The New Revolution in Soil Science with Matt Powers

- New Methods Are Revealing New Insights into Soil, Plants, Fungi, & the Health of Everything Involved
- Simple & Inexpensive Tests Can Tell Us SO MUCH
- Everyone Can Get Involved & Participate in Cutting-Edge Soil Science
CLICK HERE & JOIN US:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
SignUp Soon Because It Ends This Weekend!!

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Just a note about your wife's cancer. I went through the same issue. Radiation only, but wasn't told all the facts (I trusted them). Eye opening. Thank you for sharing.

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

[@1975CEES]

Who came up with that metod, it almost seems like they giving more cancer to the patients than curing it, i am from sweden i am not a doctor but know a little about cancer and that metod seems just crazy. do you have the new metod with t cells in America?.

[@ottoflouer1750]

There's a reason why radiology has such a high drop out rate for final year university students, when they start to understand what their new career actually entails anyone with a conscience heads for the door. Imagine knowingly giving other human beings cancer just to clear some college debts with the bank....

[@zoeollie202]

If you see skipping on the database it’s because I’m binge watching your channels again and taking notes. :) some videos are so insightful I’ve looked them up and gone back to them 8 or 9 times. :)

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Joined the kickstarter. I'm invested physically, mentally & now financially. I'm here to stay!

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

!!! Thank you @Four Day Homestead!!! WELCOME!! :) :) :)

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

@@ThePermacultureStudent if my spare room gets turned into a lab, I'll blame you! lol! Blessings from nw wisc.

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

@@fourdayhomestead2839

[@humanointegral]

Man, it’s so cool to hear your account about the microscope insights. I feel like (unfortunately), most university trained scientists adopt these rigid mental programs they have to operate within, to the point of disappearing their common sense. I remember in school, when we were playing with microscopes, your words were my freaking exact thoughts “drowning and squeezing things probably changes them!!”. But then I thought this was so obvious, I didn’t even bother asking why couldn’t we try to look at them without the drowning and squeezing. We easily loose that curiosity and confidence in school and college. You are operating from your center here, instead of from a rigid program. And that’s invaluable and infinitely powerful! I’m excited to see this work unfold

[@fullmeltfiltration6902]

Respect Matt. Thank you

[@davist-mq5db]

I cannot say thanks enough I have a GED education and have been a plumber for 22 years the only subject in school i absolutely loved was science and biology and we just got legalization and I bought a house all I last couple years thanks you for showing me the way to make the best compost and the way you present it 🔥🔥 again super thanks ✌️❤️🔥🌲

[@wesleysoule440]

@thepermaculturestudent this work you have been releasing is inspiring. As someone practising the Elaine methods you have highlighted some of my biggest concerns about the methodology. Hearing you say drown and squash the sample resonants with my thought pattern about changing the environment. Really excited about your book, I'm going to look into bringing these updates to my soil lab here in South Africa. Can't wait for the book, thank for you for sharing such a open minded approach to this field. Your contribution is so valuable!

[@frederickwessling2039]

Thank you for everything you are doing. Have you ever connected with Dr Tyson Yunkaporta from Deakin University. There is a wonderful intersection here between what you are doing with first systems and his intent on helping to renew or read and life in the world through the lens of indigenous process

[@JoeK4444]

Once you start waking up you see all the fresh powder 😁 change every industry with good ideas

[@jdnthecanadian424]

Amazing Matt, absolutely fascinating! Keep up the groundbreaking microscopy work and soil science! Thank you!✌️

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

Thank you JDN!!

[@this-abledtheextravertedhe5299]

#SaveSoil #consciousplanet #nosoilnofood

[@ChadWestport]

I love your content. Thank you!

[@jacobrafaat1516]

The way you show the microbial activity inside the trichromes makes me wonder about cannabis and if once the trichromes are collected in the form of hash what they’re doing. I wonder if they’re still alive inside of there continuing the terpene interactions and increasing the complexity as it ages, especially in good humidity/temp. Because aged hash gets better with time, just a thought.

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

AND what if this applies to dried foods? Like DATES - their consistency is so unique, right? I bet if we DNA sequence them we'll find their endophytes still at work.

[@jacobrafaat1516]

You’re absolutely blowing my mind Matt, I pledged to the Kickstarter and I’m here to stay! I need to get my hands on a microscope ASAP! That DNA sequencing is still far out of my budget but this topic interests me hugely!

[@jacobrafaat1516]

Frenchy cannoli was doing testing on hash aging and the terpene content was literally shifting over time in a controlled environment inside the temple ball after being lightly pressed, I believe that the microbiology holds to key to understanding what interactions are going on over time to change the terpene and cannabiniod content, and probably all the other secondary metabolites too!

[@Spiriturequiem]

@@jacobrafaat1516 big same haha

[@weirdacreshomestead3489]

I must say that there is one thing that you mentioned that in my opinion should not even be said until more testing is done and long-term studies have been done to understand what the pros or cons on animals and humans are done. Others may decide to try running on what you mentioned and try forcing people to do it. I will say a little more on your latest video.

[@ottoflouer1750]

What's the one thing? Comment is vague af

[@weirdacreshomestead3489]

@ottoflouer1750 It is meant to be a little vague. Watch the video again. If word of what he mentions gets to the wrong people, it's possible that the government would take it over and manipulate it and control it. You should know by now that the government does not care about the people or the environment.

[@billiebruv]

Starts at 14.00

[@neverwinterfarms]

You mentioned the Microscope class is 2/3. What is the third class/book?

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

Regenerative Soil DNA :) :) :) Thank you for asking!

[@B._Smith]

Is the intro and/or the certification courses available to do at my own pace? I have work and family so I need to study in between. Thanks. 🌈 🌞 🔬

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

Yes and yes + it's lifetime access so you can join in any of the LIVE Q&A sessions each year. :)

[@connormoore5716]

Lets get it

[@zakiyyahjones4788]

What microscope do u use

[@cdpoolgirl2813]

Have you done any experiments on slime molds? If you would like me to send you some, I can, I have dog vomit slime mold

[@jasontoolan3816]

Me too, it grew in my worm bin and its pic is my current wallpaper on my phone. Looks like a brilliant yellow and gold forest on an alien landscape with my red worms wiggling through.

[@susanjohnke3575]

Hey Matt! I’m in Austin, TX and my husband and I are on the board of a food insecurity based non-profit called Greencorn Project. We received a load of contaminated compost this spring and didn’t know it at the time. The provider has performed soil tests but nothing has shown up so we still don’t know what it is. The most notable sign is stunting and leaf curl on nightshade plants. I have 2 questions if you’d be so kind: Are you aware of any biology based remediation techniques? And: is there a way to see contamination under the microscope, so we can protect ourselves for next time? We’re currently spending every Saturday digging out what we can across more than 20 4x8 beds in 100F+ degrees…. Much appreciate any advice you have!

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

Oh Susan - that's terrible! I'm so sorry about that - there's a number of things it could be and figuring that out is the key to choosing the exact remediation method BUT there's generalized ways to get started. 1st I'd pH test it - it may not be finished compost - if the N is off the charts, I'd add EM and fix the compost in situ and then you're golden, so first do a nitrate test (it can be the color shake test). THEN I'd do a macro+micro nutrient test on it, I'd look at the compost, the roots, and the leaves under the microscope to diagnose from the microbes' and plants' perspective what's going on, and I'd DNA sequence it for pathogens. BUT if I had none of those options, I'd use EM + Kelp + Rockdust + Biochar dust in a foliar spray and soil soak (and I'd add mycorrhizal inoculant to the soak). That will have all the minerals and nutrients + the microbes

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

Are you friends with Angel of the Central Texas Mycological Society? I feel like we spoke about you all at some point. There's a lot that can be done to save you on all that work. we can fix things in situ but IDing what's the issue is first.

[@susanjohnke3575]

@@ThePermacultureStudent I'm not sure if we're friends with them as an organization - I'll ask some of our other board members. Thank you so much for all your suggestions! So far we've performed just bean tests (we're a non-profit, so money is always tight) and they come out all gnarly or don't even sprout. We're hypothesizing it's something like Grazon that's the culprit, but apparently Grazon can damage plants at super lower concentrations and most soil labs don't have instruments sensitive enough - frustrating! We dug out the first 3-6" of each beds and disposed of it, then added Happy Frog bagged soil (to hopefully dilute whatever the poison is), added Archaea microbes, compost tea and planted sunflowers as we'd read they can help pull toxins out of soil. What's super odd, is that the compost pile sprouted insane amounts of huge green amaranth... We're completely baffled by that! If someone can riddle me that - that'd be awesome! Last question: How would you suggest we go about DNA testing for pathogens? Do you perhaps have a video on that - the 'how to do it' and also 'how to interpret it'?

[@B._Smith]

Can I use a 1080p camera?

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

Yes that will work.

[@lucasnon1070]

Should fruit like fallen tomatoes be removed from a no till/ permaculturish garden bed? I heard that it can lead to pathogens. I have been chopping and dropping all foliage though so just curious if I should get the tomatoes out the soil. Any help would definitely be appreciated. Love all your stuff Matt. Ty!!!

[@humanointegral]

From my experience those tomatoes, full of seeds, will sprout the following year and outperform all other tomatoes you start in trays, both in flavor and resilience. Every season these happens, the tomatoes will become more and more adapted. And it’s arguably better to do it this way, because when you seed save your tomatoes, you sterilize them and store them, whereas, when they stay on the ground, they get inoculated for many months with the biology of the garden. That said, this applies to “a tomato here and there”. If you have tens of tomatoes rotting on top of each other, definitely bad anaerobic news.

[@lucasnon1070]

Thank you so much!I really appreciate the help! Makes sense!

[@humanointegral]

@@lucasnon1070 you’re very welcome! I forgot to say, from doing this, I’ve had tomatoes sprout in random parts of my garden that get no irrigation and still did amazing. But not just tomatoes… even lettuce!! One of the most water sensitive crops!! Thriving in the middle of a woodchip path… So now when I let plants go to seed, I make sure I let some of them (if not all) scatter all over the place

[@lucasnon1070]

sweet! yeah I have been growing tomatoes in another area for awhile and they traveled into our parsley planter. they spread like fire I took most of them out of my main he's though. this is my first year doing cover crop and straw mulch and a whole bunch of veggies I've never done before. so much fun. never saw myself doing this. it has changed every part of my life.

[@humanointegral]

@@lucasnon1070 Lov it! Yeah, it's such an engaging process man

[@AboveandBeyond44]

😎👍

[@schayban16]

I love learning about all of this but I don't get why you can't just throw wood chips, leaves and other compostable material near your fruit trees and let it break down... I've done this for years and have had plenty of success without going throw all of the testing and looking throw a microscope

[@ottoflouer1750]

Its alchemy vs science, neither is the wrong way to do it its just how close you're paying attention to what's going on :)

[@AboveandBeyond44]

💖

[@jasontoolan3816]

Why use a Microscope, he asked. Why use a sub to study the ocean or a space ship to study space. It’s our tool to help us see more. The shot gun method of adding everything may be easy but can be a costly mistake too. For example, Microrizal fungi are known to be a beneficial addition to garden soil due to there symbiotic nature with many garden plants. However, through Microlagy we find Microrizal fungi can be detrimental to Brassicas. By actually pirating nutrients from brassicas back to there host plant, said Elaine.

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

Adding Trichoderma will allow AMF arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to inoculate and benefit Brassicas. The research has been out for several years now and is featured in Regenerative Soil the book & online course.

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

From 2019: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31406170/

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

Thank you for being here to dig deeper with us @Jason Tool an!!

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

@@jasontoolan3816 If you check out the ingredients in most of the top mycorrhizal inoculants these days, they almost always include trichoderma for this very reason.

[@Spiriturequiem]

Crap, you just casually drop mind grenades left and right. Every video I watch shows me a new rabbit hole to explore. C'mon guys I'm new to all this stuff and I am overwhelmed at how much I need to take from the I don't know I don't know column to the I know I don't know column...much less in to the I know I know column. I'll get there but wow. I wish we had some matrix stuff so I could just download your brain 🧠

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

We're going to have in-person events in '23 so stay tuned!! :) :) :)

[@jeremyschissler337]

🔬🙏❤️

[@MJ-bg8gn]

Bro- you okay?

[@martinbrooks341]

ｐｒｏｍｏｓｍ 😅

[@michelbisson6645]

Goof