Use anything that is clean, cheap and available for custom soil if you're growing in a raised garden box. If you are growing in river silt soil like here in Idaho or silt like in Texas no amendments are needed.
I'm trying out soil repair from my rabbits. We don't have any usable dirt to add to it, so I do still buy top soil, but before long it'll all be from raising rabbits. We're plagued with concrete for dirt, I actually built a wall of just our local dirt. I can run back and forth across it because it's seriously concrete.
I would say it doesn’t work well with growing in compost. I used to be in the organic matter camp and would apply lots of compost and then I started learning more about horticulture and what plants really need. I tried mittleider method with compost medium this year and I think it’s too much for many plants. Some things grew bonkers but I had less tomatoes this year and just tons of green growth. So I would try to grow in more of a mineral soil like sand or clay or some kind of inorganic medium like pumice and peat moss.
@@LDSPrepper That is a wonderful plant with fantastic medicinal properties. I have a great wild patch growing in my back yard that I use for ear ache oil and mullein tea for respiratory issues. It's a very hardy plant and a great additional to any herb garden. Thanks for sharing so much info, I love your channel. As for soil I use our rabbit bedding which is pine wood chips, rabbit manure and then mix it in with a composed leaf mulch I get for free. My garden beds are amazing with this mix. I am wanting to introduce the mitliter method into my existing raised beds to hopefully increase my yield.
Hi David! I’m a new gardener and your videos have been a blessing. You sold me on your micro nutrient mix. Do you happen to know if this mix will be ideal for dry beans, such as pinto, kidney, and navy beans? Thank you so much!
Excellent question. Several years ago I calculated the cost of weekly feed made from the LDS Prepper Premium Micro-Nutrient mix. I calculated $0.02 per pound to grow tomatoes that I sold for $3.99 a pound. With fertilizer prices rising so much I'm making an updated video on fertilizer cost. Subscribe and stay tuned.
quick question the npk 16,16,16 mix im kinda struggling to find something similarly here in australia is there something i am missing in trying to obtain them from bunnings?
I don't know what you mean by "bunning" but you can use 11-11-11, 13-13-13, 16-16-16, 19-19-19 or something close to that. The higher the number the more nutrition per portion. If you use 11-11-11, like I did in Texas before I found 16-16-16, you may have to fertilize every 5 days instead of 7. I finally found 16-16-16 in Texas but I had to leave the city and drive to a country feed store where farmers and ranchers buy their supplies.
@@LDSPrepper David, I installed a rainwater collection system similar to your 15-part video. I've spent the entire last year doing all of my cooking and drinking through filtered rainwater. Homemade Berkey filter. The rest of it is my off-grid story. Have my story; you have yours. Like many of you on TH-cam, it comes down to clicks and revenue, frequently through merchandise. Do what you need to do.
@@GoodmanMIke59 Congratulations Mike. That is awesome. I don't worry about clicks or reviews. Like you, I'm just sharing what I'm doing and that has worked well for me. Paying it forward.
David you have totally had me sold on your sand/sawdust mix for a while. I am going to be setting up my garden the Mittleider way this spring.
Use anything that is clean, cheap and available for custom soil if you're growing in a raised garden box. If you are growing in river silt soil like here in Idaho or silt like in Texas no amendments are needed.
You are wonderful 🤗
You sent me the book a while back but it was set aside. Thank you for the reminder to actually read it!
LOL, life does get busy. Enjoy the book it is the best written practical gardening book I have ever seen.
I'm trying out soil repair from my rabbits. We don't have any usable dirt to add to it, so I do still buy top soil, but before long it'll all be from raising rabbits. We're plagued with concrete for dirt, I actually built a wall of just our local dirt. I can run back and forth across it because it's seriously concrete.
Wow! That is some crazy hard dirt. Are you using raised garden beds/boxes?
Many thanks for all you do!!
Great!
Thank you.
I would say it doesn’t work well with growing in compost. I used to be in the organic matter camp and would apply lots of compost and then I started learning more about horticulture and what plants really need. I tried mittleider method with compost medium this year and I think it’s too much for many plants. Some things grew bonkers but I had less tomatoes this year and just tons of green growth. So I would try to grow in more of a mineral soil like sand or clay or some kind of inorganic medium like pumice and peat moss.
But I must say, this fertilizer is incredible. I’ve never seen growth like this in a lot of my crops.
Good stuff!
Thank you.
Do I see some first year mullien?
Good eye. Yes, indeed you do.
@@LDSPrepper That is a wonderful plant with fantastic medicinal properties. I have a great wild patch growing in my back yard that I use for ear ache oil and mullein tea for respiratory issues. It's a very hardy plant and a great additional to any herb garden. Thanks for sharing so much info, I love your channel. As for soil I use our rabbit bedding which is pine wood chips, rabbit manure and then mix it in with a composed leaf mulch I get for free. My garden beds are amazing with this mix. I am wanting to introduce the mitliter method into my existing raised beds to hopefully increase my yield.
How about mixing the sawdust from pallets?
Any suggestions on where to obtain free sawdust ?
Hi David! I’m a new gardener and your videos have been a blessing. You sold me on your micro nutrient mix. Do you happen to know if this mix will be ideal for dry beans, such as pinto, kidney, and navy beans?
Thank you so much!
Have you ever use leaves and sand
Leaves decompose too fast.
Yes, it don't work well as explained in the video.
Thanks
Is cedar sawdust toxic.
I am trying to buy the book and mix, but shipping charge is still being added…
Add 8 micros and 1 book to the order and you should get free shipping in the US. If you still have a problem call me.
Greetings, do have a solution if you can’t find 34-0-0?
What about the cost of the fertilizers? The prices have really gone up. What about sustainability?
Excellent question. Several years ago I calculated the cost of weekly feed made from the LDS Prepper Premium Micro-Nutrient mix. I calculated $0.02 per pound to grow tomatoes that I sold for $3.99 a pound. With fertilizer prices rising so much I'm making an updated video on fertilizer cost. Subscribe and stay tuned.
Sand yes. Sawdust absoulutely not.
quick question the npk 16,16,16 mix im kinda struggling to find something similarly here in australia is there something i am missing in trying to obtain them from bunnings?
I don't know what you mean by "bunning" but you can use 11-11-11, 13-13-13, 16-16-16, 19-19-19 or something close to that. The higher the number the more nutrition per portion. If you use 11-11-11, like I did in Texas before I found 16-16-16, you may have to fertilize every 5 days instead of 7. I finally found 16-16-16 in Texas but I had to leave the city and drive to a country feed store where farmers and ranchers buy their supplies.
I bought mine at a grain Co-op here in Kansas. He had a computer program that custom mixed it.
@@robindevellen7038 Awesome, and you probably got a much better price than at Walmart, Home Depot, etc.
@@LDSPrepper bunnings (wesfarmers) here in oz is equivalent to home depot in the usa
Was gonna subscribe until I realized this is nothing but a advertisement
Not too much salesmanship going on here, is there?
Fare statement Mike. I'm doing my best to pass on knowledge and the necessary tools to succeed. Best of success to you.
@@LDSPrepper David, I installed a rainwater collection system similar to your 15-part video. I've spent the entire last year doing all of my cooking and drinking through filtered rainwater. Homemade Berkey filter. The rest of it is my off-grid story. Have my story; you have yours.
Like many of you on TH-cam, it comes down to clicks and revenue, frequently through merchandise. Do what you need to do.
@@GoodmanMIke59 Congratulations Mike. That is awesome. I don't worry about clicks or reviews. Like you, I'm just sharing what I'm doing and that has worked well for me. Paying it forward.