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What is "charged" biochar?

Thanks for you excellent info. Most useful.

Biochar was used in the Amazon by ancient meso-Americans on poor sandy erosion soils. Please stop burning trees down if you don't need too.

Hmmm. I use it for the micronuts which I did not hear mentioned. BooooooRoN.

humic alone seems to do a good job

Great video and channel! I have a PH of between 8.1 and 8.5 depending on where I test. I brought various different fill dirt in during construction and didn’t realize the PH was so high…my bad…. Regardless do you think I am wasting my time by using all three things, elemental sulfur, Ammonia sulfate and Citric acid? I only have trees and wildflowers/weeds as a cover crop. The trees are mainly Aspens mixed with Colorado blue spruce. Some of the trees seem to be doing just fine but many of the Aspens, which did fine the first year are progressively becoming more and more chlorotic . For several years now I have been dumping on Ironite , in heavy doses and the problem is just getting worse. I don’t believe I am over watering and I am left not having a good idea where to go. I haven’t gotten soil tests results back yet and currently only know about the PH and that’s it. Lastly , some of the Aspens actually appear to have some large sections of the tree which are nice and green and s the rest of the tree is yellow. Appears to be no apparent pattern from one place in the area to another area just 10 feet away. I am at quite lost on what the culprit might be given the first two years it wasn’t that noticeable but has gotten worse. Oh, fyi I haven’t tested the water I use but clearly I need to do that asap. And no, I forgot exactly what the ratios were of fertlizer I have used till this year when I decided that something was seriously off and going south. Most of three trees were planted from 2015-2018. Any suggestions you may have WOULD BE SO APPRECIATED! Thanks so much, cheers

It seems to be next to impossible to find a simple answer to the question, "what is an easy way to give nitrogen to my plants?". Just cannot find an easy answer.

We have a site the city has for us to leave bagged lawn clippings and leaves which they turn into compost and tree limbs into mulch to be used for free.

Why not do this in the outside environment instead of inside so you can get the natural environment obstacles

Good info. Minor correction I see on lawnTube constantly. Thatch is a layer of roots, rhizomes, and stolons integrated with the soil in spreading turf. Thatch is not decomposing grass clippings and other debris. These are simply lawn debris, not thatch. Even when the pieces are too big from mowing too infrequently they are debris and not thatch. Spreading turf causes thatch. Bunching turfs do not.

Where's the Fox Farm? Where's the Espoma? Kellogg is the absolute WORST and miracle grow is okay for house plants. Food grown in it tastes weird.

4 pound per thousands square feet ??

What about any effect on weeds? Let say you have a more than desirable number of weeds, say oxalis, in part of your lawn; would mulching possibly keep seeds in the lawn and distribute them whereas bagging and getting rid of it might help ?

I have a Honda mower with the Twin-Cut blades. I cut my lawn once a week in the “mulch” setting. My old mower had a normal blade and I had to bag it but the blades on the Honda dice the mulch up nice so I leave it on the lawn. Awesome mowers! My Honda also bags nicely when the grass is wet… when I do bag.

Mid spring, my grass grows like crazy, have to mow it every 3 days. To slow it down, I’ll bag it once or twice in a row to take away some nitrogen.

Whenever I transplant in my garden beds it 's almost like digging in a worm bin. Every scoop I feel like I'm killing worms. Can I assume I don't need to concern myself with adding worm castings? And does this mean my soil is nutrient healthy?

Ahoi from Germany 🇩🇪 How about Mycorrhizae in RDWC? I understand it can not really grow in the oxygenated water ( bubble stone). But it survives in water, right!? Does it do any good just floating in the water? I understand it does not, am I right? It should be able to grow in my 6" netpot, but is that enough? I ad Mycorrhizae after every water change. Thx 4 your great content 👍👍

What is P&W? Informative and interesting, thank you. We bag and use clippings as mulch in gardens and low areas.

Good info. The muzak at the end is annoying.

I know it sounds strange, but could you test Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF)? It is supposed to be very pure urea with purified water. It's effectiveness and if there is anything else in there except urea.

Great videos by the way.

Any suggestions for lowering pH for say blueberries or other acid loving plants? Sulfur and Aluminum Sulfate are two of the most common I see. There are other's you recommend? I know this one is generally aimed around balancing vs grass or a more traditional "neutral" pH crop but would going lower change the recommendation?

I’ve always owned a property that was inundated with weeds, so I always bagged. Just this last week I mulched for the first time because I’m paying a chemical guy to treat my property that just got my irrigation system installed. I’m ecstatic with the results and can’t wait to see it improved more and more. We’re in Oklahoma with mostly Bermuda and some Fescue under trees.

"Mole-ching" 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Great video

Didn’t find out now! Video eneded

Great video to learn the WHY of what is largely becoming incorrect advice. I think the first disclaimer is that *MOST* people aren't going to mow 2-3 times a week. You're *lucky* to get your once a week done. The second (which was talked about) is that it's going to vary widely by area. I live in Florida, and for easily 5-6 months of the year, the grass will grow an inch or more in just 3 days. For a typical home owner who's only going to mow once a week, there are **ZERO** situations in which it makes sense to mulch. You are *ALWAYS* going to have a tremendous amount of growth where mulching is just going to lead to accumulation. I learned this intuitively during my first years of home ownership, this video was great at explaining the science behind it. Even using the lesson from this video: have none of you ever raked leaves before? Sure, those nutrients may have been returned to the soil, but you're still left with the dried remains of that leaf. It still has to get removed. Same with the grass. I'd say for 85% or more people, bagging is the way to go. I have better things to do with my free time than be mowing my yard 3 days a week! lol

At 7:05 why is there a guy cutting the mulched side with the bag?

i love videos like this.

For years youtubers have been detailing their abysmal results using Kellogg, not realizing that the fertilizer is seriously lacking in those OMRI listed products. I wouldn't pay more than $3 per bag for any of them.

Thank you for this I always wonder which one to pick

Your channel is my go to channel for soil education. That said, I have a question about the Miracle Gro products. I've noticed that depending on which state you live in, the ingredients vary greatly. Will my results vary? (I'm in California.)

The regular Miracle grow has added synthetic Nitrogen, kinda cheating.

Hello there, just found this channel a couple of weeks ago. Tests backed by science...perfect!

I came here to learn if there is a quick way to raise pH for my blueberry plants. After multiple tests, I believe I lowered my soil pH too much. My plants are quickly dying. Do you have any suggestions?

Frun Jai

It would be great to see a study of how effective different organic / synthetic fertilizers are at adding nitrogen to depleted desert soils when temperatures regularly exceed 100 degrees F. Bacterial populations in these soils have to contend with limited water supply and very high temps. Do organic fertilizers still provide an effective stream of nitrogen to plants in these conditions?

I started mulching this year a month into my grass started turning yellow from the root up . I have so many mushrooms now . I water once or twice a week depending. In twenty minute intervals on each section of lawn. No grass looks so bad now from mulching I’ll never do that again.. it ruined my lawn.

Is this advice relevant to all types of grass? Seems like I have to bag my zoysia all the time during active growing season. Otherwise I would have to cut it every other day.

You should have done a 4th. Fertiliser only

This is awesome. I wish more people did experiments like this. Thank you. 🙏🏽

I bag because I keep my grass 4 inches high and I only mow once a week. Thanks for sharing.

Always bag. Looks 10x better. Can wait longer in between.

Eventually I will be bagging and hot composting my clippings and leaves. I just moved and want to do a refresh of everything because I don’t know what did or did not get sprayed on my soil.

I bag my backyard and used to do the front. Mainly because I didn't want to spread the weeds around my yard anymore than they are. Front is mostly clear of weeds so I stopped bagging the front.

I bet he's a "fun-ji" at parties...

@SoiLab What about Ammonium Nitrate for color comparison? It's not too difficult to find in liquid form. Might be put on a terrorist watchlist though 😉.

Why was the foliar iron watered in immediately instead of letting it soak in on the leaf blades like it's meant to?

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