Webinar: How Crops Benefit From Robust Soil Microbial Populations

AEA founder John Kempf discusses microbial populations and their importance to the success of your crop, how to ensure microbial health and vigor in your soil, and how it affects disease carryover, soil compaction, crop vigor, crop response to nutrient application, and undigested crop residue. The slides from this webinar are here: www.slideshare.net/AdvancingE…. To learn more about AEA and regenerative agriculture, visit www.advancingecoag.com/ or email [e-mail].

[@kicknadeadcat]

I grow my own microbes and feed weekly. I also lay down compost in the fall do a soil drench with microbes and cover everything with landscape material. 3 weeks before planting I do another soil drench then water it in and cover again. For nutrients I use worm casting tea and compost tea. Comfrey as a fertilizer. I also compost food scrape using Bokashi and shredded leaves. I make fish fertilizer using equal parts fish and brown sugar and let it ferment at least 6 months. The result are amazing….

[@Creative_soil]

That is basically going to be my plan. Already started using microbial solutions. I discovered KNF mid season.

[@hshsjdhdj312]

An absolutely fantastic presentation. The information I find to be valuable and applicable. Thank you.

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

We''re glad to hear that our content has been valuable to you! Stay tuned for more :) - The AEA Team

[@centpushups]

One thing I think is being over looked is the importance of flying insects spreading micro biology. It's minor but I think it has major impact.

[@hosoiarchives4858]

would love to know more

[@kennyeversley9277]

6y

[@supernova5898]

Thank you for promptly posting this. I had awful connection and reception yesterday and therefore missed a lot. Looking forward catching it in its entirety.

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

looking forward to another AEA podcast! Thank you!

[@hanhnguyen84]

Great presentation! Thanks!

[@karlsapp7134]

I just placed an order, time for another.

[@BEEGENXTRA]

💪💪💪🍀🌿🌾🌾very useful🌳🌳🌳

[@Bulldog420]

Awesome!

[@charleslease6328]

I add Redworms (Eisenia fetida & Eisenia andrei), European nightcrawlers, African night crawlers and Indian Blues to my soil. Seems to work pretty well.

[@vyoufinder]

Tomatoes I gave aerated worm casting tea, only once, in a side by side, resists heat better than the ones that didn't get it, and because of this, are able to grow in extreme dry heat, whereas the others hide from the heat instead of growing. The seemingly small difference makes all the difference in the end. The difference is night and day. It's not even worth trying to compare because it's so obvious.

[@maambomumba6123]

Thanks John

[@timgross5903]

This is clearing up some muddy waters and very easy to understand. But If bacteria are so active during the winter to the point that they are able to produce surplus nutrients for a alfalfa crop the next year, does that mean there is no die-off and the population just slows down ?? Why is it then so important to provide a living root in the fall for the benefit of the microbes ??

[@vickananda]

I would love your thoughts on this: i have to constantly apply microbes in my kitchen garden, because the gophers moles and voles constantly turn the soil into dust wherever they show up. I am a terrible trapper, but I get a few. Continually applying foliar sprays, soil drenches with microbes allows me to garden at all. Otherwise I would be finished by August each year. Since doing this I extend my garden year round.

[@marcellasmith8942]

How about adding rejuvenate as a charging addition for Biochar?

[@rwg727]

John in one of your podcasts you talked about the effects of growing plants in a greenhouse. Is it bad for plants because the greenhouse plastic blocks up light? What to do? Lots of growers have plastic high tunnels. Can you explain what you think about this please? Thanks for all your work!

[@rwg727]

Uv light

[@vyoufinder]

Plants need UV light; not a lot, but any UV you add in your greenhouse by either opening the top or LED UV, will help.

[@granny933]

How do you feed bacteria differently from fungi? Thanks!

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

Bacteria mostly consume residue with a narrow C:N ratio, where fungi consume high C:N ratio. An example from the opposite ends of the spectrum would be wood chips vs clover green manure. Wood chips have low N, high C, and feed fungi.

[@xaviercruz4763]

Why worms crumble in themselves like the bottom right pictured?

[@FreedomFox1]

Does Spectrum need to be filled under, or is it enough to apply it with a humates product (like Rejuvenate)?

[@JohnKempfVisionBuilder]

FreedomFox1 Spectrum and other inoculants seem to perform well when not incorporated into the soil, as long as they are combined with a dark colored product which can protect them from UV. Rejuvenate contains a small amount of humic substances, but is much more than that. It is dark colored enough to provide the UV protection benefits.

[@aloisiquirino7947]

can I ask for some scientific backup for your observation that those nitrogen-fixing bacteria do actually do fixation in relevant quantities? in university they taught us that free-living bacteria make only around 1-2kg N /ha/year as opposed to legume-associated rhizobia with ca 200kg/ha/year, so where do you take that confidence from that it's actually happening?

[@hosoiarchives4858]

How do grasslands get nitrogen. Where did the plants of the world get nitrogen before chemical fertilizer

[@stevezemke1838]

Just advertising their product

[@anhkimphan514]

I think we can learn lot of knowledge w this postcast to apply onto our garden. They don’t force us to buy.

[@davidradovanovic1087]

How can I order Spectrum to Serbia?

[@AdvancingEcoAgriculture]

Hi David, thanks for reaching out! At this time we are concentrating on our product sales and consulting services in North America. Good luck! - The AEA Team

[@billiebruv]

Ditch this approach and look at dr johnsons bio-reactor, johnson-su, you make all you need if you follow the recipe and method

[@obduliocerceno4984]

Hi there from Panamá. I think we can order through Amazon o eBay, is that right?

[@Maya-Elijah-Simmie-Kam_Dad_]

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[@johnnyb4869]

Work in harmony with life