The Benefits of Regenerative Systems in berry production

Bob Wilt from Sunset Valley Organics describes the effects of regenerative farming systems he has observed on his organic farm where he grows blueberries, blackberries, red and black raspberries, strawberries, and aronia berries. He sees higher yields and higher quality fruit with only organic inputs, including AEA products, because there is a strong focus on biology and soil and plant health. To learn more about AEA and regenerative agriculture, visit www.advancingecoag.com/ or email [e-mail].

[@roysmith5293]

Finally! Getting away from the chemical scam we no as regular farming, and back to real farming with a balanced ecosystem🙏🏻👍

[@garthgall1973]

There is still hope. Farmers like Bob need a BIGGER incentive. They heal the population and planet. Lets be REAL.

[@teamoptimistic9440]

😲 I've never seen berries that huge. Great job.

[@andielliott7721]

WOW....look at all those berries! I wonder if your soil is naturally acidic or do you have to amend the soil a lot.

[@RandyKrause-be3ip]

I have a few blueberry plants n they are 2 yrs old n in containers n I thought they looked good but I have never seen plants so Beautiful n healthy

[@wanasong5611]

Those are some of the most beautiful berries I've seen in a LONG while! Great Job! 😁

[@kenmacdonald4207]

Great video about great plants and fruit! I'm looking forward to a acreage of blueberrys, lots of information to gather, learn and apply👏👏😊

[@garthgall1973]

Bob is a 🐐 Love people who use brains over muscles.

[@b_uppy]

Good info on berries holding because of their having balanced nutrition.

[@diogosilva2475]

Absolutely stunning !!!!

[@user-wq3jp3qg1o]

This video is inspiring. Can you do an update or do you have an update after 7 yrs. post on this video? We’re row crop farmers and I want to plant some berry bushes and do the same as your doing around my yard. I have now watched this twice taking notes but want to learn more. Thanks for such wonderful information.

[@markrodrigue9503]

I be happy with a harvest video

[@abdularifx]

Now I watching this video 4 times, at last i know what he talking about. Understanding n Knowledge, we can't get that when we mind empty about that, we have insert that background n variable. That's puzzle, hard first easy when almost finished.

[@rikhikang4140]

Amazing info.

[@paulbraga4460]

magnificent - like some orchestra, beautiful when you get it. what an invitation. mygreathanks

[@userindesign]

master piece!

[@tulsiramdagur9580]

Great job sir

[@DrDave87]

Good video, greating from germany

[@kenmacdonald4207]

When I was much yoynger I was told that insects only attack the weak plants, like predators take the weak first😎

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

Hi Ken Macdonald, thanks for sharing! Have you seen our webinar, Why insects do not (and cannot) attack healthy plants with Dr. Thomas Dykstra? 'Take the weak' might not be too far off :) - The AEA Team kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ-xgKl3aMmcerc

[@samuelszalma4957]

Wow, wow just wow!

[@user-nv8ef4iv3o]

what are we feeding? can you tell us exactly what it is? how do we prepare it and so on. thanks

[@markhirstwood4190]

Love it.

[@veradorevskadorevska5539]

Can you tell me how to planting the Blubbering please they are so beautiful thank you

[@violethouseworth5943]

I was not getting very many blackberries and my patch is about 10 years old>>The size of the berries were more like wild blackberries>>small>>>the size of a nickel>my husband set it ablaze last year>>>this year it came back vigorous with the berries the size of yours>>every bit the size of a quarter

[@AlejandroRasmussen7]

Im getting the same results in my coffee farm from using AeA

[@calisingh7978]

Thank you 🎉

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

You're welcome, Cali Singh! We appreciate you watching! - The AEA Team

[@fvfrozen]

very nice.

[@emilyashford6096]

would you have a video of soil preparation

[@raymondaten2179]

You should plant some cover crops in the rows between the trees to bring more diversity to the field. You can just mow them down when you need to start walking the fields to get ready for harvest.

[@SpencerMack]

It looks like buckwheat in some parts of the field

[@kristinludwig4261]

If you watch you can clearly see clover where the grow crops are contrasted with the berry crops.

[@cassgilmore8485]

Do you have issues with weevils in your currently practices or before when your farm was purely conventional?

[@deemee7329]

Love this .... are you mulching also... appeared to be pine needles on the blue berries and a cover crop in the berry rows, what means do you use to irrigate.? didn't see any furrows or water lines Thanks for your time. I firmly believe that's the difference in the food taste from years ago... peaches used to taste incredible... now they taste like paper. hope more people will use these methods... the soil and so important . THANKS!!!!

[@b_uppy]

The right cover crops actually can help percolate and retain water in the soil, along with building proper soil structure by building soil carbon. One farmer used daikon radishes to help break up hard pan, and as they rotted they let water go deep into the soil. It is important to use a mixture of several covers interplanted at the same time, and to use the right ones for your particular berries. The right cover crops will bring up a balance of minerals appropriate to your plants needs. Use no tillage. Tilling disturbs mycorrhizae. Mycorrhizae also helps to maintain plant nutrition balances, by bringing nutrients to the plant...

[@bobbiejeanesser864]

How closely are the blueberry bushes planted to each other?

[@xDanoss318x]

What variety is this? Very nice size.

[@markduric7812]

Dialed in 100%

[@mykimikimiky]

and what if you didn't use that fish part? would all fall apart?

[@kycolonel1001]

so you have very impressive results but I am missing the content that tells us what you are applying, when you apply, and how much you use to get these great results. where can I get that information. so are you talking about micro mineralization. foliar application of micro nutrients?

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

Bob and other growers are using nutritional protocols that we developed at Advancing Eco Agriculture which use trace minerals and microbial applications in foliars and in the irrigation system.

[@fidelantoniogomezgarcia638]

What variety of blueberries is it? Do you know?

[@Artichokey7]

The plants and farm looks incredible! I was wondering if you have problems with birds, raccoons or black bears? I noticed there was no fencing or netting that I could see.

[@lyralockwood8754]

Artichokey7 I just adore your username. ! ! I’m Uni🌽!

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

Birds are kept away with hawks flown by a falconer several times an hour.

[@chelma1974]

Bloody excellent 🤠🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@tulsiramdagur9580]

Sir walcom to India

[@fergusfarm3793]

We are hobby farmers feeding ourselves. I have an experimental blueberry plot that has gotten 'infested' with horsetail and I've decided to take a wait & see approach with it. We harvest horsetail & nettle to ferment & increase our minerals / microbes. I'm curious to see if I can use horsetail in this plot to harvest & remineralize passively. I don't have much choice since the weed is established, but as I'm trying to see everything as a permaculture / companion style of gardening I figure it's worth trying out. Worst case we have to move the berries but that would have been the case anyway. Our trials with 'invasive' mint have done well so this is along those same lines.

[@b_uppy]

Mowing helps control horsetail. Breaking them off for two-three years is what it takes to kill them.

[@sheilafade2016]

Wow

[@robsonrobson3483]

WOW - from Poland

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

Hi Robson! Thanks for the note and welcome to the channel :)

[@MyAndrzejb]

borówka prawie jak u karasia życie w ogrodzie

[@rubenbarrera9723]

I am from PERU ,LIMA... Do you mean ...available NH4+ Form ( from source Fish) that to get acid the soil and not NO3 (Nitrate) Form... Has the aqueous Fish (liquid) an acid effect in SOIL? How much do i have to prepare abou it whether I work with some young blueberry plants in Greenhouse?..for example... Not only for feed them but to reduce the pH soil .....since I had have some problems like burned plants .. May you give me some advices, please ?... Best

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

Hi Ruben, your questions are not all clear. Will answer as best I can. Liquid fish usually contains amino acid nitrogen, and no ammonium or nitrate. Liquid fish is usually acidic because of the acid that is used to stabilize it, either phosphoric or sulfuric acid. Hope this helps.

[@safffff1000]

I live near Salinas valley Calf., why aren't your berries covered with cloth tenting like they grow here?

[@b_uppy]

Why do they cover them with tents? Is the soil bare? Do they irrigate? Is there a bird predation a problem?

[@erbauungstutztaufgnade1875]

Wow.

[@billastell3753]

The plants look very healthy. You kept talking about biologic farming but didn't say what that was. You mentioned the calcium. What else do you use.

[@sarahnewsome1727]

If I understand correctly, biological farming is similar to organic farming but more complex than just feeding the plant. It also focuses on what the microbes or microscopic life in the soil needs. This way they create a united system rather than pushing soil health to the side and focusing only on the plant... It focuses on using what we know from botany, horticulture, microbiology, etc to get the plants to their fullest potential.

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

Bob and other growers are using Advancing Eco Agriculture nutritional products and microbial inoculants. You can learn more at advancingecoag.com

[@b_uppy]

@@sarahnewsome1727 This is an organic farm. Biologics is a subset. Because there is a regenerative emphasis, this is more like permaculture in scope. Permaculture emphasizes long term low-tech methods, and better interspecies diversity, rather than monolithic plantings of one or two types, and buying yearly pest control, for example.

[@henkvonk1]

Mr Wilt, Is your approach with regard to the SWD still effective? Do you test your fruit is salt water for example?

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

There continues to be effective control of SWD on Bob's farm, as well as on other operations with other berry crops.

[@jjime1175]

Actually you are doing conventional farming (in sync with nature) and the commercial farmer is unconventional

[@kahvac]

Hello, I have well draining clay soil with a natural PH of 6.8 I'm growing blueberries now but they will only thrive in my soil once I lower my PH to about 5-5.5 I used sulfur over the last few years to get it this low and they are very healthy using Organic inputs. My question is if i increase my organic matter to 10-50% would this help me to stop using the sulfur. My belief is that by raising the OM and improving the soil biology that I might be able to grow Blueberries at a higher PH closer to what I naturally have. Am I on the right track ? Will the higher OM make nutrients available to the Blueberries ? Thank You.

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

Increasing soil organic matter and stable humic substances will also increase the soils anion exchange capacity (AEC), allowing it to hold more sulfur stable without leaching, which will have the effect of reducing pH and keep it stable at a lower level. Blueberries are adapted to growing in a highly reduced environment, not only an acidic environment. Because of this, they have high requirements for manganese, iron, and phosphorus, which are more available in reduced soil profiles. Managing redox (rH2 or Eh) is at least as important, if not more important than managing pH for blueberries and many other crops.

[@kahvac]

@@JohnKempfVisionBuilder Thanks John, Thanks for your reply is there an optimal soil organic matter content I should be looking for in my New England clay soil ? I'm thinking maybe 25% which would include leaf mulch, wood chips, peat moss & freshly made compost.

[@kahvac]

@K. DV I don't understand.

[@rochrich1223]

With a few years running the system, do the leaves still get pale at fruiting?

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

The leaves should not become pale during the fruit fill period. If they do, it can be because of low iron, manganese, phosphorus or nitrogen.

[@kycolonel1001]

are you using chelated minerals to avoid soil ph issues?

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

All of the minerals applied in irrigation system and foliar are chelated with organic acids. However, soil eH impacts nutrient availability in blueberry production at least as much if not more than pH.

[@b_uppy]

@@JohnKempfVisionBuilder Never heard of soil eH. What is it?

[@Yxulescu]

@@b_uppy Oxidation-Reduction or Redox potential

[@b_uppy]

@@Yxulescu Thank you! I will follow up.

[@billrussell6860]

I legit thought this guy was Ed Rosenthal

[@gizliliman1]

are these trees drafted

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

These blueberries are not grafted

[@ihorkit]

Greetings from Ukraine!

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

Hii! Greetings! Thanks for watching!

[@pondholloworchards]

Sounds like nectar of the Gods line that I run💪 all about that calcium and microbes

[@pureprairie1]

Yes, only cheaper.

[@juliamarple3202]

How do you manage the birds and prevent them from helping themselves?

[@b_uppy]

Some farms use dogs that chase them off.

[@LadyLauraK]

Calcium: can I add finely crushed egg shells to the soil?

[@my2cents0]

Man I would like to know what the name of those blueberry plants were? 😎👍

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

There are a number fo different varieties, including Duke, Jersey, Liberty, and others.

[@Vogeln]

Amazing berries! What state are you in? I'm in Ohio and want to know if our climate is conducive to growing berries.

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

+Joy Juaneza Sunset Valley Organics is in Oregon. The climate in Ohio is definitely conducive to growing berries as well, however. :) Find Advancing Eco Agriculture online, and see what the inputs are that helped Bob Wilt achieve this level of health on his blueberries.

[@Vogeln]

Thank you!

[@b_uppy]

@@Vogeln Look at natives, like Mark Shepard. Mark's uses plants that grow well in his location, to keep inputs low.

[@melanielalas7900]

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[@mtnmanrab]

not a bug on them do you foliar feed them?

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

Yes, they are being foliar fed with both nutrients and microbials.

[@FruitTreeAddict]

John Kempf would you mind telling me what you foliar feed the blueberries with? I’m in Florida and have 30 blueberry plants. Do I need to try and get the soil acidic? My soil is sand and alkaline. Thanks so much for your fantastic info😊

[@lolitabonita08]

i wish you explained how the process is what u use etc...i have two blueberry plants and in compare with yours I am so sad...i want to know...

[@b_uppy]

Fish fertilizer. Try using fish fertilizer. Alaska brand, for example.

[@pondholloworchards]

Do a slurry test of your soil check the pH that will be a start

[@Hotkoolaid40]

He grows like a fucking champ. Keep doing what you're doing! But leave the science to the experts lol

[@sergeytyagay6027]

all over again and again

[@jetle25]

why haven't the birds eaten all the berries yet :) Amazing

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

The berries are protected by falconers who fly hawks several times an hour.

[@mikecarr9849]

Organic grown.

[@faizalvlog6928]

can i buy the tree and send it to indonesia

[@vivalaleta]

Look online for your climate zone. See if there's a blueberry cultivate that can survive there.

[@Gustav4]

Why don't you plant some nitrogen fixing plants between the rows and maybe graze them with some goats or something, maybe chickens

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

In some environments, legumes stimulate vole populations which also feed on plant roots. Because of this, some growers avoid legumes if at all possible.

[@patrickschwankoff3176]

Grazing animals near fruit bearing trees and bushes is an E.coli risk. Many counties and states strictly regulate grazing animals in those environments.

[@b_uppy]

@@patrickschwankoff3176 Look up Mark Shepard on his methods. The animals do not defecate directly on the plants. Intergrazing is not a health it ssue with his methods...

[@b_uppy]

@@carlm8892 That is so true. They are also escape artists...

[@nailwall1078]

I would not use kelp and such sodium and heavy metals organics aka dirty.

[@raurkegoose5233]

What I took away from this: don't need to use this imput, use these instead. :(

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

That would be correct to some degree. Don't use inputs that damage soil biology. Use inputs that stimulate biology and plant health. The long term goal is to develop such vibrant soil health that we no longer need to apply the same amount of inputs, but we need to earn the right to do that.

[@trinkladd]

Useless video. Tells us benefits. But doesn’t tell how. Fish kelp. That’s it what are minerals. What Ada products. Nothibg learned. Waste of 30 min. Cal mag Leonardits glacial rock dust. Left guessing.

[@farmgadgets7261]

Twenty minutes of talk, heaps of word salad, and in the end nothing of value for hobby berry farmer! What a waste of time...

[@BDCMatt]

I wish he went more in depth about how he amends/Upkeeps his soil, he seems to try to add as little as possible.

[@markduric7812]

Dialed in 100%