Hi Vasili, I work on a vineyard in WA and we use large amounts of kelp, microbes and various trace elements in foliar application. We used fish emulsions for a bit but they had a tendency to gum up the sprayer although they did work well. Stopped using synthetics a few years ago and they did that to improve flavour profiles, which equates to higher mineral content, basically higher nutrient density in the fruit. Disease is down, plant vigour is better and now there are mushrooms everywhere in the vineyard where 10 years ago there were apparently none. Even the neighbour who runs his sheep into the vineyard over the winter commented how well the sheep put on condition when they are grazed in the vineyard. It used to be that the organic ferts were far more expensive than synthetics but over the last 3-4 years the massive price rises of synthetic ferts has narrowed the gap considerably, now organics are only about 25-30% higher cost but because of the quality increase, profit is higher.
Everything you are saying is 💯 correct. What I’m asking you to do, is start selling more bulk products for people like myself who lives far away and cannot access your shops frequently. Buying in small quantities works out too expensive for families trying to live off the land. Please look into bulking your products 👍
I live in mallacoota. I ordered enough on line to warrant a trip to dandenong north to pick the order up in my ute last weekend. I could have bought lots more if l had room to carry it home. No other way to get it home it bulk. A distribution point in say bairnsdale or orbost and I’d be visiting a lot more often than this once off trip. I agree with everything vasili sayes in this show. Robert Mallacoota
I love listening to another like-minded person. Well said!!!! 👏👏👏 There's nothing better than having the ability to think and to question what is happening🙏
Brilliant. First thing I did twenty five years ago when I bought my place was spread several tons of horse manure everywhere. Ever since I've been building it up and growing vegetables and fruit trees, so at 80 I am in perfect health. Everything you say is correct and as a result you will inspire people and save lives. Well done.
Well said mate; that is the main reason why I grow my own veggies as much as possible including Shephard's Avocados. Even the birds and the bees love my garden beds so I must be doing something right. :)
Even weeds in the garden is great, roots in the soil keep it alive. Over seeding with clovers, Alfa, and many other companion plants like marigolds, nasturtium, peas and mixed beans, for insect repellent or attractant and for nitrogen fixation. Happy gardening.
Believe it or not those clovers saved me against white moth this/last year , I’d leave a few strategically around the garden and instead of attacking anything else they’d suck the nectar out the flower, so it does have purpose se..I hate those things though went away one year my dad got plants from one of his friends I was proud my yard had no clovers, from the year on you know how the story ends 🤦♂.
@@HardCandy-fd4vz also clover is edible and it has medicinal value, it is also a nitrogen fixer for the soil. When it's growing it pull nitrogen from the air and stores it in its roots and leaves, then when you chop and drop it adds the nitrogen back to the soil and is a great green mulch. Happy gardening. 💚🌴🌏🙏
It's more permaculture than organic, that he is talking about. If you are growing in a pot with organic fertiliser, it's still an artificial situation, and in a natural situation the produce will be better.
@@brucejensen3081 I think growing direct in the soil and not raised beds or pots is the ideal method to grow plants but many people cannot do this especially those with no or tiny back yards. I think his main message is clear, stay away from synthetic fertilisers and try to replicate nature as much as possible.
Outstanding video Vasili and love where you're going here about products we should and should not use in our home soil. Me being a novice, it would be great if you could do a video or a list of products/elements that are out there that we can use and those that are out there we should not use. You do not need to name any brand names but simply point out the elements in products that contain those elements that are suitable to use and those that are not. l find reading the contents of certain products confusing at times and think that some of it is just marketing trash but l'm not really sure. Cheers
Well said and TOTALLY AGREE WITH ALL and yes I have ordered more of your Superfood with black grit. In the last 3yrs my plants, vegies and fruit trees respond amazingly. Where I live the soil is sandy, rocky but my gardens and most importantly my vegies are productive....👍and sharing with friends who I have gifted black grit as well with good responses as their soil is poor. Tfs ❤️ and yes I tried and will never use anything else.
I get cow poo from a dairy chook poo from my girls and I make my own compost autumn leaves, food scraps, ash fro fire place, wood shavings all go in. Also I heap my paths with leaf mulch and saw dust etc. this helps to keep the weeds down but also as it breaks down the nutrients leach isn’t the soil next to the beds and add to the overall diverse bacterial life of my backyard. I also have magpies and black birds as pest control agents😊
100% facts Vasili. Ive even noticed over the years with one of my lemon trees using certain products.yeh ok got a little bit of fruit each year then after watching you with your products and talking about them i goton board and next minute got 20 lemons compared to the 3-8 lemons each time using all sorts of products. 100% you are right with the payments to the farmers,youve touched on it before 40 years ago birds following the tractors now its just the clouds following the tractors
I think the issue is that commercial farming overuses the 'synthetic' fertilizers and have worked out what compositions work to make the biggest and most durable fruit or veggies. Sacrifice to this is primarily flavor and micronutrients. I've tried growing some of the store supplied veggies (particularly tomatoes) and they grow true-to-type, however they are no where near as large or tasteless as what you buy from the supermarket. You do need some fertilizer to 'add on' to your soil (depending on your soil), however whet really helps is loads of compost and mulching. Its an expensive exercise, however well worth it when you see the 'fruits' of your labour.
Where to get manure? The farms too many weeds,salt…And I don’t want to buy a pre packaged factory manure, look at Bunnings sheep manure 😂🤣 it’s got rock, bark and all and it’s labelled Manure…I’m with you brother I grow for health ,earnt so much respect with this presentation totally agree with your main points about we are what we eat..And when you say N.P.K we’d be lucky to get any P in the fertilisers only option is to buy hydroponic nutrients but then we’re poisoning ourselves…I’ll stick to your products…Farmers are for profit not for our health but not all are the same…
A good natural and free source of minerals is Autumn leaves. Collect them while you still can! I slash them up and add to the compost pile or let them turn into leaf mold and use as a mulch. Cheers!
Our federal government with state governments must put their heads together and come up with solutions to help farmers to grow better nutritional crops
Iodine is missing, too, unless seasol or something similar is used on plants for the kitchen or fed to your chickens. This is more important now that Australian milk no longer contains iodine. It may not be widely known but Australian dairy farmers no longer use iodine to clean their milking equipment.
I dont know how livestock farmers will even be around to have that issue,considering it was recently announced that as of 2030,farmers in Australia will have to pay $145 per cow,per year, in tax for their emissions.can you believe it ? A tax for sh###ing .the craziness keeps coming...
Minerals are there in the ground, it's the availability, that is the issue. Air is like two thirds nitrogen and it cycles from the air into life. If you are composting waste, you really don't need to add anything. Maybe you can get a soil test done and see if your area is lacking in something, and bring in something natural that is high in that element to amend the situation. What worries me, is the billion tonnes of carbon being depleted from soils every year around the world. Farmers have realised no till or no burn can reverse that, but then spray herbicide to clear the vegetation, and in the end, the impact of carbon being depleted from soil is reduced, but still is happening.
Hi Vasili,
I work on a vineyard in WA and we use large amounts of kelp, microbes and various trace elements in foliar application. We used fish emulsions for a bit but they had a tendency to gum up the sprayer although they did work well. Stopped using synthetics a few years ago and they did that to improve flavour profiles, which equates to higher mineral content, basically higher nutrient density in the fruit. Disease is down, plant vigour is better and now there are mushrooms everywhere in the vineyard where 10 years ago there were apparently none.
Even the neighbour who runs his sheep into the vineyard over the winter commented how well the sheep put on condition when they are grazed in the vineyard.
It used to be that the organic ferts were far more expensive than synthetics but over the last 3-4 years the massive price rises of synthetic ferts has narrowed the gap considerably, now organics are only about 25-30% higher cost but because of the quality increase, profit is higher.
What vineyard? Would love to purchase some wine
This topic needs to be talked about more often!
Everything you are saying is 💯 correct. What I’m asking you to do, is start selling more bulk products for people like myself who lives far away and cannot access your shops frequently. Buying in small quantities works out too expensive for families trying to live off the land. Please look into bulking your products 👍
I live in mallacoota. I ordered enough on line to warrant a trip to dandenong north to pick the order up in my ute last weekend. I could have bought lots more if l had room to carry it home. No other way to get it home it bulk. A distribution point in say bairnsdale or orbost and I’d be visiting a lot more often than this once off trip. I agree with everything vasili sayes in this show.
Robert
Mallacoota
There's a you tube channel called Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy. The way she gardens is inspiring. Happy growing.
I love listening to another like-minded person. Well said!!!! 👏👏👏
There's nothing better than having the ability to think and to question what is happening🙏
Probably one of the most important videos you have posted. Well done and great information in an unbiased manner
Spot on. Good food is the best medicine
Brilliant.
First thing I did twenty five years ago when I bought my place was spread several tons of horse manure everywhere.
Ever since I've been building it up and growing vegetables and fruit trees, so at 80 I am in perfect health.
Everything you say is correct and as a result you will inspire people and save lives.
Well done.
Are you vaccinated?
Well said mate; that is the main reason why I grow my own veggies as much as possible including Shephard's Avocados. Even the birds and the bees love my garden beds so I must be doing something right. :)
Even weeds in the garden is great, roots in the soil keep it alive. Over seeding with clovers, Alfa, and many other companion plants like marigolds, nasturtium, peas and mixed beans, for insect repellent or attractant and for nitrogen fixation. Happy gardening.
Believe it or not those clovers saved me against white moth this/last year , I’d leave a few strategically around the garden and instead of attacking anything else they’d suck the nectar out the flower, so it does have purpose se..I hate those things though went away one year my dad got plants from one of his friends I was proud my yard had no clovers, from the year on you know how the story ends 🤦♂.
Was my house he asked if he could plant in there that year…
@@HardCandy-fd4vz also clover is edible and it has medicinal value, it is also a nitrogen fixer for the soil. When it's growing it pull nitrogen from the air and stores it in its roots and leaves, then when you chop and drop it adds the nitrogen back to the soil and is a great green mulch. Happy gardening. 💚🌴🌏🙏
I've just started with my compost bins. They're in full swing. I want to be as organic as possible. Because I don't want to be eating chemicals.
I LOVE YOU VASILI YOURE DOING GODS WORK ABSOLUTE GARBAGE NPK IS! ORGANIC FOR LIFE 💪
Hi Vasili, this is one of your best videos in terms of teaching people about real organic gardening.
It's more permaculture than organic, that he is talking about. If you are growing in a pot with organic fertiliser, it's still an artificial situation, and in a natural situation the produce will be better.
@@brucejensen3081 I think growing direct in the soil and not raised beds or pots is the ideal method to grow plants but many people cannot do this especially those with no or tiny back yards. I think his main message is clear, stay away from synthetic fertilisers and try to replicate nature as much as possible.
Outstanding video Vasili and love where you're going here about products we should and should not use in our home soil. Me being a novice, it would be great if you could do a video or a list of products/elements that are out there that we can use and those that are out there we should not use. You do not need to name any brand names but simply point out the elements in products that contain those elements that are suitable to use and those that are not. l find reading the contents of certain products confusing at times and think that some of it is just marketing trash but l'm not really sure. Cheers
Well said and TOTALLY AGREE WITH ALL and yes I have ordered more of your Superfood with black grit. In the last 3yrs my plants, vegies and fruit trees respond amazingly. Where I live the soil is sandy, rocky but my gardens and most importantly my vegies are productive....👍and sharing with friends who I have gifted black grit as well with good responses as their soil is poor. Tfs ❤️ and yes I tried and will never use anything else.
I get cow poo from a dairy chook poo from my girls and I make my own compost autumn leaves, food scraps, ash fro fire place, wood shavings all go in. Also I heap my paths with leaf mulch and saw dust etc. this helps to keep the weeds down but also as it breaks down the nutrients leach isn’t the soil next to the beds and add to the overall diverse bacterial life of my backyard. I also have magpies and black birds as pest control agents😊
Thank you. Love hearing this. Heal Yourself! We can do it.
Is Black Grit any good to put in the compost heap?
100% facts Vasili.
Ive even noticed over the years with one of my lemon trees using certain products.yeh ok got a little bit of fruit each year then after watching you with your products and talking about them i goton board and next minute got 20 lemons compared to the 3-8 lemons each time using all sorts of products.
100% you are right with the payments to the farmers,youve touched on it before 40 years ago birds following the tractors now its just the clouds following the tractors
100% correct.
I think the issue is that commercial farming overuses the 'synthetic' fertilizers and have worked out what compositions work to make the biggest and most durable fruit or veggies. Sacrifice to this is primarily flavor and micronutrients.
I've tried growing some of the store supplied veggies (particularly tomatoes) and they grow true-to-type, however they are no where near as large or tasteless as what you buy from the supermarket.
You do need some fertilizer to 'add on' to your soil (depending on your soil), however whet really helps is loads of compost and mulching.
Its an expensive exercise, however well worth it when you see the 'fruits' of your labour.
Pleased to find you again Mate, Just subbed. Again! Cheers
Where to get manure? The farms too many weeds,salt…And I don’t want to buy a pre packaged factory manure, look at Bunnings sheep manure 😂🤣 it’s got rock, bark and all and it’s labelled Manure…I’m with you brother I grow for health ,earnt so much respect with this presentation totally agree with your main points about we are what we eat..And when you say N.P.K we’d be lucky to get any P in the fertilisers only option is to buy hydroponic nutrients but then we’re poisoning ourselves…I’ll stick to your products…Farmers are for profit not for our health but not all are the same…
Absolutely 100%
Hi Vasili,
I've herd the current style of farming called "moreon farming" because, every year they (farmers) have to put "more (fertiliser) on"
A good natural and free source of minerals is Autumn leaves.
Collect them while you still can!
I slash them up and add to the compost pile or let them turn into leaf mold and use as a mulch. Cheers!
Hear hear sam👏👏👏
so what are we suppose to do about the weeds??
Our federal government with state governments must put their heads together and come up with solutions to help farmers to grow better nutritional crops
Unless YOU advocate for this change it won't happen. Get writing ✍️
Probably more to do with the supermarkets just stocking cheap garbage, than the government.
No votes, or back handerrs in there for them, mop
What sort of dogs are they?
Iodine is missing, too, unless seasol or something similar is used on plants for the kitchen or fed to your chickens. This is more important now that Australian milk no longer contains iodine.
It may not be widely known but Australian dairy farmers no longer use iodine to clean their milking equipment.
It was an iodine teat spray that was used. Killed the germs, but cracked the teats, which provided a breeding ground for germs.
I dont know how livestock farmers will even be around to have that issue,considering it was recently announced that as of 2030,farmers in Australia will have to pay $145 per cow,per year, in tax for their emissions.can you believe it ? A tax for sh###ing .the craziness keeps coming...
@@crankiemanx8423 that's for denmark. I can't see it happening here.
@@brucejensen3081 I saw the news article it was for here in Australia, I read it 2 days ago.
@@crankiemanx8423 do you know what news article it was
I get what you're saying, but if plants dont have the nutrients, they won't grow. They are different to us in what is needed and how its used.
Minerals are there in the ground, it's the availability, that is the issue. Air is like two thirds nitrogen and it cycles from the air into life. If you are composting waste, you really don't need to add anything. Maybe you can get a soil test done and see if your area is lacking in something, and bring in something natural that is high in that element to amend the situation. What worries me, is the billion tonnes of carbon being depleted from soils every year around the world. Farmers have realised no till or no burn can reverse that, but then spray herbicide to clear the vegetation, and in the end, the impact of carbon being depleted from soil is reduced, but still is happening.