How microbes are the answer to healthy soil

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Most plants depend on soil, and soil depends on microbes. Using them to revitalize unhealthy soils could improve ecosystems and feed our growing population.
Credits
Reporter: Amanda Coulson-Drasner
Camera: Chris Caurla
Video Editor: Amanda Coulson-Drasner
Graphics: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Joanna Gottschalk & Kiyo Dörrer
Special thanks to: Stephen Wood
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world - and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
#PlanetA #SaveSoil #Microbes
Read More:
Permafuture Farm: / perma_future
Importance of Soil Microbes: www.nature.com/articles/s4157...
Microbial Biofertilizers: www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/2/163
Seed coatings: www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/10/11/526
Rewilding with Microbes: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
Agriculture Benefiting Microbes: drawdown.org/solutions/regene...
Images from:
ARTIS-Micropia Museum: www.micropia.nl/en/
Gene Drendel: / gene.drendel
and Jennifer Wood: scholars.latrobe.edu.au/j5wood
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:10 What is soil?
04:23 What does degraded mean?
06:18 From the ground up
07:53 Microbes from the lab
08:53 Issues
09:35 Conclusion

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@DWPlanetA Жыл бұрын

Did you know how essential microbes are for us?

@CiudadanoUruguayo Жыл бұрын

hello

@CiudadanoUruguayo Жыл бұрын

3rd

@ninemoonplanet Жыл бұрын

Important enough to get me putting together a "worm farm" in the city, in my kitchen and using the worm castings on every plant, tree around me. Vermiculture "worm compost" can change the biology and health of the soils, reduce pests, reduce plant diseases just by feeding "red wigglers" next to the sink, then running clean (chlorine, etc removed using citric acid in tiny amounts) thereby making one of the best soil improvement liquids available.

@v.prestorpnrcrtlcrt2096 Жыл бұрын

Make them disrupt uTooB

@codniggh1139 Жыл бұрын

IF you want to know more, look for Elaine Ingham, she talks a lot about of this, but not only she stays in this level, but how there are protozoa that feed on these fungi, and how other organisms eat those protozoa, and all the chain. She teaches how to inspect with microscope the biological variety of a compost in order to have these balances that the people in this video only are still figuring out.

@SushilKumarEr Жыл бұрын

Thank you for recommending Elaine Ingham,

@kelliott7864 Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind tat she makes her living selling products and advice based on compost tea, so take what she says with a grain of salt. Compost tea is wonderful, but it's not fairy dust.

@billiebruv Жыл бұрын

@@kelliott7864 yeah, she does more than that, seems you read a sentence from a book

@okureya5108 Жыл бұрын

I just started my college degree in horticulture and it's very cool to see this video just cover a lot of the stuff I'm learning about this semester! This video is a great summary of the affects of how microbes can affect the soil.

@trentwilliams7829 Жыл бұрын

what books are you reading in university?

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet Жыл бұрын

I’m seriously encouraged by all of the research that I see happening on soil health these days. I do think that we’re going to need a lot of government subsidies to help ween farmers off of nitrogen fertilizers though. It’s a long process which doesn’t yield immediate results for the next harvest. So farmer’s will always have a very short term mindset unless our governments help force them to think a bit more long term and make it work financially. I look forward to having my own little “fertilizer free” garden in my backyard one day (gotta buy a home first though).

@ninemoonplanet Жыл бұрын

You're right about the use of chemicals in "conventional" agriculture, but people have found ways to regenerate and restore soil health quicker than before. The use of "no till" and compost extracts can up the nutrition of the plants and foods as fast as a single year. Most people want proof, so now there are many people who have "worm farms" or vermiculture systems that can extract extremely good natural microbes into the soils on test areas.

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet Жыл бұрын

@@ninemoonplanet interesting. I’ll have to search for some more studies on the “quick wins” available in the farming industry. I’d always read that moving to no till practices takes 3ish years before it starts to produce similar yields as conventional till and fertilize practices. I’m certainly not a farming expert though.

@SeyyadFerecov Жыл бұрын

Ironically, BAYER as company is one of main reasons why soil and nutrition quality of plants is so low and other living animals is in this situation today.

@jaydnhughes6947 2 ай бұрын

I don’t think that’s ironic. The purpose of that company is not to create soil rather their purpose is to create profit.

@astaridjatmiko8187 Жыл бұрын

i thought fungi is bad. Fortunately i haven't used any fungicide for my plants. Making soil healthy is not easy but it's possible. i'm so grateful to live in a town that the soil is fertile, weather is fine, the nature is great!

@toothtwine Жыл бұрын

When I took over a garden that was neat and tidy and had been hit by chemicals for years I undertook a no chemical strategy. Yes, a few years later, there are more weeds and some areas look a little wild but the plants that were there and those we added are growing so much better. There are also worms in the soil again!

@darshita1270 Жыл бұрын

I recommend to you to have a look into palekar method of farming which has become very famous in India, many farmers say that soil quality has improved after using this method and uses everything natural. It is as effective as a chemical fertilizer.

@nerdlingeeksly5192 Жыл бұрын

Farmers need to also start planting rows of trees in there Fields so that the leaves that fall off the trees can replenish soil

@DWPlanetA Жыл бұрын

Hi there, thanks for your comment. Are you referring to agroforestry? It's been around for thousands of years and we talk about it in the following video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mcymjK9epsndlZc.html 🌍

@nerdlingeeksly5192 Жыл бұрын

@@DWPlanetA I am

@ninemoonplanet Жыл бұрын

Agro-forestry, diversified crops, regenerative agriculture, they're all beginning to become the accepted means for growing nutritious foods,crops, and animals. The costs for all the chemical inputs has pushed incentives for learning how to grow foods and crops without them.

@EMPknierim Жыл бұрын

Super informative, thanks for this! I learned a lot

@jzplayr Жыл бұрын

You have a great voice for narration, thanks for the info.

@jaridkeen123 Жыл бұрын

The best thing people can do to actually make a difference is stop growing a grass lawn. A better option is to have an organic Farm in your yard that supplies your family with healthy food. But you can also just rewild your yard to create habitat for small animals like Birds, Lizards, Frogs, Snakes, Mice, Voles and Moles, Owls, Bats and so on

@ninemoonplanet Жыл бұрын

Yes, and keeping the soils covered with natural mulches, avoiding all chemicals, herbicides (weed killers etc), fungicides ( destroying fungi absolutely necessary for soil and plant health) and fertilizer (chemical SALTS) anywhere.

@shadowgirl11 Жыл бұрын

This video is great! I had no idea. Thank you for informing us!!

@carlbrenninkmeijer8925 Жыл бұрын

Great to learn this !!!!

@savesoil3133 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Let's Save Soil🌿🌍🌎🌏

@somerandomfella Жыл бұрын

So the answer is stop spraying chemicals? Who would have thought?

@thesilentone4024 Жыл бұрын

I moved to Idaho for 8 months i was across the street from a farm. And wow the amount of water and pesticides used is insane. My brand new paint job on my truck looked great for a bit ya now 8 months later my paint in spots are gone eaten away by the pesticides. My I just say alfalfa isn't needed that bad corn and potatoes arnt needed that bad for God sakes grow native plants like not hard. Oh ya none native worms are taking over the land we do have a native worm here but its critically endangered how why invasive worms native birds some are going endangered how worms eating all the leafs and ground nests so birds have nothing to use to make a home.

@hhwippedcream Жыл бұрын

Excellent reporting. Thank you so much for covering!

@hhwippedcream Жыл бұрын

Korean natural farming, add a bit more science and resources to the development of Korean natural farming.

@hhwippedcream Жыл бұрын

This deals in the most robust soil ecological assemblages

@danjones5714 Жыл бұрын

We need more local small farms with a high diversity of plants, animals, and microbes.

@thecanoehead Жыл бұрын

Start spraying with a compost tea and they will return to surface. Instead of spraying with round up.

@dimarko820 Жыл бұрын

Natural farming the way Fukuoka approach is the way for all humanity..

@savesoil3133 Жыл бұрын

Have you heard of the Save Soil movement before? It might interest you too 🌿🌍🌎🌏🌿

@shaunaburton7136 Жыл бұрын

We need to care more about the soil

@oryxnauwelaers7887 Жыл бұрын

This video sometimes makes it sound like fungi are bacteria, but they’re not. The reality about soil is that it can’t simply be divided into building blocs, it has to be seen as a vast majority of ecosystems that can’t be rushed to try and fix soil degradation. Bio-engineering might be capable of making super bacteria or fungi but can be dangerous by throwing off the balance. We simply destroyed balance which has been there for thousands of years and once you break the chains holding the balance it is nearly impossible to recreate it.

@jumper4ever937 Жыл бұрын

rotational grazing of animals will help

@Good4All4Good 2 ай бұрын

Bayer is the last company we need to research and manage a Big Agriculture solution. Large commercial farm monopolies need to be broken up, and the land back returned to the small farmers. Soil restoration methods already exist, so no "new" treatments (that most likely will involve corporations taking ownership of microbes) need to be employed.

@tanakakokilovad1594 Жыл бұрын

Planting lots of trees will create fertile soil and microbes🌱 Planting trees 🌱🌳 . Save soil 🌱🌱🌱🌍🌱🌱🌱🌎🌱🌱🌱🌏🌱🌱🌱🌳🌳🌳

@vallabhk7139 Жыл бұрын

India already working on becoming organic farming country. Most of the bacteria culture fertilizers are being used.

@goncalomarcelino9355 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@saadasoccer Жыл бұрын

Its amazing how we have to go backwards before we go forward....

@youmeandeveryone5893 Жыл бұрын

We need to understand how delicate and useful these microbes are.

@vovalos Жыл бұрын

you fun fact seems really odd. I play volleyball on a Toronto beach, the soil... well it's pure sand. A few years in a row part of the beach was flooded, and now there's grass & young trees growing there. Maybe it's not a lot of topsoil, but there's definitely topsoil there, all in a matter of 3-4 years, so your 1000 year estimate seems waaaaaay off

@fenrirgg 2 ай бұрын

The flood got soil from somewhere else and deposited it on the beach. Like the Nile used to do.

@arfaabbas Жыл бұрын

beAuTiFuL

@briandempsey5749 Жыл бұрын

Once you have heard "These are some of the only things on Earth that can do this" you know how low quality the film is - if the person had said "these are one of the few things" that would be vague but at least not meaningless.

@Jan-Boer Жыл бұрын

All very one-sided. There is a lot of agricultural land that has a very nice top layer due to the way of farming and is barren deeper due to a lack of organic matter. Exactly opposite as in the report. Everyone suddenly has sense and judgment about the soil. You can count on the farmers to take good care of the soil because otherwise they will not get any yield. The fact that things are going less well here and there is also the result that people want a lot of food for very little money and that agriculture has to deliver top production.

@caspians582 Жыл бұрын

You nailed it with “organic” matter. Synthetic fertilisers and tillage degrade organics, if you’re not adding the carbon back you’re going to end up with dead dirt

@billiebruv Жыл бұрын

Modern farming is just hydroponics

@ericolens3 Жыл бұрын

Im not gonna quote the bible but i do recall a part in the old testament of leaving the land fallow. I know its not a money making idea. But crop rotating and leaving the land fallow can allow it to recharge the soil. Especially since silt flooding isn't something thats as commonplace as the olden days.

@ericolens3 Жыл бұрын

Its exodus 23:10-11 And while I will not take the theological perspective due to not practicing jewish law. (Im Christian so the text applies, but i dont farm so... there's that. ) I digress, the economic impact might be inconvenient but the environmental impact will be better for the water table and less pesticides in the air/ground/water. I cant say for sure if its a fully viable option. But a reduction in crop output on the land would help the land recover.

@kelliott7864 Жыл бұрын

"It takes a thousand years to create a few centimeters of topsoil." That's misleading because topsoil is created very quickly under trees and shrubs.

@Noukz37 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised how you didn't talk about permaculture at all. 😕

@DWPlanetA Жыл бұрын

Great point Noukz. But you can watch more on permaculture in the following Planet A video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f5aihLGKst3elo0.html 🌍 It is also the featured video on the end screen after you've watching 🙂

@tejasam1 Жыл бұрын

Unconditional right to stop our own life whenever we want for all adults, my body my choice.

@phyarth8082 Жыл бұрын

The black gold of Ukraine and the most fertile soils in the world. And fertilizers for soil now are soldiers.

@isha.studio Жыл бұрын

Save Soi. 👣 Jai Sadhguru 🙏

@rian4104 Жыл бұрын

The reality is if the world goes organic today, there will be food shortage everywhere and the price will be skyrocketing. Until scientist find a way to farm organically on a large scale without rising the cost and achieve at least the same amount of productivity, we will have no choice but stuck with conventional farming. Farmer is not stupid, if going organic is profitable they would have done it long time ago. Going organic on large scale farm means more work and more cost. If other conventional farmer can produce with much lower price, where will organic farmer sell their much expensive produce?

@acerbicatheist2893 Жыл бұрын

🦠🦠🦠❗ Best emoji ever! But as a microbiologist I'm a little bit biased! Microbes! Running the planet 🌎 for 3.75 billion years at least! 🦠🦠🦠❗🥰👍❤️❗

@pprehn5268 Жыл бұрын

It's not the devil that's in the details, it the mother. 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾

@manuelpopp1687 Жыл бұрын

Most importantly: Stop any conversion of natural landscapes into agricultural or urban areas. Everything else is rather insignificant. If Bayer tells you they have some microbes you can spray on your field, this might be great for the farmer (at least it is great for Bayer, because they make money). It doesn't help the climate or anybody else, though. If anything, the farmer will harvest larger tomatoes. For the environment, soils should never ever be disturbed in the first place. To claim soils could be restored and to offer some products that supposedly restore microbial communities is nothing but green washing. The soils that are most important to protect and that are most important for climate change are those which have not been ploughed within the last centuries. It's like when you say "save the bees". You're not talking about domestic honey bees. Reviving agricultural soils is nice when it comes to producing food but that's not to be confused with protecting or restoring natural ecosystems.

@soldiernomore3843 10 ай бұрын

Multiple plant cover crops should be a start. Not having bare soil exposed to sunlight. Why are they infusing the seeds when the seeds have microorganisms in them. Go back to saving seeds that have imprinted with the native soils.

@nesseihtgnay9419 Жыл бұрын

WHAT? THEY LIVE IN ME!!!!!!!! OMG I GOT TO RIP OUT MY GUTS THATS DISGUSTING

@rajendratayya8400 Жыл бұрын

Feeding is for work. Breeding is for life. We are worrying about the former and lax with the later.

@aniruddha6688 Жыл бұрын

#Savesoil

@DoozyyTV Жыл бұрын

So many problems we need to solve in such a short time, can we do it? Find out on the next Dragon Ball Z.

@1Corinthians151-4 Жыл бұрын

complain about it. but there is absolutely no help for the farmer, how do i know this? because i am one, and NO one wants to help us, just complain about it more.

@tonykerr3208 Жыл бұрын

All awesome, but fungi are hardly microbes and fungi is the main factor here. Yes, bacteria also play their part. Calling fungi microbes is like calling a tractor an auto.

@billiebruv Жыл бұрын

They are microbes, because they are microscopic biology

@christopherellis2663 Жыл бұрын

Da, chuck agriculture and maintain pastoralism, totally no till, and no pollution from herbicides, insecticides or antibiotics, and no nitrogen pollution. Uses less water. No carbohydrate-sugar ingestion. 🧂🍳🥓🥩🧀🚫🦄💩🚫