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Which Fertilizer Made Vegetables Taste the Best?
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- The TRUE TEST of the 12-bed Amendment Trial - how do the veggies taste?
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When you showed the harvesting I could tell at first glance that the biochar bed would be best. I'm not surprised that Solomon's Gold was #2. Here's why. The char was soaked in a complete soluble fertilizer with all traces in a good balance. The nutrients attached to the char and consequently did not leach. The Solomon's Gold provided more or less the same nutrients, but the trace elements and potassium were in soluble form. The soil had such a slight exchange capacity that when you had the heavy rains the majority of those nutrients leached out. So it was that the plants in the biochar bed enjoyed a far more stable supply of all plant nutrients through the entire crop cycle.
Through this channel I have observed the entire experiment. I think you will get the best result by combining about half as much precharged biochar as you used this time with a layer of good quality compost about 1/4" thick ahead of every crop AND using Solomon's Gold.
More thoughts: Repeated use of biochar and compost will result in even higher brix.
Definitely. You'll see what I'm doing on a bed later this week - very close to what you just recommended, with a few additions.
High value comment right there! Very useful, thanks 🙏
I would love to have the recipe for your mix. Is there anywhere I could find it?
Ive got a 40 x 80 garden of year old oak chips about 12 inches deep. Whats the recipe Steve? I'd like to give it a whirl.
Why wasn't the control radish at the party? Because he didn't bother to turnip!
Nice.
Nobody is going to mention how well behaved the kids are? lol. Wow, respect
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Nice
Thank you for doing this extensive experiment for us. I loved learning and watching you and Rachel together.
I took notes, and will be combining Solomon's Gold and bio-char, and scrounging all the organic matter I can. So much fun to watch trials like this! Thanks for doing all the work for us!
It’s nice to see you in a comfortable home still doing what you do. You deserve that.
I am happy for it - God took care of us beyond what we needed.
@@davidthegood GOD ,never fails we just need to be Patient. GOD BLESS you and your family
Looks like you need to combine Bio-Char with the Solomon's Gold in a lasagna bed.
That will definitely bring the worms to the party and add lots of castings too.
This was fascinating! How amazing that there can be such a difference. Glad you got your taste back so we could hear about these results.
Thank you, Jenny.
David, this was a very informative experiment. In your climate with all the rain, water soluble nutrients didn't work very well. Since I am in a drier climate, I am going to try this experiment on a smaller scale and see what results I get. Radishes and beets so it won't take too long. Organic matter is important though following your lead I want to add one "fertilizer" to each bed. Thank you for the inspiration and the lessons on what works where you are. Blessings.
Excellent. Thank you.
Leave the big turnip for the seeds
Thank you David! I have learned a lot from you and your experiments! I have buckets of char to pee in, a barrel of fetid swamp water, a hydraulic ram to pump filthy water from the bottom of our lake, several experimental grafts, and the beginnings of a food forest. Oh, and just learned about foliar feeding, ( more things to pee in LoL)
You are rocking! Great work.
It's great to grow veggies that your kids fight over~~TO EAT!😁 Thank you for having the curiosity to experiment and the generosity to share with us, David! Now, how fast did your kids decimate the leftovers? 😆
As a dedicated practitioner of the Throw It On The Ground method, I'm voting for the Lasagna garden. From the scientific point of view, Steve's Mix should also make a good showing.
It worked quite well.
I think Steve's Mix represents the best land location with the best mineral balance (tallest trees on Earth grow in the wake of a glacier that carved up and mixed a ton of granite into the soil), while the lasagna garden represents an established forest environment with layers that would normally take many generations to build up; a quick path to nature's end goal for productivity
I do and have used granulated fertilizer. I make much of my own with an aerator, spent coffee grounds and pulled weeds. Bubble that in a tank for a day or two. Lovely stuff.
Sounds good to me.
@marthale7 The granulated under the plant before planting and the home made I just pour at base when watering one to two times a week.
@marthale7 Simple to make and an excellent use of weeds and spent coffee grounds. Stay safe and well. Rob and Nat
So interesting to watch, and understand that some plants taste better with certain amendments- I would have expected that one would have been a clear winner for both veggies. I like your idea of mixing them all together!
Did you notice any large difference in taste between plants from the same bed as you ate the rest of them? Was taste consistent through the whole bed? Love these scientific experiments!
You are an awesome couple! This information is priceless, thank you for sharing the results
Thank you, Melissa.
I've never thought of this question. I'm excited to see which one wins. Personally I use mule poo that has composted for a year ( my neighbor's mule lot is directly behind me house = free) and a fish emulsion that sits for 2 years ( my other neighbor is a commercial fisherman= also free), ashes from wood heater, biochar, and pee. I'm eager to see if my fertilizer is anything close to yours.
I want the fetid swamp water to be the best!
If it's similar to fishtank should be good maybe better
You two are an AWESOME TEAM!!It's so fun to watch you together
Note to self; The biochar was soaked with Dynagrow. That matters. Would probably be amazing charged w/ Solomons Gold instead.
I was wondering where the spit can was (David spits) for the radishes, nothing like home grown radishes and how they can burn compared to store bought. Sounds like my radishes are like the 10-10-10 and pitiful soil. I need to go back and rewatch biochar. Good idea to finish with turnips. By the way what a pretty little kitchen for you all. You also had a cute little video photo bomber too. We hear rumors of these kiddos it is nice when they suddenly appear. (But I totally get why they aren’t featured.) Well done you two, and well done nutrients with biochar!
I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with as the perfect fertilization regimen. Wouldn’t Solomon’s Gold be expensive? I would think the perfect method would have to factor in cost-effectiveness.
Very cool! It's been awhile since I checked in, impressed with your harvest! The flavor test was a lot of fun as well as being informative. Thx for the share 🌱
Awesome experiment I learned a lot and comments were insightful also. ThankYou!
Looking forward to phase 2 of testing
That was awesome to see!! Thank you for sharing this with all of us!
Thank you.
I’m still cracking up at the claims of cold. I’m pushing snow off to see if I can turn soil, yet. (Granted, I have a total of six square feet in a crappy condo patio).
I’m in a flannel shirt, jeans and wool socks.
I like this video. It proves to me that the flavor of the produce is based on the soil type / fertilizer you add. Last year I thought I was imagining it when my tomatoes and strawberries had little no flavor. Thanks for sharing. Now I'll do my own experiment with different fertilizers this coming summer.
Thanks for doing this! My root vegetables (turnips and radishes specifically!) tend to be overpowering like the 10-10-10. I always thought it was the variety of the seeds I was using. This tells me that there's a good chance it is my soil. Very helpful!
I think so. Thank you.
A 21st century conversation at home: "Hey, what's for dinner?" "Oh, just some potatoes grown in worm castings!" "Nice - I'm starving!"
Or a Urine Turnip lmao!
I enjoyed this demonstration. Shows their is no one absolutely right way!! But the variability influences the results. - Rick
I loved this experiment! I loved the taste test! I’m excited to see repeats of this with more organic matter! 👏👏👏
Thank you.
Another IRIE 'stream I missed but I'm here, watching the replay and gotta say totally IMPRESSED! As Miss Rachel and you tasted first the radishes, then the turnips, I was glancing at the chat replay and thanks to you Sir David, I was going to order some purple top turnips, now I'm taking your recommendation and ordering the White ladies. Miss Rachel and you, Raw Veggie Connoisseurs! ;)
Very good - you should like the variety. It is much, much better.
I'm sticking with the control group. But I don't see any empty plates in the thumbnail.
That is funny.
I'd love to see Futher testing of different mix ratios of alfalfa, Solomon's gold and charged bio char. You could find yourself putting together a great recipe for great flavour for all your veggies!
I'm being woo'd towards making and using biochar.
this and the terra preta video tells me that bio char is absolutely invaluable in terms of adding versatility, fertility and longevity to improve soil.
The funny thing will be, when you mix the char, alfalfa, gold, etc then throw 10-10-10 on and everything shrinks🤣
WHOA
nice update.crazy how the 10 10 10 grew so small.
Awesome comparison testing and garden. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you.
Your ph starting out was 5.4. Biochar adds alkalinity to soil, that may have been a large part of it. Fascinating.
THANK YOU! Will look if you have made other camparaisons...
6:36 David the Rapper. 🎵 Let me hear the Pinterest ladies go 🎶
Great idea. Great video. Thanks to both of you!
This was interesting to learn about
Interesting and entertaining guys! It made me go out to check my radishes but they aren't ready to pick yet.:( Darn, I want a radish now! lol
I was hoping you'd amend a bed with leaf mold and mulch
Now I have to go back to all of your videos yo see what you did to each bed. Great work.
That was pretty cool, thanks for sharing 😁
Thank you, Skippy.
Great work!! Looked like a couple 🐇
💕 Love me some Bio-Char.
Thank you guys so much for this video! Very helpful for me to know what's the best fertilizer! Biochar it is!!
I don't know biochar is the full answer the magic bullet, or that the 10-10-10 is necessarily the worst. It was on @David The Good dirt, but even trying that same experiment on other parts of the garden maybe with more or less shade, vegetables that take longer to grow, or on a neighbours garden, and who knows what the result would be in other parts of the country, different soil types. different rainfalls or seasons, or the world for that matter.
I think what this experience shows, and What David said is combining the various ferts would be his next experiment.
It certainly does show that different ferts make a huge difference to the results. I would try doing a similar experiment in my garden in New Zealand, on different vegetables, and different times of the year. I'd say that I'd find that different vegetables respond better than others to different ferts
Next experiment mix Steve's gold with the biochar and a separate lasagna bed added with alfalfa and worm castings. Love experiments thank you that was very informative and educational
There is no beating a taste test
I swear I laugh too hard with your videos. Your reactions to the first few radishes was the best hahaha. Bless you all
I have never had so much fun watching two people eat radishes :P
This was very interesting and informative!
This was an interesting and eye-opening experiment. It would be interesting to see the same thing tried with other vegetables, and maybe some berries. When I was small, we lived on a homestead in the Interior of Alaska. Mom had a garden, and for a year or two, some people from the University of Alaska had an experimental plot on one end of one of our long fields, next to our driveway. Mom grew turnips among other things, and the experimental plot also had turnips. My brothers and I would pick turnips as we passed by either garden, rub off the dirt, and eat them like apples. They were crisp, juicy, and sweet. Fast forward a few years; living in the Lower 48, and buying turnips. Ptui! Nasty things! I still get some once in a great while to cook, but store-bought turnips are no good raw. I was wondering how I could get good-tasting turnips here in Kentucky, where we are currently living -- you've given me hope!
I don't think the Alaska turnips tasted so great because of exceptional soil fertility -- my dad used to say you could grow anything there, as long as you put enough fertilizer on the soil. The 'topsoil,' which barely deserved the name, was very thin. We thought back then that the long summer days made for rapid growth, which kept the turnips sweet and juicy, and that still may be the primary factor -- better soil fertility also allows them to grow more quickly. Also larger -- when you started pulling those radishes out of the ground, I thought at first that they were one of the big winter radishes!
We use no fertilizers, poisons or GMO and our harvests are HUGE. - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Farm
. It really woke me up. When you showed the 10 10 10 garden. And disappointed in the look and size of the worm casting garden.???? I will have to try bio char.
Nice video! ( I'd like to see the playlist)
Nice experiment!! Thanks again for sharing
Just use Solomon's Gold and biochar on all of them next time! That's what Imma do.
Good afternoon David what the name of those red radish
Thanks I learned a lot very much appreciated
a blind taste test would be fun to do too
Nice!! I enjoyed watching that.
Thank you.
@@davidthegood can't wait for the video on the cone burner for the biochar
Interesting... I'm in the process of amending depleted dirt, with a combo of most of these. Loved the taste test. Two of my favorite veggies.
First time watching. Subbed.
Welcome!
Great experiment. Genetics make a difference too. If you do something like this again (and I hope you do) I would like to see you use seed from one plant you allowed to go to seed if possible to control some of the genetic variables. Was there just one spray of the 10-10-10 or was it a granule? I may have to go back and see. If it wasn't kept up that would make a difference too. I just grow in my compost but you have given me some things to try. Thanks for the experiment.
Since these are both hybrid varieties, the genetic variation should not be an issue. With 10-10-10, just one application at beginning of the season. Granules. Just one application for the other amendments in the test, too.
@@davidthegood Thanks, I really enjoyed the comparisons. I am going to make some biochar and try it I think this spring. Good on the 10-10-10 being a granule. I guess I was thinking it might be a liquid. The only chemical I use is a bloom buster and it is a liquid and just used when the plants are ready for heavy fruiting. Thanks again. I looked forward to seeing the differences.
Bless us trying to grow in sand
Well now I wish there would have been one bed with all the stuff.
Edit: Oh, haha, so do you. Something to look forward to! Neat.
Just wait.
@@davidthegood I just got to the end and you said the same thing. 😄
Thanks for the experiment!! Biochar!!
Thanks for this test. Already have this in a playlist under David the Good Baldwin. Hee Hee. You know you should keep these going. Add the compost to all then re-apply each mix and try spring veggies. Just FYI March 13 is the day Tomatoes go into the ground.
Thank you. March 13th! So soon!
@@davidthegood Yup. You try to shoot for March 1st IF ground warms up but this year since its so cold Almanac by frost date Mar 13 to Apr 3rd & Moon date Mar 13 to 28th via Fairhope weather station. The earlier you can sneak them in the more you'll have before the heat of July takes over. Question What was the type of Dyna-Gro did you use on the bio char?
What kind of radishes are those (johnnys hybrid red king) ive gotta try those ? did you just paint potatoes red to pull our leg common ??? lol . Stress can affect flavor i know for sure and the size difference may have played a role too...But i would have been taste blind by the third one probably lol. I think your right on the mark with adding the organic fertilizer additives (ive seen more negative results from using synthetic fertilizers )from people with the bio-char , a few wks of extended (pre charging) with any organic fert is the most productive application of the combo from the research ive done so far from multiple sources. i did a fair bit of research on the bio char including different methods of production and building gasless burning systems because it seemed like a good potential added income possibility where i have almost unlimited natural wood just lying on the ground on my buddies 160 acre mainly forested farm where I cut blockwood and sawmill lumber with my friend as my main job now. But we are always looking at food and even herb crops as well so it was worth it for more commercial applications too......ok so now i see basically its the same as what i just read in steves pinned comment ! duh ...guess im not to quick on the uptake myself today either lol. Coffee needed Hahaha ! its a Good comparison video thanks alot guys .take care
That was fun!
Hi! Thanks for this! Did you consider direct sunlight and shade variations?
This is super interesting!
Now to test all other common veggies in this soil. So, we know how they taste with each bed. Your taste buds matter to us. Lol
Did you measure/adjust the pH at all? One thing i've noticed is that you can improve your harvests and plant health by a whole lot, just by making sure that your soil pH is balanced to what you're growing.
Like to get an idea of this, don't even add any fertilizer to an area but just make sure the pH is within a good range and it can look like you did put fertilizer on them just because it allows them to better take up the nutes that are already there
Nectar For The Gods is a really really nice nutrient system if you really want to tweak every little aspect, but it's something like 10-20 different parts, so it's mostly I think for just people trying to grow killer weed lol. I'm not sure how many people are actually willing to mess with all that just for some table veggies, but it sure grows incredible Tomatoes, Peppers, and Figs.
It's also really hard to beat Megacrop if you just want a one part fertilizer (its water soluble too). For Tomatoes and things like that I add some CalMag, but other than that it's a one part complete fert with all sorts of micro-nutrients and amino acids and just all sorts of stuff you won't typically see in lesser grade stuff. I've gone through idk dozens of brands and it's dang good, if I had to recommend any one-part nute system just based on sheer performance, it's Megacrop.
You can definitely tell the differences though, i'm super glad you guys made this video.
There is a story that tour guides will tell you at a place called "Mammoth Cave", its a cave with a lake inside of it where blind salmon live, in Kentucky. They feed the fish on the glass-bottom boat tours so people will be able to see them. Anyway, the story goes that one time the fish were in a frenzy, and one ended up jumping in the boat. It landed in an old womans lap! They let her keep the Salmon, and she called them later to tell them that it tasted exactly like....Liver.
Interestingly enough, the guide said that the fish pellets are mostly ground liver.
That's funny. Yes, we tested the pH before we gardened. It was 5.4.
You two are very entertaining!😂
Thank you. I have a good wife.
Biochar for the win. I made, charged and aged a five gallon bucket this year then ran it through my worm bins. Cant wait to see the results this summer/fall
Any updates?
@@AhrayahLaban Yeah had a great garden this year.
I used biochar and wood ash in my beds and my tomatoes have never tasted so good.
Tomatoes like an alkaline soil.
Very cool taste test!
The song about buried animals makes me think of the Yorkshire song "Ilkley Moor b'at at." Do you know it?
I do not.
Ha, I have to look up the other lyrics as I only know the first part of the song. It's been years since I heard it.
We sing it with an Appalachian sound
Where hast thou been since I saw thee, I saw thee?
On Ilkley Moor but[a] hat
Where hast thou been since I saw thee, I saw thee?
Where hast thou been since I saw thee?
On Ilkley Moor but hat
On Ilkley Moor but hat
On Ilkley Moor but hat
Thou hast been a-courting Mary Jane
Thou is bound to catch thy death of cold
Then us will have to bury thee
Then the worms will come and eat thee up
Then the ducks will come and eat up the worms
Then us will go and eat up the ducks
Then us will all have eaten thee
That's where we get us own back
My son: I've lost my root vegetables.
Me: Don't worry it'll Turnip.
I come here for the knife safety, but the garden tips are ok too.
artificial light taste test
Do u have an all in one video of the experiment....
So, you like a little bite on the back end😁
Yes, mix them all. 👍
You should of done a blind taste test. Maybe you would of picked a different one. 😉 Also can you get a BRIX meter?
I agree. Bias must be avoided to yield true results. I liked the critique, and that could be included in a blind test. Add $ome drama at the unveiling, too. I appreciate the video, and the sharing. Thank you!
I've never seen radishes like that! I grow little round red ones full of bugs! Waste of my time and dirt.
This was fun tho. Thank you!
They really like cool weather, fertile soil, and fast-growing. If they slow down, they often are lousy.
@@davidthegood Thanks! Ill try again!
Also let some radishes go to seed, the young seeds are delicious to just pic and eat, or in salads, and very nice fermented. @David The Good when you say radishes like cool weather, so they mind getting a frost on or just growing in Spring and Autumn? In New Zealand I feed my wild birds with a wild bird seed mix, and have ended up with many radishes growing throughout the garden, the bees love the flowers.
Those aren't Radish, them''s potatoes
I saw a video you did several yrs ago about compost tea. I want to be able to do a container garden with as little expense as possible. I can't find many with informative videos about using urine + kitchen scrapes. I have a 5gallon bucket of banana peels I started months ago -it actually smells a little like vinegar. What I'm wondering is: how often should I water plants with it (urine, compost tea, banana tea) and how much do I put to how much water?
I'm not sure if you said or not, but what kind of radishes were those?
Red King, from johnny’s
Wow!!! Does lasagna means table scraps with lasagna, or just lasagna?
Psst, hey guys, dont tell David but we switched all the labels in the baskets while he wasn't looking. HaHa but seriously you guys are ruining your dinner.
Superb hat collection!
Where do you buy the trace minerals to use in the biochar?
I like your live chats with pre-recorded video... maybe you have started something new on you tube
Got it, add a layer of Dyno-char to the lasagna. Gotta try it!
I can feel myself getting healthier. 😂