My long journey towards weed and pest management are both centered on Brix testing. Bad bugs, aka the ones who feed on plant material, hate high sugar content. I survived 2 separate army worm attacks without using any input with minor damage around the corners of the field, while neighboring ground had been pounding expensive inputs, fighting for their lives, and the results were not good. Weed management with grazing also does wonders. I know I’m going in really late so I can graze cover crops, and shortening RM’s, but identifying those problem areas and putting 500-750, even a million pounds per acre on those areas stomps it down, and the beneficial cover crops will over take it. The manure also pits that p and k, as well as N out there, and the trampled carbon mixes in. But, despite how well we think we have it down, there is still plenty of punting when you’re not doing prescriptive, industrial farming. I’ve never had a year where I didn’t end up throwing in a buckwheat crop somewhere just to produce something. That can work just the opposite. In years past, I’ve never done well with winter cereals when I had a moist spring, but this year it never quit raining, and I broke every record. I have a commercial soft red that did a solid 200 bushels, and it was grown and certified organic. I have a lot of money in that crop, it’s interplanted with a yellow pea every 4th row and it’s on 5 inch spacing, it’s expensive seed and ultra high population. The stars just aligned, purely by luck.

I have noticed when I put blood & bone and garden lime in my raised beds like potatoes etc, I don't get any weeds. When I don't have any lime in with my onions, I have a lot of weeds.

I am a brand new farmer, and just ran across your channel. You are an angel in disguise! Thank you, I am getting a wonderful start in this field (no pun intended), through your teaching. Thank you!

I'm learning knf, and this made my brain click a few times. Thanks

12:53 high ph is a deficiency of hydrogen which is a deficiency of carbon

Whether something is a weed or a food crop seems pretty subjective. Some people grow amaranth for food, but it's a weed in my garden. Some people think lamb's quarters is a weed, but we grow it for food.

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Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

16:50 I almost made it. Now my head hurts and I’m falling asleep. Great info. I’ll have to rewatch another time.

Thank you so much for your work! The information is invaluable.

That was excellent! Thank you!

Never heard of using a refractometer in this way. It's used to measure gravity, or body, or solids so using it this way may detect sugar percentages but if you're testing water for your salt water fish tank those solids would be salt. I'm only growing in my back yard. I like the idea of cutting the weeds instead of pulling them. Root penetration is beneficial for soil building as well so by leaving the root it tact it continues to wiggle down while the cut pieces are used as mulch and worm food. My soil is compacted and full of clay but it's improving. It also helps to drive a pick into the top layer of stubbornly compacted areas as well. Not picking and shoveling just making cracks so water can get in and growth can come out.I don't want to use chemicals or amend the soil if I don't have to because I eat what I grow and amending the soil requires a targeted yet balanced approach which can take some breaking up of the soil. Necessary for a farmer dealing with acres but maybe not for my tiny plot. I look forward to experimenting with my refractometer in this way.

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Superb explanation as always to goad people into soil and life friendly food production.

You said that foxtail barley is looking to extract salt. This may be true, but I made an observation that says it also is in soil lacking air. I have pictures showing a field I took over and how I got rid of foxtail barley with tillage.

How many litres of poison have we sprayed on ourselves in stupidity? I never believed the 'weed' problem because poison is no solution, that is lazy and ignorant (ignorance is the root of evil). Thank you for sharing, much appreciated.

Do a video on what is carbon !!!

Good work, very educative video.

Great video!!!

Have weeds talk book. Recommend! Also recommend NL&G's Aerify Plus and Natures Magic. Carbon 1 product is reel good too.

Very interesting perspective. I suppose bonemeal would help most soils a lot, especially in the top 2 inches.

Does it apply so bedstraw as my region start to be invaded by them

Tried this. It doesnt eliminate weeding but completely changes the weeds you have. Purslane is the problem now.

Killer vid. Thanks!

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One way to control weeds is by inhibiting germination. This can be achieved organically by ruducing the N in the top inch or so of soil. You can ad charcoal to the surface or wood chips but be careful not to mix it into the soil or it will suck N from deeper in the soil. Now if you were to apply the charcoal on the surface and then the water everything was miracle grow for example it may not work. You want to have enough N in the soil before you apply the charcoal

I don’t think I ever saw a field where the weeds and crop was 2-3 Brix. There is a state where they are both equal (7-8 Brix). If the crop goes up, the weeds go down and visa versa.

Hi sir is there a way to check compaction without that piece of equipment

Now that you touched on this, how do we approach getting a higher brix?

When you said pigweed means lack of available P, yep and yep. My soil is high pH, and loaded with Ca. But the high pH means that I struggle with P. Still looking for the optimal formula for growing giant pumpkins.

Interesting... wishing i knew more about this... looking for ways to prove on small, scale before having to go full scale.

Play at 1.5x to make this watchable.

I have been doing holes in my garden couple of years now without understanding this stuff! About 2 feet wide and 2.5 feet deep at the bottom I'll put meat scraps or bone and rotten wood than all the weeds i can find and if its a nice clump of weeds i take roots and dirt! Tree leaves from the ground or one that is green from tree😮 causing shade! I tamp it down t'ill 4 or 5 inches from the top!i than cover with the dug up dirt and plant my seed or plant ! At the end of the season that soil profile is totally diffrent

What about adding the sugar in the form of dried molasses?

Can i use any other calcium product than your product i live in sweden on a small farm and i cant get your oriducts here

Wow, several doors gets opened.....great

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So I should be using granulated sugar instead of preen to keep my weeds away.? 😆 In all seriousness I'm about to buy one of those.

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8:27 when weeds talk. Prob wondering now what kind of fruitloop..😂

A walking book, but far more targeted information!

I wish they sold this for a General Public

show some proof of a soil without weeds using your methods please.

Dumb

This is pure crap. For anybody who wants to learn how to grow things DON'T take his advise.

You are talking 🤬 out your as. You have no idea what you are talking about. Farming on any scale requires a cultivation program regardless of the 5 elements you mentioned. Good soil will help prevent some weeds, but the story you tell is pure fiction.

Glen just wanted to thank you i was no till for a long time ,⁴your video Changed my mind! Thank you now i understand better!