We have done it both ways. The aerated way gets anaerobic microbes and without aeration gets microbes that grow in low-oxygen environments, I prefer the oxygenated way.
Thank you sir. I have my first ever biochar made and charge with urine, thanks for all the knowledge you are sharing. I also have carbonized rice hull now, is it alright if i dry it with water for now because theres no urine, can I still charge it with urine maybe after a day or more ? 🙂
@@bernardhaboc4056 You can charge the carbon anytime it is just easiest when it is soaking in the water and then wet when adding to manure... as it gets hydrophobic (harder to wet) if fully dried.
Thanks a lot... Just the thing I was looking for. Please keep sharing and spreading your amazing knowledge. Please do some videos on how prepare our own Microorganisms mixes and mico rhizomes etc
Honey actually has antimicrobial qualities and is used as an antiseptic, so using it in a mixture that we are trying to get a healthy microbiome with is not a good option.
Hi, The rice was added from the microbiome enhancement video a bit later. Added the rice culture with microbes to a bucket and added water to break it up and then added it to the super brew.
Thankyou for posting this detailed information. We are in an area of very sandy soil, acidic in nature, which of the 2 super brews you list would be most suitable and what adjustments would you make.
If the soil is acid then the biochar should help. Adding more ash which is basic should help as well. Both formulas work, it depends on the resources that you have available locally. We only modified it because there were different items available in Mexico and Canada. Cheers
I'm loving all the detailed information and thank you for all you do. Just wondering if you can recommend a different source of nitrogen for those of us that are squeamish about keeping jugs of urine around the house! haha thanks
I keep my jugs outside but you could grow nitrogen-fixing plants and then ferment their biomass in water until it disintegrates and then use that water.
This is great information. I'm surprised about the low number of views. Do people not know gold when they see it? Given your wealth of knowledge I was wondering if you could help me with a small(well, medium-sized) question. I have a wetland meadow area near Nelson, BC. Its mostly clay-heavy with cedars/cottonwood surrounding and mostly composed of ferns, devils club, wild ginger, hops and some smaller very green/lushy shrubs. It's in a mountain valley NW sloping temperate rainforest, so sun is main limiting factor. Some smaller near-by patches are more loamy, less clay. The mountain is iron-heavy, and there area couple low-flow seeps which feed the area. I was thinking about using worm castings/tea as part of a brew, with urine, salt, native soil, compost, and sugar. I don't know if I can afford zeolite and all the specialized mineral supplements. I'm wondering if you could suggest high value rock/mineral additions to give a boost in the type of ecosystem I'll be food-foresting(or whatever additions would seem like a good add to the mix)... the more local/accessible/cheaper the better. I've been marathoning a bunch of the videos on here. Great stuff, keep it up!
I assume you are looking for aerobic organisms vs anaerobic so do you need to stir periodically to maintain viability. Also how long would you say this brew remains viable - I'm assuming one all the feed-stock is used up the microbe population will decrease. Thanks for the videa.
We give it a good stir each time we use it. Weekly or biweekly. We have reused the sludge at the bottom again and again as starter for the next batch and because the rocks are not used up. When the brew slows down we add more molasses or another sugar and it fires up the microbes again.
Would it be instrumental to aerate the Brew? Maybe with a couple of fish tank types? In others like JADAM. They're utilized. I decided to follow the nature versus nurture because of nurturing man made fertilizers it has made our soils T O X I C
I know this is more than a year old so you may have changed your process slightly since then... So if that's the case, disregard! Or just disregard anyway if you think I'm plain wrong... 😁 But .... I wouldn't add *aged* urine, as that will have been turned into ammonia, which means you'll lose nitrogen to the air. Plus ammonia is toxic to a wide range of organisms. Of course if you leave it long enough it'll be converted to nitrite/nitrate but that's a lot of ammonia to convert....! Also for the salt, for some people this wouldn't be necessary if they had a medium to high salt diet, as I'm sure you know there can be quite a bit of salt in urine. If you use it multiple times in one place the salt could build up over time. Plants don't need much salt, as I'm sure you also know.... And putting yeast and salt in after one another seems a bit misguided, I'd probably add anything with salt right at the end so as to not kill off any yeast. Other than that it was interesting and gave me ideas. I particularly liked your biochar videos. I'm going to try cooking (? carbonifying??) some biochar and making a mixture as a present for my mum (she's an avid gardener) with eucalyptus wood (I'm in Australia) and my chickens' manure.
Yes, I'm aware of the adverse effects of the urine but diluting it is okay. I've also experimented with using it like a herbicide and it takes a fair bit of repeated application with pure urine to kill plants
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Very excited to give this a try! And thanks for including the written recipes!
Thank you for all you do.
Wow, thank you! This really covers all the bases. I can't wait to try something like this out 😊
You're so welcome!
Does it have to be actively aerated?
We have done it both ways. The aerated way gets anaerobic microbes and without aeration gets microbes that grow in low-oxygen environments, I prefer the oxygenated way.
Thanks for the info
Your welcome rip!
Is iodized salt good ?
No. The sea salt has many micronutrients in it that iodized salt does not. Sea water has many elements that refined NaCl does not.
Thank you sir. I have my first ever biochar made and charge with urine, thanks for all the knowledge you are sharing.
I also have carbonized rice hull now, is it alright if i dry it with water for now because theres no urine, can I still charge it with urine maybe after a day or more ? 🙂
@@bernardhaboc4056 You can charge the carbon anytime it is just easiest when it is soaking in the water and then wet when adding to manure... as it gets hydrophobic (harder to wet) if fully dried.
Thanks a lot... Just the thing I was looking for. Please keep sharing and spreading your amazing knowledge. Please do some videos on how prepare our own Microorganisms mixes and mico rhizomes etc
Hi Muhammad we have a raw version on our channel and will post the full version soon!
What about using fish fertilizer or Alfa pellets instead of urine?
Yes both are possible. Check the nutrient breakdown so you know you are offering the microbiome all the nutrients they need to thrive.
I was wondering if you could use honey in place of the molasses and sugar?
Honey actually has antimicrobial qualities and is used as an antiseptic, so using it in a mixture that we are trying to get a healthy microbiome with is not a good option.
I didn’t see you add the rice. Did you open the pouch and add the rice?
Hi, The rice was added from the microbiome enhancement video a bit later. Added the rice culture with microbes to a bucket and added water to break it up and then added it to the super brew.
Just wondering if Epsom salts or Himalayan pink salt can be used or must stick to sea salt?
Sea salt has more minerals at a lower cost and is available worldwide. Epsom salts is a magnesium salt only.
Thankyou for posting this detailed information. We are in an area of very sandy soil, acidic in nature, which of the 2 super brews you list would be most suitable and what adjustments would you make.
If the soil is acid then the biochar should help. Adding more ash which is basic should help as well. Both formulas work, it depends on the resources that you have available locally. We only modified it because there were different items available in Mexico and Canada. Cheers
Can I use seawater instead of sea salt?
Yes of course right from the source is best
Plants appear high on the BRIX scale.
I'm loving all the detailed information and thank you for all you do. Just wondering if you can recommend a different source of nitrogen for those of us that are squeamish about keeping jugs of urine around the house! haha thanks
I keep my jugs outside but you could grow nitrogen-fixing plants and then ferment their biomass in water until it disintegrates and then use that water.
@@PlanetHealers That is a really cool idea, thanks!!
This is great information. I'm surprised about the low number of views. Do people not know gold when they see it?
Given your wealth of knowledge I was wondering if you could help me with a small(well, medium-sized) question. I have a wetland meadow area near Nelson, BC. Its mostly clay-heavy with cedars/cottonwood surrounding and mostly composed of ferns, devils club, wild ginger, hops and some smaller very green/lushy shrubs. It's in a mountain valley NW sloping temperate rainforest, so sun is main limiting factor. Some smaller near-by patches are more loamy, less clay. The mountain is iron-heavy, and there area couple low-flow seeps which feed the area.
I was thinking about using worm castings/tea as part of a brew, with urine, salt, native soil, compost, and sugar. I don't know if I can afford zeolite and all the specialized mineral supplements. I'm wondering if you could suggest high value rock/mineral additions to give a boost in the type of ecosystem I'll be food-foresting(or whatever additions would seem like a good add to the mix)... the more local/accessible/cheaper the better.
I've been marathoning a bunch of the videos on here. Great stuff, keep it up!
Most volcanic rock will work pulverized if you have some nearby. Greensand is available commercially
I assume you are looking for aerobic organisms vs anaerobic so do you need to stir periodically to maintain viability. Also how long would you say this brew remains viable - I'm assuming one all the feed-stock is used up the microbe population will decrease. Thanks for the videa.
We give it a good stir each time we use it. Weekly or biweekly. We have reused the sludge at the bottom again and again as starter for the next batch and because the rocks are not used up. When the brew slows down we add more molasses or another sugar and it fires up the microbes again.
Would it be instrumental to aerate the Brew? Maybe with a couple of fish tank types?
In others like JADAM. They're utilized. I decided to follow the nature versus nurture because of nurturing man made fertilizers it has made our soils T O X I C
That is a debate my wife and I have. She has examples of anoxic mixes and I think more aerobic myself.
@@PlanetHealers Thanx for the honesty! Lol....
I know this is more than a year old so you may have changed your process slightly since then... So if that's the case, disregard! Or just disregard anyway if you think I'm plain wrong... 😁 But .... I wouldn't add *aged* urine, as that will have been turned into ammonia, which means you'll lose nitrogen to the air. Plus ammonia is toxic to a wide range of organisms. Of course if you leave it long enough it'll be converted to nitrite/nitrate but that's a lot of ammonia to convert....! Also for the salt, for some people this wouldn't be necessary if they had a medium to high salt diet, as I'm sure you know there can be quite a bit of salt in urine. If you use it multiple times in one place the salt could build up over time. Plants don't need much salt, as I'm sure you also know.... And putting yeast and salt in after one another seems a bit misguided, I'd probably add anything with salt right at the end so as to not kill off any yeast. Other than that it was interesting and gave me ideas. I particularly liked your biochar videos. I'm going to try cooking (? carbonifying??) some biochar and making a mixture as a present for my mum (she's an avid gardener) with eucalyptus wood (I'm in Australia) and my chickens' manure.
Yes, I'm aware of the adverse effects of the urine but diluting it is okay. I've also experimented with using it like a herbicide and it takes a fair bit of repeated application with pure urine to kill plants
Human urine not advisable whenyou harbor heavy metals.
Yes if you eat poorly or take drugs it will pass through
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