What Weeds Tell You About Your Soil

[@Mr-Corey-June]

There's an old story about a young man taking his elderly grandfather in horse and buggy to the land the young man wanted to buy for a farm. The grandfather had poor vision, he told the grandson to tie the horses up to the nearest bull thistle. He said "Grandpa, there aren't any bull thistles". The grandfather said "If it can't even grow a bull thistle, you don't want it".

[@DijonFu]

??

[@darinbauer8122]

Dude, gramps knows! [Unless it's a commercial alfalfa farm... Or something.]

[@beverlybelcher3423]

Wonderfully informative video!

[@ChowYewLoon]

If no one want a farm because it's can't grow bull thistle then I will buy it!🤣🤣

[@prudencezappa8598]

If thistle cant grow nothing can.

[@hydrotilling7043]

I changed my format of weeds now I primarily grow Mullein a Purslane plantain as a crop‘s and yarrow almost 2 acres heavily planted every square inch I saved 1 million squash seeds last year I just saved around 5000 to 7000 white acorn nuts two days ago yesterday I got 50 pounds of grapes And approximately 40 pounds of rose hips 100 pounds of Asian pears 20 pounds of wild huckleberries and 8000 pounds of fertilizer I do these moves all the time I got tired of fighting the weeds and I don’t like them to be called weeds anymore. Everything is vegetation OK😊

[@lpmoron6258]

I googled Moline and was directed to mullein. Is that the same plant?

[@hydrotilling7043]

@@lpmoron6258 yes, the computer 💻 misspelled it 🤖

[@sashajoachims5840]

Yes, he was referring to mullein he just pronounced it with a long ‘e’, the picture was verbascum thaspus, common mullein.

[@jonathanmcneill4993]

This makes so much sense but I just didn't think about it! Thank you for sharing this video. I appreciate it.

[@SiSwitzer]

Great video, love this looking at “weeds” and being able to understand how your soil is, however would have been great to also have Latin names as I’m in the U.K. so common names aren’t the same! Still, great video, thanks!

[@lorrainegatanianhits8331]

Simply google the vernacular names.

[@hermanhale9258]

I planted radish seeds to break up the clay. They grew... on top of the soil. Stunted.

[@ayrplanes]

Wrong kind of radish.

[@onceuponafarmnz]

Handy video, and definitely true. I love weeds! Well, maybe I don't love them growing beside my tomatoes but they really give a a lot of information about what is going on in my garden.

[@bgiv2010]

Just about everything you listed is edible. Thank you demystifying weeds.

[@Atimatimukti]

My farm is a mixture of all that. The soil is acid and tends to sandy but I have many plants that indicate alcaline and clay soil

[@bbtruth2161]

Same here. My soil pulls hard alkaline/neutral in the clay areas. Can't grow a blueberry to save my life. I have lots of damned near every weed listed here. Now, my soil does change one place to the next, so I suppose different areas have different needs or excesses. I suppose soil sampling is the way to go for these individual areas.

[@billwilson3665]

I always had a feeling that weeds told the story of the soil.

[@voxxiigen7797]

Very useful information, but I would suggest including the scientific names for the species you mention. Some of the less common ones can have different colloquial names.

[@madfishinskillz]

Great information!! Totally his the nail on the head with my backyard clay and dandelions!

[@blender_wiki]

Is what I always says to people that have OCD about weeds: "weeds are a source of information and most of the time also a beneficial presence for your soil." Is incredible how people still doesn't understand that the soil need to be covered to trive.

[@brucejensen3081]

True, but some weeds are more annoying than others

[@endoneswa]

They are not just ignorant. They refuse it, thinking they are the real farmers who know it all and this is how most people do it.

[@zahidqureshi8591]

Unique video,this will really help in understanding soil.

[@winniecash1654]

Ive been at my current house for about 2 years. Refuse to put anything on the soil, yard, grass, etc. All i can determine right now is that the prior owners must've put a lot of herbicide on the ground because myriad weeds have popped up everywhere. My plan is to let it go for a few years and let the soil heal. I'm sure nature knows what the ground needs. Any ideas are appreciated. I'll watch the video now.

[@charlesthurber]

Ah hav no view of yur soil, uthr than yur description,: wud advise to stay with de organic approach, leaves limbs ect. in mass wud b best if possible !!

[@ppss.6302]

There is no native seeds or anything in that soil other than common invasives. It takes labor and expense to bring anything back to life these days. Hippy talk is for youtube.

[@winniecash1654]

@charlesthurber wonderful idea! I took last year's leaves and yard trimmings and spread them all over the yard. Is that what you mean? Like it's one big composting project, and over a year or two, this would help amend the soil?

[@winniecash1654]

@ravenmoon5524 ok, I get the picture. I really appreciate your input because this makes so much sense. 👍

[@TaLeng2023]

​@ravenmoon5524isn't there a danger of the crops accumulating the toxins? I wonder if the weeds can be used suck up all the toxins and then dispose the weeds somewhere.

[@insidethegardenwall22]

This year we’ve a lot of purslane, especially in the vegetable garden. I pulled the roots of purslane out of the corn patch but just used as mulch. They re-established and came back alive. At that point, I just let go. Hopefully, the corn will still produce, hard to tell but growing slowly but steadily.

[@kristinskrove7119]

Most helpful resource I’ve found on the topic and I’ve been looking for a couple years!!

[@ThriveGarden]

Great info. Thanks for sharing! Keep going

[@robertr1096]

Shephard's Needle takes over my N. Florida yard and garden every year. Some grow thick and 7 foot tall. At least they attract the bees but I'm not sure what that says about my soil.

[@djmoulton1558]

Where is this information coming from? Where can I reference it? Where can I get a more thorough listing of weeds and their properties? Thx.

[@melissaharstine]

I have enjoyed the book Weed Free Gardening by Tasha Greer. Similar information but more in depth.

[@TrickleCreekFarm]

Weeds and What They Tell Us -Ehrenfried Pfeiffer. Weeds: Guardians of the Soil -Joseph Cocannouer

[@gendoll5006]

Plantain, Queen Anne’s lace, dandelions and clovers are the ones we have I saw in this video. We have hard, compact red clay soil. We couldn’t even dig a proper hole to bury our cat. Once we got past the top two-three inches we literally had to use the shovel to just scrape away dirt to “dig” the hole because no shovel, spade, post hole diggers, etc could penetrate it.

[@FaktaPetani]

Thank you for informing me about land🙏🙏

[@LeftTurnOnly]

Anything but turf grass lawns 🙏

[@evelyny7037]

So, is there a weed that indicates low copper? I appreciate this excellent information! ☺️

[@erfan4244]

great video! i have a huge amount of lambs quarter some are taller than me! , and i think they reduce the amount of salt in soils but i didn't know they indicated high nitrogen, so i guess they add carbon to balance the equation (since Lq are very woody once mature) , isn't nature just great!?

[@RegenerativeFarmersofAmerica]

That is such a cool observation! They actually have medicinal qualities as well

[@erfan4244]

@@RegenerativeFarmersofAmerica thank you! indeed lambs quarters have quite alot of nutrients and vitamins , but are underrated sadly

[@wingsandbeaksbirder2312]

Our Creator God thought of everything.😊

[@bbtruth2161]

@@erfan4244 Tons of huge lambs quarters here. My chickens love to eat them. A lot of those weeds are free chicken food.

[@TrickleCreekFarm]

@@wingsandbeaksbirder2312 Amen, we are only discovering small bits of His amazing design over many years of observing and working in His creation!

[@chadparsons50]

Excellent presentation! Would you have a book to recommend, some type of Bible or encyclopedia?

[@sowgrowandcook]

Our land has a mixture of a lot of those plants making it wet, dry, sandy, boggy, fertile and poor… all in the same area 😂

[@lorrainegatanianhits8331]

The video is filled with (quite frankly) wrong information. I don't know what the source is for these claims, but that may be the reason for your confusion.

[@coolbuffdad]

great info, thank you

[@marcuslarson5313]

The seed bank is usually there to respond to conditions. This was a good example. Grow what works with what you've got, and often you'll be correcting things at the same time, or at least not work against them. Like blueberries for example. Terrible plant for most soils. Plant service berries instead.

[@Yhoshua_B]

Thank you for this informative video!

[@wbell539]

Can someone please suggest a place I can consult which offers information like this for any given weed? For instance, if I were to put in dandelion the source would say calcium deficiency.

[@adruery]

Call your local University Extension.

[@thepeopleplaceandnaturepod8344]

awesome and informative video! new subbie here!

[@grounded7362]

If knapweed indicates good potassium levels and Yarrow indicates low potassium levels, Why do I have both growing side by side in my yard?

[@adruery]

Most likely because they both like disturbed soil.

[@MargaretFinnell]

What about pig weed? Got a field, over grown with that stuff, sometimes we call it a garden.

[@fayjason]

Can anyone recommend a book on this subject. Thank you

[@pingupenguin2474]

Anyone know what ground elder signifies about the state of my soil ? Thanks.

[@DustinGibbs-w6c]

amazing

[@carrieicepuff3443]

Gandum juga mengandung starch

[@robincrowflies]

Cool.

[@catherinehenry6762]

So, what does thriving POISON IVY tells me about my soil ?

[@tadficuscactus]

A lot of poison in the soil. Jokes.

[@roryf.1349]

That your soil is angry with you. What did you do to it?

[@catherinehenry6762]

The land was fallow when I bought it, a couple years ago. I did nothing to it, yet.

[@adruery]

That an animal pooped out a Poison Ivy seed there. It does usually like rich soil though.

[@johnnotgiven9219]

Are you sure that's Verbascum )mullein). Looks like Oenothera to me.

[@darinbauer8122]

I don't know all of the names, ive seen most in my last decade of gardening. Im a dandelion, nettles & milk thistle phreak, mostly dandelions. I may or may not pull hybrid dandies, or replant elsewhere. If it isn't specifically medicinal then maybe compost...is my normative consideration. Peace.

[@heathmumm9576]

What do foxtail species tell about the soil?

[@adruery]

Different types tell different things.

[@permabec7255]

🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:00 *Les mauvaises herbes sont des indicateurs précieux de la qualité du sol, révélant des informations sur la fertilité, la disponibilité de l'eau, les niveaux de nutriments comme l'azote, et même la structure du sol.* 00:52 *Différents types de mauvaises herbes remplissent des niches écologiques spécifiques en fonction des conditions du sol, telles que la fertilité, la compaction et la disponibilité des nutriments.* 03:10 *Certaines plantes indicatrices comme la myrtille sauvage ou la cerise de sable fournissent des indices sur la qualité du sol, sans nécessiter de tests de sol immédiats.* 05:00 *Les mauvaises herbes peuvent indiquer des déséquilibres nutritifs dans le sol, tels que des niveaux élevés de potassium ou de calcium insuffisants.* Made with HARPA AI

[@iansagen]

what is the story of wild oats trying to tell farmers in crop land?

[@thegreenerthemeaner]

Someone tell me why after years of killing weeds before they ever get a chance to produce seed that they still have to spray to kill weeds out of corn and soybeans.

[@christopher8539]

shame to rely so heavily on AI generation, ends up with lots of errors. You could at least check it over, before posting it. For example mentions hemlock, the tree but shows water hemlock, talks of shallow rooted weeds but shows wild carrot. mispronounces muillein...

[@RegenerativeFarmersofAmerica]

Not ai generated but sorry you don't agree with what we researched or how our person pronounced things :)

[@christopher8539]

clearly the voice is AI, as is the writing and editing. Repeated information, mispronunciation, mistakes. why are you lying about this? @@RegenerativeFarmersofAmerica

[@dianadeejarvis7074]

​@@christopher8539sounds like a human voice, but it is on the monotonous side. I'm bailing about halfway through.

[@magesalmanac6424]

It’s not an AI voice, just repetitive in tone. A lot of KZbinrs use this kind of voice for some reason.

[@briankubik5041]

Not sure if that's what you were saying but Hemlock is a poisonous plant. Sure you are not talking about anise? Don't think I would want to advertise that!

[@adruery]

I think that was the wrong Hemlock?

[@itme7685]

Did AI write this?

[@RegenerativeFarmersofAmerica]

Read the many other comments and questions and see that it is not AI

[@itme7685]

Now I'm confused. Why would comments and questions other than mine indicate that this is not AI? What would AI say?

[@christopher8539]

yes it is AI

[@itme7685]

@@christopher8539 Yeah, that strange response of theirs is definitely proof at this point.

[@christopher8539]

their website is mostly AI generated or copied texts too @@itme7685

[@johntarun9177]

My 5 cents garden had to be filled with nearly six loads of mud in last fifteen years forget atleast 100 kgs of fertilizers and compost but termites and fungi algae are major killers along with mites and fruit flies coconut tree (eating rhinoceros brown and huge black beetles ) carpenter ants eating most of the fruits Also weeds pop up within two days and i have to remove them on weekly basis. I pull out from small areas on alternate days or i would go crazy, with boys only interested in mobiles gaming. 😂😂😢😅

[@raeveth]

Plantain thrives everywhere 😂

[@maureenmeyerhoff285]

Hemlock tree

[@YSLRD]

I HATE to robo voice. I endured for the info.

[@RegenerativeFarmersofAmerica]

It's a human sorry you don't like their voice.

[@StandingTALL4now]

Stop lol that is very clearly an AI stop fuckin lying

[@adruery]

@@RegenerativeFarmersofAmericait is clearly an ai voice. A lot of mispronunciation

[@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy]

You can read the weeds in your lawn too. If you see clover, you are nitrogen poor. When you get the soil ph and nutrients right, your grass will grow and choke out all of the invasive weeds. This works for your digestive tract too. With the right gut bacteria and probiotics, you will be very healthy. If you eat processed foods, your gut bacteria will start trying to kill you.

[@snowmiaow]

The forests are gone, except for remnants that we should be protecting, not seeking out to remove for crops.

[@Eagerphill]

Is this AI generated content?

[@RegenerativeFarmersofAmerica]

Read the other comments and replies and see that this is not AI generated

[@christopher8539]

yes it is AI

[@mustelina]

Ugh AI.

[@lovewillwinnn]

Well isn’t that interesting..... 🤔

[@abydosianchulac2]

Ugh, AI speech reading an AI script

[@ppss.6302]

Blah blah blah. Weeds mean little. Most of the common weeds can grow just about anywhere the soil was disturbed. And with vicious chinese etc. invasives like russian olive they overtake abandoned lands rendering all this talk worthless.

[@SamStone1964]

Weeds overtake abandoned lands to heal the environment. They grow there to add nutrients to the soil.

[@ppss.6302]

@@SamStone1964 Hippy talk. Not true. Once Russian olive, rosa multiflora and such overtake, they dont go away. Disturbed environment never goes back to the original state +/- on its own. It is a long painful frequently futile work to restore the land to something other than invasives paradise.

[@Soapy73-k3t]

@@ppss.6302huh?

[@simonrixon6976]

Great video team. Awesome if you can't afford to do soil tests. Would you know what sow thistle indicates in the soil needs. Thanks from the @theurbanfarm.mnc Australia