APHIDS are GREAT INDICATORS of...
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2018
- This week we go buggy with Aphids. They are great indicators of unbalanced fertility and most commonly an excess of nitrogen. We also look at two stories that illustrate that imbalance. I’ll take you on a hunt for aphids and explain the presence and absence of aphids in the permaculture orchard or your garden.
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How do you get rid of Aphids? (if you do)
Dr. Bronners organic 18-1 peppermint soap and cayenne pepper. May take a few applications but works great and all natural.
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You are agood man for posting your videos.. very informative ,straight to the point.. thanks again... Keep on keepin on.HoHoHo Green Giant😁
Stefan Sobkowiak What are the plastic white pottles who hanging ure fruit trees?.
Sevin dust it kills 65 insects
The best permaculture "joke" in years: "Aphids are a great indicator of YOUR HUSBAND PISSING ON YOUR TREE!" lol
AND "POOPS" IN THE COMPOST PILE!😂
That lady bug was moving around like a Roomba vacuum cleaner.
lol
You’ve revealed the roomba ingeneer’s secret! 😂
😂😂😂
Yes, lady bugs ear aphids ! Aphids destroy roses and anything they are on
@@wynettegreer3812 you got that right
keep up the fantastic work please. "Insects, disease and weeds aren't a problem: they should be our professors." It takes decades to embrace such wisdom and it is rare gems like you that echo it to the public and give us that need it a reminder.
Well it took me 5 years of batting to come to grips with that sentence and embrace it rather than fighting it.
That’s deep
Kinda like ppl or cars. Like diabetes, its often not the main problem but an indicator of a bad, usually high sugar diet. Like one guy junked his car cuz it had no power steering and the battery kept dying. So the guy i know who bought it noticed it had no belt. So he got a new belt at the store and jumpstarted it. Ta da, the powe steering worked again and it stopped dying from the battery not charging. He got $1,250 for a car he paid like $220 for including parts.
Don't quit. I just found your channel! It's just about the most informative permaculture channel out there!
Wes Baumguardner wow thanks Wes that’s a huge compliment! We’re both glad you’re enjoying the channel so far 👍
Wow thanks.
and is it just me or is zack a ninja behind the camera too
I agree with Wes! ^
Me too! We love you Stefan! You keep us laughing and that can be rare these days. Also your videos are very informative. From Nova Scotia
“Fruit trees only need 20 urinations to get it’s dosage per year.” ... the more you know.
Carl Williams haha 👍
I have always spread it around among many trees but maybe not quite that lite...just seems a shame to waste it.
I think there are some plants which are susceptible to Aphids. I have found Aphids where no fertilizer is used
spoken with a straight face! lol
@@muivah "Fertilizer balance" is very important. One of the elements that my soil lacks, here in Mid-Missouri, is Boron.
As a 20 year old who is just getting into gardening,
you have taught me a lot Stefan! thanks for what you do and I enjoyed your logical thought process throughout the video
And I feel like I haven’t even share half of accumulated observation.
It would be great to have an aphid tree be the determining factor in an episode of law and order svu or a similar show. In an ice t voice "Forensics said the aphids were on that tree because of too much nitrogen... turns out the perp pissed on the tree everyday... and that's how we got his dna."
Dont want aphids from that tree biteing ya, biproxie zeese from that 1's piss,ewhhheeewwww!!!!
😂😂😂
Lol..wth are you growing.
@@DavidfromMichigan you mean what’s he smoking?
That ladybug looked so cute! Like a little vacuum looking for those pesky aphids. 🤣
That explains our rose issue. The cats next door are using the rose bed as thier litter box.
A good deter is putting thorny branch cuttings around the area of the tree you dont what these adorable cats in. Also I dig an area with dirt where is ok. I turn it over as needed.
🤔 overabundance of nitrogen.... I guess this explains why they're such a common pest in aquaponic systems, seeing as they basically pump nitrates into the hydroponic section of the system. This actually makes sense (suddenly). Thanks for the insight....
deadfred821 you’re welcome glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for your common sense approach to living WITH our gardens.
Thanks, We need more people like you to help educate the rest of us who want to know about gardening/farming in an organic way.
Kev Wright you’re very welcome we’re glad you enjoyed it and there’s more to come :)
You seem a philosopher, educator and an entertainer as well! Reminded me something that I learned 35 years ago in my entomology class! Glad to see that you’re so compassionate to these very fragile & vulnerable insect-aphids!
Wow Tarek someone else who’s compassionate towards the less loved insects. I can see why you studied entomology.
This spring we added dried cow manure around the garden. Strawberries, cherry tree and pruim tree really enjoy it. Almost no aphids this year. We dispersed it somewhere in march I believe. We still have lots of places in the garden that looks greyisch and really need a good doses of compost. What /i saw with aphids is abundance of ants. They carry the aphids to their places and enjoy the sweet secretion by the aphids.
I've seen ant populations destroy implanted lady bug cultures, killed them off in days
It's such a pleasure to listen to someone who is so knowledgable. Thank you for being so generous.
Wow!Thanks for this info!Never knew why but when I stopped using Miracle Grow and went organic,years ago.Never had another aphid.Now I know!
My uncle, RIP, had an orchard that I was too young to pay attention too and all that valuable information is lost... I have to thank you for sharing your back to nature care of orchards. Never knew it was that in-depth and that bugs were a sign of something not right that can be fixed if we work with nature, awesome stuff!
Will look at the video you suggested... my prayers for continued recovery and happiness in growing 🤗
That was seriously an excellent education. Thank You. Never knew this.
Now I know why the aphids appeared one fine morning. 🙏🙏
I’m so sorry about your fall! Please take care❤️ I really enjoy your content and I’m learning so much!
I just discovered your channel and am grateful for your sharing knowledge and experience...please take care on those ladders!
I just found your channel too. Really informative. Glad you're on the road to recovery after your fall. Keep up the great work.
I wanted to say thank you and also tell how much I enjoy your channel. Nature is truly a wonderful teacher, full of wisdom, your angle on things are not only informative but they are also helpful in other areas outside of the orchard. I have CRPS/RSD and have chronic pain 24/7 similar to cancer, I just want to tell you that your channel brings me joy and I am locked up with pain and have been for about 12 years. What you do has meaning and is very valuable.
Thank you! I 💖 the vid. So helpful. 😘 so glad you survived your fall. My dad fell pruning a tree and he had permanent frontal lob damage. 🤕
I’m glad you are doing well. Be safe young man. 🌼
Thanks for the info - learned something new! Glad you are doing better and the fall wasn't too severe, Thanks for sharing your knowledge and will continue to look forward to your updates. Take care and please keep posting :)
I felt that this video emphasized on not fertilizing and secondly on learning the symptoms and correcting the problem. sometimes fertilizing is the way to correct the problem. Not everyone has fertile soil like yours. Great video.
You a re an absolute wealth of real world knowledge hats off to you sir I wish I had a garden big enough to use what I learn from you and one day I will Thankyou for your excellent videos
Kieran Roberts that’s awesome we’re glad you’re enjoying our content :) thanks for sharing
How about a property line?
You have a cosmic way of speaking, similar to Terence McKenna. You are compelling! Thank you for putting together this very educational entertainment
Terence Macias you’re very welcome, we’re glad you’re enjoying the channel
Dude look like The Professor off Money Heist
Thanks, Stefan! I always wondered how the commercial soybean field next door can be covered in aphids while I don’t have a single one in my garden or orchard. Maybe it’s because I don’t coat everything in synthetic fertilizers like they do. Your videos always make me think and give me a new perspective on things. Many thanks.
Susan Peterson so true stay away from i call the synthetics man made chems . Natural is amazing. Grow your on food.
That's true, the fields of intensive monoculture next to the house, separated by a metal mesh and pyracantha from our garden, every summer are covered with aphids, they start in mid-spring with some green aphids and for summer there are black and yellow, but to hundreds at each leaf end. Instead, our vegetable garden and cut flower garden do not, even having wheat and cereals that I grow for flower arrangements and the birds. We have our property surrounded by crop fields, such as wheat, oats, in which they put pesticides and fertilizers. When the neighbors do it and we have to close all the windows and not ventilate the house, because it gives us migraines, we don't wash our clothes either because they make our skin itch. the rabbits have disappeared, we used to see them every spring and autumn at sunrise and sunset. We had a fairly large population of small eagles that were in charge of snakes and others, they are no longer there. in the last 4 years we have been finding their fallen bodies in the fields. Thanks to the quarantine, the land could not be tilled last year and when they left it they planted sunflowers for the first time. and that crop no longer passed 3 or 4 times with a spray tractor on the crop as they do with cereals. So this year we have seen 2 little eagles again. I have to say that whenever they fumigate the next 2 or 3 days we find a hedgehog run over on the asphalt. I think they are disoriented from intoxication.
Good looking out!
@@TMBgarden So sad! ;( I hope you don't have kids in the house! :O
@@JonathanGillies I don't, we have pets, but my neighbors, they do have littles childs.
What a great information,I am almost at the end of my studies in agronomy and i never hear that information!!!What a great channel. I have to learn many things from your majesty.
Glad you’re ok, sir! Thanks for the great videos!
Bless you and the family!
Two or so years ago my husband broke 12 ribs and his collarbone after falling out of a tree. Since then he doesn't do the pruning I do. I'm so glad that you're on the mend. Thank you so much for your videos they mean an awful lot.
YOU ARE THE BEST! i knew you were the right teacher as soon as you didnt suggest poisons or pesticides. thank you for understanding nature
“Always grab enough for a handful” is the best way to eat in the garden
Wow, This really opened my eyes on this problem. Started seeing aphids last year and still seem to have the same problem this year. I will definetly change the way I fertilize. Thank you sir.
Oh my! I just heard about your fall. Please take care of yourself! I do hope you don't quit, I just found your channel and am learning so much. The planet needs you. Thank you.
This is the second video that I've had of yours to be recommended to me. I will admit hands down that I am VERY impressed!!! You are an inspiration and I hope to be like you one day!
From Quebec, Canada...
Thank you for sharing.
The whole planet earth needs you my friend!
We need you.
Merci Mr Gagnon.
@@StefanSobkowiak Thank you for responding. Personally, i believe that we live in Eden. Unfortunately, we have been destroying it for decades.
Not that long ago, i planted about 500 corn plants in Jutiapa, Guatemala. Would you believe that most of my neighbours laughed at me because i did not fumigate them... Instead, i planted lots of sunflowers... And guess what? That attracted a lot of birds ...
To make a story short, i invited a few people over. And of all the corn that we reaped that night, only one had a pest in it.
Thank you Stefan. You are one of the architect of the new generation that is 'returning' to this planet!
I just love all your videos! Your enthusiasm is infectious!
This is the best information I’ve found. I’ve researched why I have aphids and all the information was what to spray. Nothing about why they are there. Best most helpful info ever.
I had aphids in my aloe plant this past week. I loosened the soil, stuck it outside for the day and sprayed in with Neem oil. Worked like a charm. Aphids are gone. I'm really glad I found your channel. Your a real version of Bill Nye the Science guy lol
Dude. You are smart. I've subscribed to hundreds of gardening channels and have been farming for 30 years and you touch on the right stuff. I've trained under Dr. Elaine Ingham and Chris Trump and have dived into microscopy. Your approach is dope, you're a real humble guy and the info is top notch. You are now my favorite channel. Please don't ever stop. Good job and thank you.
Thanks but none of this is new! It’s just a synthesis or synergetic recombination of information that’s been out there for a long time. In the past it’s been lost or buried in books, now we can take one golden tidbit of information from a book and present it in a video and a whole new audience ‘discovers’ it. I’ve been greatly influenced by Sir Albert Howard’s great writings. Check out ‘the soil and health’ by him. It’s totally dope.
Yet he can't discern between a ladybug vs asian lady beetle.
@@hunam3876no u can’t
Great video!! It was very educational! Exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you and keep up the good work!
Thank you for sharing. Love your informative jolly style, brings humour lol. Enjoyed it so far and will continue to look at your other vids soon ✌️❤️🍀🌟☀️🍏🍅🐦🌸🎶
The thing I love about nature is that it's mostly self-correcting. Great video!!!
I absolutely love watching your videos for the information you convey. You are a natural (and great) teacher! I am sorry to hear about your fall. Be careful, take care of yourself, but do not ever stop! You have a gift and I am glad you share it! My garden is too!!! :)
Valuable advice on the topic of aphids! I took plenty of notes and will observe and make the necessary changes in my garden.
This is so cool thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge.
Always great Stefan. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
The man and the lemon tree cracked me up. LOL
I shared the story and video with my husband as he has a habit of spreading nitrogen around too ( : We love your down to earth method of presenting this material. Thanks for lthe way you think!
@@Trendlespin Have him add wood ash from time to time..helps
Me cracked up too!!
Just found your channel Stefan! Love your content! Off to watch more! I love when nature makes so much sense! I have had my veggie garden for 4 years and was attempting to use no purchased fertilizer, just home made compost, and source as much material as possible just from our yard. It is SO tempting to add fertilizer, but your observations are helping me see that adding fertilizer might just cause problems. Thank you! New sub here!
Thank you now I know why my mums silver birch tree has them, the bird feeders are hung in the tree, you made me think but by the end of the video I had worked it out. Can’t thank you enough. Keep up the fantastic work and informative content.
Thank you for explaining aphids and nitrogen. That explains why my cabbage had aphids last year.
Interesting.
I like the way you think.
Please don’t quit! I’m sorry you were hurt. Love your sense of humour. I’m looking at bugs a little differently these days. 🤗🇨🇦❤️
observing things is key in permaculture and you just revealed it ....Thanks Stefan for your valuable guidance...
Totally agree - I have the healthiest kale that only a few months ago was aphoid lacework that I left for ladybirds to enjoy.
Just 1 word: " AMAZING " info. Thanks. 👍🏻 1 up!
Thank you for all that you do I always learn from your videos and sometimes have to stop and rewatch because there's so much information to think about
wow, this makes so much sense now! I was having a similar problem and now I know why! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! This was a very informative video. And also, for pushing through, it must have been hard, this last week, with the fall on top of having self-doubt. It is often the case that one gets hurt when distracted, discouraged, or simply exhausted. And yet, this amazing contribution.. Please do not stop, you are an inspiration, and you make a huge difference, not only to the soil of your own farm
life changing info.... We have aphids big time! . Wow, I'm so amazed at this info. We have a plum tree in the front lawn and an apple tree in the back yard lawn....both had a serious problem with aphids this season and ants of course. We fertilized trees as recommended plus we fertilize the lawns...Never ever would have known this "IS" the real problem. I also use fish emulsion and worm castings tea..compost and organic fertilizers..Well...I'll be stepping back from all of that ...THANKYOU so much for sharing your wisdom.
Wow that's a big load of fertility. It may take a couple of seasons to balance out all those past applications.
@@StefanSobkowiak It sounds like that will be the case. We might move the apple tree. Plum tree is also a consideration. Was wondering how the trees might produce if we grow them in large containers?
I just found your channel and subscribed. You answered a question I found nowhere else answered. So perfect!
Welcome aboard. Lots of videos to binge watch.
Always sharing great insights! Thank you Stefan!
Great video!!! Always be safe 👍🏻
Thank you for the very useful information! Really need to learn this, newbie of farming here!
Almost had a heart attack at 9.57 with that sound effect as the phone zoomed across the screen - was listening so intently to the fantastic info, leaning in and then - whoosh! That noise.
Terrific knowledge you're passing on, thanks. The dandelions info on another link is spot on and I'm going to let them stay in the grass till they do their job. This aphids one will hopefully help my plum tree - I planted clover to return nitrogen to the dreadful soil around our newbuild place, so now I'll have to look at rebalancing the soil in its vicinity. It's also covered in ladybugs doing their job. My cats do their business under the blackthorn, so there's the reason it has aphids this year... Thank you.
Thank you for the wonderful video series!!
My husband and I enjoy your channel very much, so much useful information!! ✌️❤️🌎
I love the way you explain things. The humor and instructions make you an excellent interesting teacher. Thank you. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️🖖🏻💪🏻🐾🐾🐾✌️
Stop using so many emojis, retard
WOW ! invaluable information. Thank You.
Year 1 into gardening and I get lucky. I find what's looking like the one channel that would be teaching me to think of a pest as an 'indicator' in aid of finding the problem. That mindset makes all the difference for me between enjoying this new pastime... or not. Subscribed, liked, and shared. Thanks very much.
That is awesome! Yes mindset matters.
This video has saved me the effort of so much typing explanations to so many gardeners with aphid problems. Thank you so much
Glad to save your fingers.
You absolutely right, I left about 20 pounds of coffee around the plum tree and this year the tree was full of aphids
The coffee is great just the quantity is not. Try breaking the dose into 3-4 applications.
wow!
Compost!
Thank you for another great and informative lesson.
YOU'RE A NATURAL STEFAN! Thoroughly enjoy watching and listening to your commentary. God Bless you and yours!
Received thank you.
Thanks, SO interesting, WE do back to eden gardening, and compost in place with kitchen scraps, and water fountains to bring in the birds, seems to work and love to help others garden too, Thanks, again.
This is a wonderful video. Thank you. I've learned so much!
Adrian J. Abascal you’re very welcome we’re glad you enjoyed it
@@ZaneMedia who are you?
Myrtles until I neglected to fertilize them heavily this year. I figured it would enhance the blooming...but have more blooms and no aphids since forgetting to over-fertilize
I appreciate how you help us look at the bright side regarding a “pest.” Aphids, dandelions, weeds, ants. Amazing perspective reevaluation.
These videos are priceless for us starting our little gardens
Awesome video thank you :) hahaha love the aphids call hahaha thanks again ;)
Thank you!!! First video I have seen with this message!
Great approach to problems and TY for sharing.
Wow Stephen !!! I just stumbled across these Great Videos of urs & just loved how much sense you make.... Thank You Thank You.....
Awesome, thank you!
Wonder how this applies in an aquaponic system where you constantly have natural fertilization happening due to the nitrification process? I really love your information and your style of delivering information. We bought your movie and love it and hope to use your system when we set up our permaculture orchard
This makes sense. A previous owner had horses so my apple trees have aphids.
I hope you have a video on June Bugs. Those monsters turn apple leaves into brown lace.
Thank you! Knew it was unbalanced something, now I know! So much thanks!
Found you through Roots & Refuge Farms. So glad I did. Thanks for sharing, fascinating!
Interesting information on why aphids appear. I never knew that. Very interesting!
My perfectly healthy plant (for years), suddenly had mealybugs infestation all over the leaves. This happened because the house lady has been watering the plant every day without my knowledge (I normally water the plant every morning before going to work). So basically it was over watered... the plant was stressed and finally infested by mealybugs. I pruned the plant and told the lady to NOT water the plant. Now the plant is as healthy as ever.
How do you know if you overwater your plants? I know it's dependent on the plant type, and you shouldn't flood the roots, and I have a little indicator to tell me how much water is in the earth, but are there other ways to see if you overwater them? Is once daily a good guideline?
@@bunnysupreme74 Depends on the plant. I water them every other day. But to reiterate, depends on the plant. How do you its over watered? If the plant is yellowing despite your best effort watering them, time to take a step back. Normally the outer soil should not feel wet when you touch it. Poke 2 inch inside the soil and it should be a bit wet there.
@@smaug.the.stupendous thank you!
Some plants like a lot of wetness, so like you said, it depends. And my planters have a way to drain out the water, so I guess i don't have as much of a risk.
Also regarding the yellowing: I heard it could also be caused by too much sunlight. Guess I will have to experiment to see what works, if that happens.
Thank you for answering and for sharing your knowledge!
I think this video is how I found your channel a while back. Outstanding wisdom
I like finding aphids in my garden. To me, its an indicator of a healthy garden. They are the the start of the food chain. I get sad when i dont see any aphids.
great video!! I love your approach to understanding nature
Allen Olivieri awesome we’re glad you enjoyed it
Ok....after listening and watching your video.....you got me to subscribe😃You make a lot of sense and very knowledgable🤙
Your channel's the most informative with clips. I also like your clips never lengthy unless neccessary
I hope nothing bad ever happens to you again. I love your videos. I'm glad your daughter was with you. cheers.
Wow thank you so much for your tips, they are very Informational
Little ladybug being a pacman and gobbling up aphids lol
🌞YES!! exactly what crossed my mind while working in the yard just a couple days ago: the purposes of what we would consider "pests" etc .Cool channel! saving many of your vids, started a new "container gardening" play list, learning myself, so I can provide plant gifts for my 6yr old grandsons birthday.. he's growing two avocado trees from pits, and always wants to keep fruit seeds to grow he's got a green thumb and big heart, enough toys, lol