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Liquid bokashi or Dry

@@anandski you add manganese/iron sulfate to your bokashi pile and it will turn chelated reduced ...blessings

@@paulbraga4460 so DRY bokashi . Is it possible to mix MnSo4 / FeSo4 in Vermiwash/ Bokashi liquid for a few days and use. Thank You

@@anandski don't know exactly, but presumably yes but tis the amounts you may want to trial and then tell me later. btw, where are you from? from the Philippines here

@@paulbraga4460 I am from India. I usually mix them with Fulvic acid and foliar spray.

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There's a biological fix, nematodes. I think you can buy them ready to go.

We had same issue. We reduced nitrate nitrogen and increased biology and microelement.

@@amokate1 Thanks for your response. My production is 100% organic, so I don't think nitrate is the problem. Are there any specific micronutrients that you can recommend. Slugs prioritize the older leaves so I assume it must be where plant mobile elements are lacking. Growing tips are very rarely attacked.

Farmer Jesse (organic market gardener and host of The No Till Podcast) sets out cups of beer for the slugs, which he says is a big problem.

Have you considered using a flock of ducks to patrol your veggie fields?

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@@AdvancingEcoAgriculture OK thanks

Slugs chew their food, so they're in with the catapillars? I'm guessing, but the removal of leaves causes the supporting roots to die and provide food to the soil. The problem with slugs is they reproduce like crazy. The best small scale approach, give them somewhere to hide during the day, they're happy under old wooden planks. Easy pickings.

@@audreybarnes6527 I am reminded of a Bill Mollison quote. You do not have a slug infestation. You suffer from a duck deficiency. (My quote is not exact.)

In Texas you have a box turtle deficiency if you have slugs and snails. Leave the chanates to do their job.

What if you combined hi definition photos with the sap analysis to create a library of visual indicators?

Sand can be faster to regenerate if you have access to some type of irrigation because pore spaces easily allow oxygen deep down . Clay usually takes longer to regenerate because of compaction issues that need drastic measure to fix them quickly, but clay soils will be the richer soil with more nutrient and water holding capacity in the long term.

@@TS-vr9of thanks for the answer. Some say the nutrients will wash down. What is the solution for that? I will try to get ponds and wells, they are common.

Clay is going to have a higher cec and greater potential overall for production. It’s more versatile in general if you are not in the tropics. Look up the usgs soil data for the region and it will give you a description of the soil types and any major mineral deficiency. Often just gypsum will open up the clay and give you excellent results. Sand is going to require outside inputs forever to maintain nutrient levels.

@@karlsapp7134 gypsum clay flocculation 🙂

​@@EminTemiz ​ The cure to sands leaching out their nutrients is to raise organic matter levels. Turn your red or white sand into brown sandy loam full of biology. while Sands have CEC bellow 5,(cat ion Exchange capacity= how many nutrients the soil particles can hold on to) compared to clays CEC 10-100. Organic matter especially humic substances has CEC well about 200. That is the main reason I said to make sure you have access to irrigation otherwise it could be a while until you build up the soil biology and organic matter levels. Just like the way we eat 3 times a day microbes and plants will want irrigation and fertilization in small frequent spurts for optimal results. with a sandy soil you will have to replenish leachable nutrients every few years until you get you organic matter levels to at least 3%. I'd also recommend that if your raising meat goats you should raise a few beef steers as well because they're manure has a more immediate effect on land improvement and is more useful for dung beetles because of its wetness. They will also eat the grasses with the goats would prefer to avoid.

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Soil pH is going to play a role in nutrient availability also. A soil can have every nutrient, but soil pH will play a role in determining how available those nutrients are, the toxicity of the element, and the effects on organisms in the soil. It's important to remember all of the trace elements that are need for healthy plant growth also

@@frankiegarcia6100 sure but pH gets in to the right spot anyway if organic matter and microbial life is present enaught. I just think every soil test is a waste of money when i listen to dr elane. John wannt to get the plant in the optimum zone...because if the plant gets everything what it needs its very robust and productive. Dr elane tell us its only possible to get to that optimum zone for every plant with the right microbial activety. Therefore its a waste of time and resources to do someting else than composting and compostteas of all kindes because then you can breed all bacteria and fungus thats active in your envirement. Those microbes can get all the trace minerals from sand,silt and clay. Nobody can sell you that amount of life in a bottle. And all chemical solutions set you just a step back instead of doing some good...

It might depend on how much you rely on biological transmutation: the theory that biology can transform minerals from one kind to another to fit their needs. If you do a complete mineral assay there will be some things that could be low. Soil is created from the rocks that make up the base bedrock. Different rocks are made from different minerals, so different soils will have different mineral compositions. This will be especially true for micro nutrients. For example, iodine, selenium, moly, sulfur, etc.