively.

[@cepeas2219]

Thank you so much, Green Cover Seed and Dr Christine Jones, I' m translating all lectures to portuguese and using them in our youtube channel in Brazil, they are just amazing, I don't know how many times I've watched them. Congratulations from Brazil.

[@stephanealegoria7016]

Hi cepeas, I do permaculture in Brasil and I would be very thankful if you could indicate the link of this translation in Portuguese in order to help spread the information.

[@farmerc4117]

@@stephanealegoria7016 CEPEAS

[@francesnustedt9036]

just watched this. thank you so much for providing this for free . it's a real privilege to have access to such knowledge.

[@craiganderson3952]

Love that a fellow Australian is doing this. Does the Doc need an apprentice? Just amazing information without all the you tube yelling... Respect! Cheers everyone 😃

[@eddodeveer9285]

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[@eddodeveer9285]

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[@jorgecamachofitopatologo]

thank you for this information, Dra Jones should live 200 years more

[@marvinbaier3627]

This webinar was outstanding. I’m looking forward to the rest of them. It makes you think on what is happening below the ground. While I was working outside today, I was splitting wood I saw saw many different things happening with the wood. I’m going to put the partial rotting wood out in my pasture and garden and put some between my fruit trees and covering it up with some hay, straw, manure, and leaves to see what happens. I’ll make it my test plot. Each plot with different from each other. This webinar is making me use my critical thinking. I enjoy doing my own small research plots. Thanks again for all what you are doing!

[@hosoiarchives4858]

Also look at Paul Guatschi Back to Eden gardening

[@billiebruv]

Woodlouse are great little critters for wood decay

[@Alex-hf3ik]

Also try hugelkultur

[@KimClark-1]

I love how Dr. Jones always has these technological issues during presentations. Thank you for such helpful information and for the generosity of your time.

[@floridanaturalfarming3367]

Thank you Dr. Christine Jones and Green Cover Seed for a most brilliant video. The terms soil sociobiome and microbial carbon pump (MCP) caught my attention.

[@stonedapefarmer]

Watching this for the second or third time (and have watched Dr. Jones's other presentations as well.) This is the science I've been waiting for! Has really corroborated a lot of my own theories and observations. (Planting out some sacrificial legumes tomorrow because I raised I didn't have enough legumes in my fall/winter vegetable mix.) Such dense presentations, and I love/hate the number of hours I've spent watching them trying to fully absorb every minute detail.

[@robynmitchell9563]

I'm on my 3rd watch of this particular presentation. 😄 She & Nicole Masters are great, very different styles, but Dr Jones is as nourishing as the healthy soils she speaks of.

[@stonedapefarmer]

@@robynmitchell9563 Hadn't discovered Nicole Masters yet. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@yoursoulmatters9600]

@@stonedapefarmer Nichole is big on worms and John Kempf is one of the worlds leading agronomist a must listen to and has so much out there for free. John interviewed Nichole. Still waiting for the Christine interview.....

[@angeladarrah6377]

Wow! Thank you for hosting Dr. Jones and for posting the follow up articles. Can't wait to dig in.

[@mildhug9645]

Thank you so much, Christine! ❤️

[@humantouchfacetoface5480]

Thank you Dr Jones. Heart warming x

[@mildhug9645]

Thank you guys for organizing & sharing all that information 🙏👍

[@karlsapp7134]

I really enjoyed this. She has a wealth of knowledge.

[@daveburgess3200]

Nice interview, I have Soooo much to learn to continue my journey on Regenerative Farming. Thank you.

[@santokhsinghkang5768]

Thank you very much . I watching you tube people follow you in punjab india. Keep it up please

[@samteawater7444]

Thank you so much for this incredibly useful and interesting information!

[@roscorude]

I love you dr jones!

[@youngredangus6041]

Watching this for the 3rd time its so great!

[@dans3718]

Thank you for this. I have been binging on Radical Mycology lately, so this ties in nicely with what I have been learning there. Fungi are far more important than we have thought for some time.

[@rorkgoose6114]

Similar vs dissimilar microbiomes having neg or pos effects makes sense. If you think about it, a plant is trying to do one thing, reproduce its dna. If it's surrounded by the same plants, it has no pressure on it to produce much. If it is surrounded by different types of plants, it has immense pressure to produce. The microbiome is part of that. It is still competition. Competition is not necessaritly a negative thing. Positive competition spurs on to better things, while negative competition is destructive.

[@Alex-hf3ik]

You sound American- capitalism and competition are out, collaboration is in. "Competition is for losers" - Peter Thiel

[@NextLevelFarmerDotCom]

I learned new insights about microbes. Excellent presentation!!!

[@mojavebohemian814]

Thank you

[@estebanfigueroa2050]

We use sfw every day on several crops. No doubt adjusting f:b for the desired succesional stage has a huge impact on soil/plant health. Isolating fungi functions from its predators and simbiotic partners is reductionist, on my experience

[@billlumberg5746]

Awesome stuff very informative!

[@nivedithanivu3.0]

What should be the ideal spacing between the vegetable crops and fruit trees to have good microbial interaction and best productivity?

[@logstuff1]

Excellent!

[@tomf.2274]

Thank you for hosting these. I look forward to the rest of her series. Currently taking the Soilfoodweb courses right now and Elaine always talks about how much more work is needed to fully understand what is going on in the soil so this helps a ton. I will dig into these links too!

[@kevinswalley5644]

Great series!

[@stephanealegoria7016]

Many answers to thoughs and questioning I had in mind for a long time. Liberating webinar ! thanks a lot. Maybe a bit late to ask but I was wondering if the ratio of liter participation into microbiome nutrition was still in this scale of 5/30 in case of chop and drop ?

[@clergh]

You said you would link to the paper showing the classic SFW is obsolete and that fungi play the only salient role in nutrient cycling?

[@Horse237]

An endophyte is an endosymbiont, often a bacterium or fungus, that lives within a plant for at least part of its life cycle without causing apparent disease. I knew that but did not know some could be on the leaves. I know some went back into the soil.

[@entohack7g500]

Exceptional content. Did Dr. Jones share her slides for this series?

[@kenbrown438]

I tried to subscribe , but , KZbin says I have too many subscriptions !!!! Thanks for posting this very interesting video !!!!

[@susantillander2080]

When she talks about the "soil food web," is she talking about Elain Ingham's work?

[@mojavebohemian814]

Some examples of "herbs" please." I am in NE Arizona, USA.

[@douglaswoosley3965]

IM GROWING GIANT VEGETABLES IN MAY BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER WERE HAVING.THANKS FOR YOUR VIDEO SERIES.

[@tonysu8860]

Dr Christine Jones sidestepped the question about distance between plants. I have the same question and don't see it in these comments either. If the endophytes can be made by a biosystem belonging to another plant, transported to a plant in need and allowed uptake into the plant in need, this is revolutionary and needs to be understood properly. I assume that endophytes aren't necessarily free floating in the soil but are transported between plants either by direct root contact or by the fungi network. If transported by the fungi network, is there a theoretical median and possible maximum distance on that fungal pathway? Do excess endophytes merely exude on to the fungal network or are they somehow signaled that a need exists somewhere and so stimulates the creation of the endophytes which are deposited on the fungal network? I'm wondering if the fungal network is extensive and mature whether distance between plants is an issue at all, and might travel tens of feet at least if the fungal network is mature enough and hasn't been disturbed for a long time. And, the opposite of course would also be true that a newly tilled field would need to rebuild its fungal network which would make it more important to plant companion plants immediately next to each other. If anyone knows the answer to this or knows specific references, would appreciate a knowledgeable answer. TIA.

[@peterclark6290]

It depends entirely on the particular plant's needs, the intermix species used, etc. E.g. some farmers in the corn belt are widening their rows to get the beneficial cover crops established. The rule of thumb would be to plan on completely hiding the soil from direct sunlight.

[@adrihalut]

Thank you! SO what are these four functional groups required in a pasture...? Google wont say...

[@peterclark6290]

Trees/shrubs, grasses, legumes and forbs (herbs). I would include humus (a replenishing layer of decaying matter). A seed provider needs to respond to any request for a multi-seed mix with the question - 'what are you trying to achieve?' Walk away if they do not is Gabe Brown's advice.

[@adrihalut]

@@peterclark6290 Hi Peter. I'm hoping to apply Christine's teachings on agricultural fields in the Upper Galilee in Israel. Right now everything here is chemical based. At this point I'm looking for a mix just to reclaim the fields after decades of chemical treatment. Perhaps all will be sacrificed in the first year, that's fine... But ours is a Mediterranean climate, with a five month rainy season providing around 400-700 mm of rain.

[@peterclark6290]

@@adrihalut Sounds like a challenge, that's not a lot of rain. Have your run across Dr. Walter Jehne and Allan Savory on desert reclamation? I cannot imagine your 'Agronomical climate', but all the videos I see on Israel tend to focus on machines and irrigation. Regen Ag hasn't penetrated the Agronomy classes. I wish you all the best Ilan.

[@danlefever6254]

@adrihalut, suggest adding the necessary microbiology to degrade "soil" contaminate chemicals. Such as Tainio Biologicals, OP8 or petrochemical degraders from Oppenhiemer company in Austin,Texas. Maybe you can find similar closer to you.

[@inigomontoya8943]

I’m confused is the soil food web as Dr.Elaine teaches it accurate or not?

[@mmccrownus2406]

No. John Kemp’s and Jones are clearer thinkers

[@mmccrownus2406]

All microbes under ground are anaerobic for starters

[@inigomontoya8943]

@@mmccrownus2406 that’s not always true in the top soil. Good topsoil is aerobic to a depth. Decreasing as it goes. Some of those microbes are facultative.

[@donniebel]

I look forward to the rest of the series and reading the supporting papers. The topic of biotic communication was promoted as a fundamental principle in the interrelationships. The model suggested for this taking place is the unique molecule and receptor- From. Bioenergetics frame, there seems to be increasing evidence for quantum functions in energy transfer and information transfer on the biological scale. I believe we will see a broadening of understanding on this level as time goes on. In other words, I suspect these advances in understanding will augment our understanding of how biological communication works.

[@thitranlanh1302]

What is sociobiome? Please explain?

[@greenwood4020]

Have you watched the Video ? there is some specific information around minute 22 in this video. just click on it.

[@danlefever6254]

The society of microbiota and all the social interplay between species.

[@farmwithbisase]

Here from twitter

[@dalewoodhams8364]

Every webinar I have watched with the good doctor, starts off rank❗️ Her computer always has a so called glitch😱 May I suggest that you great people get everything sorted and working before you open the curtains please🤗 Thank you for all you do and give, freely, you have given vast amounts of fantastic information, the starts just need a polish😅 Thanks Dale.

[@805productions3]

what about things like fruit tress and grasses why don't they get along. Surely they are very different species.

[@peterclark6290]

Why just grasses? Why not consider diversity? Include legumes and forbs in the inter-row spaces and let the plants work it out? The intelligence you are after is in the micchorizal fungal 'brain' that is there to support everything useful to flourish. Mow (or crop, or pasture) to 3" (8cm) when picking starts for convenience. Similar species can compete for nutrients but a variety work for each other and the 'boss' regulates.

[@805productions3]

@@peterclark6290 I should clarify when I said grasses what I really meant is all the native plant species that grow in our native prairie here. I don't know what they all are, but it's definitely not just grass. I am looking at doing some more deliberate plant species. Also, I've started mulching around the trees

[@peterclark6290]

@@805productions3 Absolutely, get the ground covered permanently (cooler, holds water more and for longer, extracts useful nutrients, supports fungi, bacteria,...) Ultimately - to be able to sustain bee hives (pollination) and don't forget bird boxes for the hunters (owls, etc). Running mobile chook pens between the rows can only add to the fertility. Or sheep (prob. not goats), High intensity use (just like nature) adds three extra income streams (honey, meat/wool and eggs/broilers.

[@hosoiarchives4858]

First

[@thitranlanh1302]

The only human communicate with human is terrible!