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….

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.

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.

looking forward to another AEA podcast! Thank you!

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

Great presentation! Thanks!

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 ??

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.

Thanks John

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

Awesome!

I just placed an order, time for another.

How about adding rejuvenate as a charging addition for Biochar?

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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!

How do you feed bacteria differently from fungi? Thanks!

Why worms crumble in themselves like the bottom right pictured?

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

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?

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How can I order Spectrum to Serbia?

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