Soil Microbe Geeks Share 4 Steps to Make NEXT LEVEL Compost Yourself

[@growingyourgreens]

Jump to the following parts of this episode: 00:50 Casey and Keisha Ernst from Biocatalyst Amendments 01:10 Why did you start a compost company? 02:19 What is the difference between poor-quality compost and great compost? 04:28 You Don't Need to Buy Their Compost to Make Good Compost 06:15 What are the 4 things you need to do the make the bioactive compost? 07:11 #1 The Importance of Ingredients You Use 09:12 Things You Should Never Put into Your Compost Pile 12:08 #2 The importance of Water / Proper Moisture Level of Compost 13:42 Why most people fail to make compost 13:59 How much do you water your compost pile? 16:30 Don't cover your compost with plastic 16:35 #3 Maintenance of Your Compost 17:55 Checking Temperature of the Compost 19:35 #4 Testing Your Compost - Where Most People Fail 20:25 Get a microscope to check your compost 21:00 Chemical Testing & Heavy Metal Testing, Bad Microbe Testing 21:48 Your crop in compost is the organisms in the soil 22:38 How do you improve your compost if it's not bioactive? 23:35 #5 Keep Data so know what you did, so you can learn and repeat 24:44 Buy Biocatalyst Compost to use as a sourdough starter to get a head start 26:11 Summary of the Episode 27:09 What are the most effective ways to use compost? 28:11 Key is repetitive use with a light dosage is the best way to go 30:00 Find out what microbes are in your compost FREE! 30:33 Any final words of wisdom you would like to share Referenced Videos: Soil Life Summit 2024 Overview episode kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmOpm3mMedJ3q8k Links: Catalyst Bioamendments - Best Compost Money Can Buy catalystbioamendments.com/ Catalyst Bioamendments Instagram instagram.com/catalystbioamendments Catalyst Bioamendments Facebook facebook.com/catalystcompost/ Soil Microbe Library Facebook Group facebook.com/groups/686227282098898 Soil Microbe Library Instagram instagram.com/soilmicrobelibrary

[@LoraineHall-qm8xj]

Thank you

[@FirstKind.1]

Every episode is like an adventure on this channel !

[@alphaomega8373]

Its fun, but I enjoyed the simple backyard videos, the best for me.

[@ohio_gardener]

No compost beats well made home compost! Problem is that I can never make enough of it.

[@ZE308AC]

Most definitely

[@freedom_born]

Huh? You say no compost is better than well made compost?! But say you can't make enough?! I don't understand

[@MrMoon1ight_]

​@@freedom_bornThey mean homemade compost is best of all.

[@freedom_born]

@@MrMoon1ight_ Yeh I was stoned when I read it. I get it now No compost beats well made, or even well homemade compost. My bad

[@xenntekeo6235]

Compost is like money. It's great when you get it and it's gone before you know it.

[@roberthofmann8403]

They are doing a great job in helping humanity and the planet!

[@Garret-nd6px]

I really like this segment. You got into it. You got more active of telling what the product was. Very, very much. Knowledge in the compost. It will be something to look into of their website. Thank you for having these people on your show. Very intelligent on their knowledge. God bless you and your families. God bless America in the wogod. Bless the children and keep on safe from harm.👍🙏🇺🇲

[@BitcoinMap]

You always publish the most useful videos, how do you do that!?

[@billybuckner7762]

Long time listener first time caller... I collect rain water in 300 gallon containers. Sometime if it sits it gets algae. Is this ok to water my compost with?

[@sampedro9316]

yeah

[@xenntekeo6235]

Bonus nitrogen

[@VOTE4TAJ]

Great episode I learned a lot by listening in the dark. Saving this episode in my playlist down the road I will be using some of their techniques.

[@lootbird]

if you learn this well you can also start your own microbrewery!

[@123WorryFreeGardening]

Awesome video! This is pretty amazing. Best ingredients makes best compost.

[@yorkshirecoastadventures1657]

Just listening to this in the UK, sieving a load of rotted leaf litter I found down the back of the greenhouse.Its amazing looking stuff.Not sure whether to use it in my potatoes containers or save it for the tomatoes later on.

[@josephbiben5197]

I have been trying to take the soil food web microscope course for 6 years! And it has always been way out of my price range starting at 2000 dollars. Without land, a way to transport materials, or even money enough to get compost tested or buy a microscope how can people make this stuff? It's elitist to propose that anyone can do this. The fact that Elaine has not released these classes to the public is evil. She has the chance to share important life saving information with the world and she hoards it. Shame on her.

[@Relentless-546]

Ah finally another person with some sense. Their attitude towarss it is disgusting

[@carriew92]

Loving this video

[@emilybh6255]

Cool! I wish I had a microscope and way to take a picture of my compost and or soil to send in. I get my soil tested but it would be nice to speak to a biologist about it and not just a Master Gardener from my local extension service who is limited by only a few remarks on a report the biologist put together based on what I paid to have tested. John, have you tried Bokashi anaerobic composting? Wendi Phan did a video on it a few years ago but I'd love to get your take on it. I've been doing it since I heard about it from Wendii and I'd love to find other ways I can use incorporate the compost and more uses for the spent grains (other than adding them to the food wastes). Thanks in advance

[@user-rc5ht5eh3c]

One tiene i left soent brewers grain on the floor about a bucketfull , and it bloomed white , and stuck unto baseball size chunks .. any thoughts ? I ask because the flowers from the male date palm are doing the same , and i'm wondering if it's of any use

[@laurelbeck5489]

I raise organic steer and they need the salt lick. Idk where you'll get cow manure without it.

[@bruceabell3373]

You dont need salt lick if the animal's are eating nutrient dence foods..however you are right about having trouble finding good shit.

[@andersonsprairieviewfarm2552]

Sea 90 makes a salt lick. But if you use sea90 as a fertilizer then your cows probably won't need the licks

[@eladentopistevo]

NIce stuff! Supposing humic is already in the soil to 'eradicate' chloramine, why add the humic to the water prior watering? In the bubbles, chloramine needs a week for just .1 evaporation!!! If what you say really works thats something

[@MMK86]

I think the idea is to neutralize it before it touches your soil and wrecks havoc on the microbes?

[@eladentopistevo]

@@MMK86 hmm yeah makes sense

[@Zokman-x2n]

Hi John, Did you purchase any of their compost and use in your garden? Rick from Englewood

[@user-mc6eo9kn7q]

Hi can you put subtitle french bro please ❤👌🏾💎🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@martin77766]

Great live

[@what_Love_Drew_forth]

Go with the Boogie Brew tea if you can’t make your own.

[@chaselex]

This is a great way to look at it, but it’s also not needed if this isn’t your style. You can wing it with compost, and it’ll work itself out. All this overthinking and science isn’t needed for everyone. I’ve been just fine making great compost that smells and looks amazing. You can just keep a general rule of adding twice as many browns as you do greens and besides rain just sprinkling some water on it every now and then.

[@chaselex]

I feel like videos like this scare some people into not gardening or buying stuff that has already been made from a big box store because this seems very difficult, logging and tracking and doing all of the data side of it.

[@chaselex]

Think it might be time to invest in a small camera light lol

[@Mike-ec2md]

Do you use hose water or a barrel with ph water ? Thanks love all the info

[@jonsmith7504]

It can't be anything with chlorine...so if you have chlorine water put a filter on the hose

[@MMK86]

and its probably a good idea to find out if your area uses chloramine to treat water...it doesn't evaporate like chlorine and more potent, even if you aerate the water

[@CamwiththeCamera]

@@jonsmith7504like wise you can use a hose end sprayer with humic acid.

[@user-wu6xz6lm3v]

you never said anything about forest duff. as a starter.

[@figtree393]

What kind of microscope do you use?

[@CamwiththeCamera]

One that can go up to 400x

[@jperello001]

Fist I love this channel, but it’s like a bunch of skateboarders learned how to garden!😂

[@ChadnRanda]

Thanks, John man. I love them every time I hear them. They make me feel good.😊 I am always hunting, compost materials and cuttings 😅 my wife makes fun of me because I spend a good amount of time (99%)of my free time.😢😂😂😂😊

[@ChadnRanda]

Also When either getting composed material or moaching material I'll always find really cool mushrooms out 😊

[@freedom_born]

Salt licks are broken down in the biome. The cattle don't excrete sodium heavy manure. C'mon John, you gotta grill deeper. Hold people accountable for what they say

[@LoraineHall-qm8xj]

Say it again

[@mplslawnguy3389]

Right off the bat, the dude starts spewing false statements. Nobody is putting glyphosate on their lawn, that would kill the lawn. Fertilizer isn't in your grass clippings unless you put fertilizer down and then immediately take a lawnmower and bag the clippings. Fertilizer granules will work their way down to the soil rather quickly, and after a short period of time, will not end up in the clippings.

[@ronnfoxx8472]

i can not believe im about to spend 200 plus texs and shipping for compost lmao...but i am😅

[@kosycat1]

Working at veteran compst was cool,but man that was a stinky job!

[@Baktunmaya]

I will not buy any compost ... 😂😂😂😂!!

[@Relentless-546]

10 lbs for 80$ is absurd

[@chaselex]

They make it with a ton of effort. And they actually say it’s used for a starter for your own compost, and they’d rather you just make your own compost than buy theirs.

[@myfishisbubbles]

It really isn’t. If you use it to make extracts, that 10lbs can last you for a looooooong time. Plus after you make your extract you can reinoculate the “spent” compost back and re use it after some time. They truly care about their inputs and the microbial diversity in their product. Look at it under a microscope and compare it to a compost or castings product sold at a big box store (I’ve done it) and you’ll instantly see why It’s well worth the money.

[@smokingcheeba420]

What if we were just microbes?

[@bruceabell3373]

We almost are made up of all microbes

[@MMK86]

when I first started learning about microbiology as a kid I couldn't help but wonder if we are microbes in a giant organism

[@smokingcheeba420]

@@MMK86 As above, so below