That's awesome! Was it more entertaining than reading about it? Did you learn something from it? Jim

Urban Self Sufficiency yes i did me and my class all did it in groups I’ll look on Friday what our % was in my group

@@driftyz-_-1333 Oh cool. Will you let me know what the results are?

Urban Self Sufficiency yes next Friday

@@driftyz-_-1333 Cool cool. Also, where in the world is your school?

Thanks lee lee! That's so nice of you to say. I'm glad you liked it.

Thank you for the amazing feedback!

Thank you.

R u Horticulture teacher

This makes me so happy! Thanks for sharing... I needed that today :)

Thank you very much for the kind words. I'm glad you liked it. Jim.

Awesome. Will you let me know how it goes?

@@UrbanSelfSufficiency Your test is so simple that even though it is 06:12 here in the UK, I sprang/sprung/leapt to my feet in dynamic action and there are now three 50% filled different compost types bars sitting on my kitchen sink window, awaiting the glory of the new day, and tempting the crawlies to emerge. I may extend my bug test to two weeks in a second run, but 7 Days should be enough for most pests, I think. (To be checked !) After then I will add the distilled/filtered water and will also do PH and PPM tests. Any ideas on measuring Toxicity ? I have just done three Compost Microwaving 1 gallon samples today in a 10 Minute thrash other thrips blast Sterilisation experiment. (The three jars done tonight is the 'as it comes' varieties.) A little bit of reading suggests too high, (or long ?), a heat might induce toxicity, as well as killing off 'GOOD' Microbes. (To be investigated.) Note to self; Must get myself a Sciency type Lab Coat and seven pens. . I DO love Science. .

Hi Dave, yep, I think you're right... Way back, when I tested this soil, I was genuinely surprised how bad the soil condition was, considering how much organic matter I'd mixed through it over the years beforehand. So, there's probably a lot of wisdom in your comment that I'd not considered when I made this video.

I'll look into it, sure.

@@UrbanSelfSufficiency legend!

Thanks Elyse. It'll get there . . . I'm a patient man. I appreciate the nice comments.

I agree

Your comment convinced me to sub. ty

Rob S my comment?

Firstly, thank you! As for the soil dryness... No, can be wet.

No, but if I do, I will make a video on it... might be a great part II

Thanks!

+Mike Hurd Thanks Mike.

Awesome.

Thanks Glyn!

Hey Sal, thanks for watching. I basically used a crap load of crap... Cow manure. And mushroom compost and some new soil from the garden centre as well. But mainly, I just kept adding composted manure until it was better.

Thank you for the information.

I'm unsure. Perhaps leave it to settle for 24 hours and see if things change.

@@UrbanSelfSufficiency Thanks for the reply! Sadly, I left it for more than that to see if it needed more time, and it didn't work. I also tried to reshake it, but still nothing. I just think that my soil samples just had a lot of mud making it hard to see the others. Thank you for the reply!

Yes you would. I test soil for a living, the fine fractions (passing 75um) hadn't settled yet.

Larger circumference won't change anything; use the same method 😁 I let mine settle for a number of hours, but if you want the most accurate results, let it sit for more than 24 hours.

i read somewhere you can measure overall depth, shake, take immediate measurement for sand, wait 5 minutes take measure of silt, then subtract those from the overall depth for clay. but, my sample settled to its overall height in like half an hour. 33% clay 66%sand and like no silt.

Technically yes, but finding the right sieves with a varying degree of sizes suitable for separating the three main components might be difficult... Certainly more than visually inspecting in a settles jar of material.

Urban Self Sufficiency that’s what I thought, thank you so much!

Silt size is 4 - 62 microns. So yes, you should be able to use nested sieves - everything caught by the 62 micron sieve would be sand, everything caught in the 4 micron sieve would be silt and the rest would be clay. Finding a 4 micron sieve may be hard, but should be possible.

Round up is absolute trash. It's made by a company called Monsanto. They are an evil company who want to destroy all natural crops so the world is left with their genetically modified products. What happened to the World Trade Center on 9-11 should also happen to Monsanto with every staff member inside the building.

+cradleofalex Probably, although, looking at them in real life, rather than on a screen, it was easier to see. I also had the advantage of being able to view the photo in high resolution and blow it up in size to see the changes in soil composition as a reference when I was creating the lines on the screen for the video in my editing software. If you could test better quality soil, you'd be able to see the difference a lot better too, as there would be more of each layer to see. I might do a follow up video to show this. Perhaps I might try to get a few different types of did to show more of the differences. You've given me a good idea! Thanks for the feedback.

Urban Self Sufficiency I've read that sand settles in 60 seconds, silt in 30 minutes and clay 24 or more hours. So if you mark off the horizons in 60 seconds, 30 minutes and then a day later you wouldn't have to try and guess where the sand layer ends and silt begins. Been researching how test soil for silt clay and sand content for making carb. Hope this info is useful.

+Singye Dorji Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the tip! Jim.

Singye Dorji I just took a soil science course and those are very similar to what we used, 88 seconds for sand, 4 hours for silt and then I think 15-18 hours for clay.

@Rubayat The answer is included at 4:17.

Typically, there should be about 3 main layers to any soil type. Maybe a 4th if you consider debris as a 4th. I'm from Australia. I really want to visit India one day... You're such lovely people!!!

Sure, give it a try.

Wow! Really? That's great! Thank you for letting me know. That's really rewarding to know.

me too!! my boys are loving it!

@@allendaily2140 I'm so humbled to learn of this. Thank you.

I am too! I think it’s great basic lnformation.

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Yes! These figures mean nothing to me, if I don't know what the soil should be

G'Day MC. Here's what one of my viewers said about the times (it's very interesting) "Singye Dorji said... I've read that sand settles in 60 seconds, silt in 30 minutes and clay 24 or more hours. So if you mark off the horizons in 60 seconds, 30 minutes and then a day later you wouldn't have to try and guess where the sand layer ends and silt begins. Been researching how to test soil for silt clay and sand content for making carb." I let mine settle for about 4 hours or so... I hope this helps. Thanks for watching. Jim

Great it was nice video and good ideas thanks for sharing all of those info

Hey Ryan, thanks for watching. I basically used a crap load of crap... Cow manure. And mushroom compost and some new soil from the garden centre as well. But mainly, I just kept adding composted manure until it was better.

@@UrbanSelfSufficiency Just to be clear doing this will not add any clay to your soil, just organic matter.

Here's a good one on loam, whether sandy, or silty kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b9Z_fZemu7CboaM.html

Really? I've not heard of that before. Thank you!!!

@@UrbanSelfSufficiency I managed engineering soils labs for like 6 years. Their objectives are different than say a horticultural/scientists soils lab, wherein we were only interested in physical characteristics such as particle size distribution (like what your video is about), density, compressive strength, and organic content. Another thing you can do is take a baked sample, document its natural and baked weights, then cook it much higher at 800°F/425°C (which is not so easy to do at home): everything cooked off at the higher temperature is organic matter. Then from there you can compute the percentage of organic content in the sample.

Good tip. Thank you 😊

Open Google word document. Click "Tools", then click "Voice Typing". Play the video and allow the audio to be picked up by your microphone and Google will transcribe into text. Done. 😁

A lot of cow manure and mushroom compost.

The sand will settle first, then the silt, then the clay last.

Yes, this is for gardening purposes. For building purposes, I suppose people should probably speak with a qualified geotechnical engineer.

I appreciate the feedback. I hope you learnt something from it, at least :) (Other than, I have a monotone voice hahaha).

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