They should've been at 100K a long time ago ... very good content and a true family channel ... keep up the good work on the Homestead and with the family ...
I’m disappointed in the 11K views in 18 hours. I normally watch as soon as I get the pop up notification. Life interfered with my TH-cam life yesterday!
I'm not a gardener, but my brother grew fantastic tomatoes. He attributed it to the horse manure he got from a nearby riding club. Called it "black gold". Just a thought. 😊
horse manure is good stuff but it takes a while to desolve intoo the soil , you basicly prepare the soil for the next year, with liquid fertilizer the results are mush more immediate and can be adjusted on the fly , another good fertilizer is rabbit droppings and chicken manure , the last you can dissolve in water with makes it eazier to feed the plants , do need to wear a mask as the stuff can contain spores mould and other stuff that can make you sick if he can get the boys to dig the chicken barn out at a neighbours farm (thats one heck of a sticky and dirty job but should make them good money) you might be able to get that manure for free
I’m not any good at testing soils but I have been gardening for decades very successfully. My husband breeds worms and they love horse manure. We have a small pond that catches all the runoff from our worm beds. Our soil is deficient in everything but the only thing I have added to my garden is worm castings and the worm juice from the pond. My plants love it and grow beautifully. I always have way too much produce for my use and give loads of it away. I never use bug sprays as my plants stay so strong and healthy. I recommend getting some worms and breeding them as they are really easy to breed and care for and add so much to the garden. 😊
I'm really curious now about different kinds of compost. If you would be willing, it would be great if you could get a small bag of a couple different kinds of compost and test those. Like a worm, a horse manure, and a more general garden compost. It would just be an interesting experiment and reference point.
My son did a science test with chicken poop and horse poop fresh and 6 months plus. And we mixed with some dirt and planted same seeds in each to see how they grew. Obviously the older manure won out.
Yes. Yes.. SOIL TEST for yards and for pots and for raised beds. I would ammend Potassium in the fall but you can also try some Micro Nutrients in the mix across all three soils. Happy Growing Season 2023
Congratulations on hitting 100K! This video should put you over thr top. You two deserve it. Uou've worked harder than some I know who don't deserve the Silver play button.
Yeah that's for sure. This couple truly are a good fit and the boys are being encouraged both by watching and doing. Sam's a very patient trainer. Love each one of them. Congratulations on 100000 reach.
I have never run a soil test, but now you have me wanting to. I am certainly an amateur gardener, but I use granular 10-10-10 when I till the ground over the first time which is usaually 4-6 weeks before planting. Then 2 weeks after planting I will side-dress all my rows again with the 10-10-10. Then every 2 weeks til the end of the season I use the water-soluble Tomato and Vegetable fertilizer. Peppers, Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Green Beans were amazing last year.
Just watched The Old Byrd Farm channel, and he is planting his garden and has a lady who is a garden expert and they just had an episode when she made fertilizer and has been very helpful teaching different things you might find it helpful I sure do.
Never done a soil test and I've been gardening for over 50 yrs., for a basic bed I add manure every other year in the autumn/winter, here’s how to do it, add a good helping 6 inches or more of well-rotted manure to each bed, do this, by first taking out a 2-3 ft section by 1-2 ft deep of the soil out onto some plastic sheeting/tarpaulin, then add the manure to the bed, then turn the next soil section in the bed from behind you on top of the manure, adding a layer of blood, fish and bone organic fertilizer for good measure in between as well, for the last row of manure use the soil you put to one side, on the sheeting, just leave it rough to overwinter, come the spring using a fork turn it over and rake it down to a fine tilth ready for planting, from then on if the plants need any more help then I use a balanced granule powder fertilizer with one of those mixer bottles and hose, works every time for me, trying to be too technical with all this testing thingy, nah! Not for me, mother nature has never used a testing kit, but because you have just made your beds it's probably going to be best to just use a balanced feed with mixer bottle and hose like above for this season, but come the autumn/winter do your prep for next year, turn it over, leave it rough for the frosts to get at it.
My husband added horse manure to his garden about 2 weeks before he planted everything is coming up beautifully, sweet corn is now 3ft. high planted in March.
Quite interesting indeed. I wonder what would bagged Miracle Grow soil test out as especially since it claims it has fertilizers and such that feed plants up to so many months on the bag.
Woohoo!! See You are 1 away from 100,000 SUBS!! YOU ALL ROCK! Loved this Video & The tests..All we ever used in MO, to amend our in ground garden's was cow manure & literal lightly spread cooled stove ashes through the winter. Come Spring disc it and tilled & ready to plant.. We Grew Abundant yields of Everything to feed a family of 5 and can/ or later yrs. Freeze as well to last All winter. (Except carrots, very poor but I think my Dad was Praying they wouldn't grow, HE didn't like 🥕 carrots 😂) GOD BLESS YOU ALL..
Oh wow this was interesting to watch, and having a good soil to grow things in is the best. Oh wow you are so close to getting 100,000 subscribers and that will be so awesome for that to happen because you really do deserve that so much. I was also thinking that you would have more nitrogen and phosphorus, yikes that is interesting. Thanks Sam and Angela for another good video, have a blessed rest of your day, sending love and hugs, bye! 😉😂🤗💜💜
In the fall, I would add a little lyme with calcium as a top dressing to leach down into the woods medium and the decomposing wood below it in an attempt to slowly change the ph below. Not too much because like a potted plant, the lower levels of a raised bed can begin to zccumulzte unutilized fertilizers and amendments. This all the more so true if the lower levels contain a medium which can absorb said salts and minerals: forest litter, hays, bark mulch, and hog feed can definitely absorb water and hence fertilizers.
If I recall, wood, which is a major component of the bagged products, tends to suck the nitrogen out of the soil as it breaks down. I've now torn out my raised beds and tilled the bagged soil in along with some manure and all my fall leaves. Along with a good application of fertilizer. We'll see how it turns out this year.
Most states offer soil tests through the County Ag Agent. Price is low (Texas: $10 per sample / recommend 3 samples - different areas of your bed) All the information you showed plus more. We grow cut flowers and sell at the farmers market. We get a soil test at least every other year. It has really helped us to be successful with the flowers and the veggies also.
Thank you. This was really interesting to see how we can do this at home. It hadn’t occurred to me to test my soil. This could explain why some plants thrive and others just do not.
I gave up on raised beds after several years. The best gardens I ever had was when a local mint farmer gave us a couple loads of mint compost after they had cooked the mint for oil. We put about 6 to 8 inches of mint compost on the garden areas, rototilled it in to our soil and goodness, we had huge yields of everything. Tomato plants 8' x 8', cucumbers we couldn't keep up with, crazy carrots, beets, corn with 3 to 4 ears on them, sometimes 5! Green beans, peppers with 10 on each plant or more, it was unbelievable. We put the mint compost around our house plants and trees and the trees would put 3 ft on a year! The stuff was crazy! 25 lb watermelons, huge cantaloupes, winter and summer squash I had to beg people to take! It was like everything was on steroids! Problem is, not every area can get mint compost like we did. I think I've seen it recently bagged at the big box stores. So maybe some areas can get it.
I've done the test before & realized I needed to fertilize everything. I just use Espoma bio tone & then the fruit n veggie one later on. I feed certain things differently. I'm still learning, will probably always learn something new in the garden. I get most of my garden info from Garden Answer & MiGardener
Thanks for showing how those tests work. I was somewhat surprised at the results, especially on the compost findings. As another viewer stated, my Dad always added horse manure to his tomato garden and they were the best. I recently started watching Gardening with Creekside, a grower/retailer outside Charlotte, and along with their zone 7b like mine, have great success with the Espoma fertilizers they sell and use. I am testing this yer, as last year had poor success in my raised beds. Will wait to see what you do and outcomes. I’m happy that this year your family is able to enjoy your new homestead. God bless.
I’m really interested to know what the ‘Miracle Gro’ soil would rate with the same test. It’s a very popular amended bagged mix. I’ve used it for years. Very curious now. Great video, Sam. Got me thinking….
Wow now that was very interesting ! I have to admit I would not have guessed and any of these results! I would have thought for sure especially on the commercial stuff you would have at least seen nitrogen figuring they would have added some type of manure ! The woods test also very interesting and now that you know this you may want to toss a few things into your woods to help keep them healthy? I’ll be interested to see what you find out in your research.
Appreciate as always you taking the time to share. Great information and help ease the mindset of not really that difficult to do as well as the good information it gives you for a better garden to grow in.
Just a word of advice. Don't use the same dropper to transfer the water from the samples to the vials. If you only have one dropper, rinse with distilled water 3 to 5 times including the exterior so you don't cross contaminate the samples. It would also be good to test samples where you know the pH, N, P, K, values to make sure the test is working and accurate.
Thanks for sharing all your life experiments! Don’t be discouraged in the complexities - growing food for life should be some fun, and eye-opening. I can see a compost pile in your future.
You should get some rock dust, worm castings and alfalfa meal to start with.. then get bone meal, blood meal and sulfate of potash and don’t forget your kelp meal and mycorrhizae.. those are tall beds so to save money I would start composting in place as soon as possible that’s actually a great way to save money and your plant will be very healthy and disease resistant.. you may even want to add in some bio char eventually but just go slow so you don’t get overwhelmed
I , as a city gardener, like these test year around. Amazing. I'm even like your video a lot. But to get to this tests. results will change from day/ hour other. Still, one test I found missing was the percent soil components. Easy test, put a cup of soil in a quart jar, then fill the jar with water, let set for 24 to 48 hours. Measure the of band. Sand, clay, floating organics, stones, you know what is making up the "ground" you are growing in.
Great video. Made me dig out my soil test analysis I had done on ours. Recommendations were to add lime, minerals, and compost. Guess I was correct. We did all three 😂
No surprise, they don’t use a lot of green matter in bagged soils. Nitrogen is for leaf development. The next item is for fruits and blooms that potash is for root growth. Simply put you need some fertilizer.
If you are putting out blueberry bushes, use pine needles to add to the soil when planting. My blueberry bushes were very loaded. Blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins and mini blueberry pies for the boys was a big hit. Love your videos. Started to watch when you and Angela were fixing the kitchen.
Year old Chicken manure is the secret to my veggie gardens ! Beef steak Tomatoes the size of cantaloupes! Mix it in in the fall . But I would have mixed all 3soils together as equally as possible in all the tubs then test and then add whats missing per what each veggie or plant needs. What ever you do make a Pile of all your chicken waste this summer and spread it equally in each tub in the fall and mix it in even though its not a year old yet this first season of the garden .
That begs soil you used I used to and I was able to grow tomatoes in it never really grew anything else in that kind of dirt granted I didn't get a whole bunch of tomatoes off of 1 tomato plant but I did get about 10 tomatoes or so
Your results are exactly what I would expect. Our soil is the same way. I could tell ours would be lacking nitrogen as soon as I saw how woody it was. But we are adding alfalfa pellets and trying to amend it. Most soil being sold these days is full of wood, presumably because it's a cheap filler. It's low quality and has no life in it. Even the topsoil being sold is usually just the leftovers from making mulch. They scoop up the fine debris and pile it up to be sold as topsoil. Shame.
Soil from woods is as expected. Lots of leaves and carbon great for clay soil amendment. So the stuff they sell you just as well buy bulk top soil which should be much cheaper.
I've done soil test and added amendments over the years. If make good compost and added it to the soil every year and use non synthetic fertilizers nature seems to balance everything out.
Nitrogen is for leafy growth, and phosphorus is for healthy plant roots and strong growth. A deficiency in phosphorus can inhibit a plant's growth, or even kill it.
I would like to see you do it again but with you shaking the bulk samples in a closed container for a minute. That light steering you did makes me wonder about the results. you also may want to let the soil samples dry first then break the samples down into powder before doing the test. Just curious how that would change your results.
10 10 10 is my go to; for the best of three. Thank you for sharing these test. The county agent will be lonesome with the discovery of these diy tests. Tfs!🤜 Big hugs for all y'all.🤗 ✌️💖🙏🇺🇲🇮🇱✝️👋
Considering your property was used for farming row crops, I am not surprised that the woods would be depleted and acidic. Bringing in livestock would help to replenish your home soil, and adding some lime.
Honestly I just use a blank book. :) It's a multi-purpose book for me of my various ideas and project notes, etc. It works for gardening, home projects, video ideas & notes, and workshop lists. I guess it's more of a yearly journal book than just a gardening book.
the soil not having nitrigen and fosforous is good for the seedlings as they get most of the nutrients out of the seedflesh they grow out off (think fruits like apples and pears) untill a surtan time , it allso allows the plants to develop a rootsystem before the n. and p. shocks them or stund there search for water and nutrients (you want a nice rootball that can take a little abuse and keep the plant going ) , just make sure the ph is right for the plant and retest it every so often and keep an eye on the colour of the leaf , if it turns lighter you need to add nutrient , if they get darker , curl up or even look like there burning up you might want to flush the soil with some water , to flush out the nutrients (this is a last resort as it takes time to get the nutrients back in ), go slow and check regulairly soil is actually pretty forgiving as it has a lot of buffer in it compared to growing stuff on glasswool slabs or hydrophonics (tomatoes lettuse cucumbers etc )allso the nitrogen is mostly needed during the grow cycle the phosfor is mostly needed during the bloom period when the plant has reached it full length and the amount of hours of sun is diminishing used to dabble a bit in growing indoor weed in the bad old days and where i live , they have the nutrients and hours of light amount of air / co2 heat water insect controll and all sorts of other stuff down to a science to get the most yield in the shortest time , some of the stuff grown here looks like its dipped in powder sugar and it either makes you realy happy with an iq in the sub zeros and a little dribble coming out of youre mouth for a long time or puts you to sleep like youre hit by a hammer no matter if youre standing sitting or walking around
The last time I tested (10 yrs ago) it was recommended to use rain water. Does that kit recommend using distilled water? Great, you said Distilled water.
Those are interesting results. I would have thought the woods would have been a lot better with all the nitrogen falling each season and all the compost that it seemed to have.
Wow this is very surprising I wonder how these adds up against the black cow you used to buy in the the yellow bag I wonder what would the bagged soil manufacturer have to say about this grower mix? You can’t grow anything in depleted soil
It will be interesting to see how well your plants grow in it now ( the bulk) Where did you get these tests? Hearing impaired and it went to fast for me to get it if you said it on closed captioning?!
Interesting results... Now you know that you have to amend the soil for whatever you want to plant. Would you guys and your kids be interested in raising rabbits? I understand they are fun, provide meat and excellent cold manure that you can use right away in your garden - even in the whole where you place your transplants.... Small homesteads usually raise them as a complement to their chickens, goats, ducks....
I presume you will hit your 100,000 subs on this video!!! You all deserve it very much.
They should've been at 100K a long time ago ... very good content and a true family channel ... keep up the good work on the Homestead and with the family ...
I’m disappointed in the 11K views in 18 hours. I normally watch as soon as I get the pop up notification. Life interfered with my TH-cam life yesterday!
Nature sounds in the background is lovely
I'm not a gardener, but my brother grew fantastic tomatoes. He attributed it to the horse manure he got from a nearby riding club. Called it "black gold". Just a thought. 😊
horse manure is good stuff but it takes a while to desolve intoo the soil , you basicly prepare the soil for the next year, with liquid fertilizer the results are mush more immediate and can be adjusted on the fly , another good fertilizer is rabbit droppings and chicken manure , the last you can dissolve in water with makes it eazier to feed the plants , do need to wear a mask as the stuff can contain spores mould and other stuff that can make you sick
if he can get the boys to dig the chicken barn out at a neighbours farm (thats one heck of a sticky and dirty job but should make them good money) you might be able to get that manure for free
My mom always swore by rabbit manure
You should be hitting 100K any minute now! 😊
I was thinking the same thing.
I’m not any good at testing soils but I have been gardening for decades very successfully. My husband breeds worms and they love horse manure. We have a small pond that catches all the runoff from our worm beds. Our soil is deficient in everything but the only thing I have added to my garden is worm castings and the worm juice from the pond. My plants love it and grow beautifully. I always have way too much produce for my use and give loads of it away. I never use bug sprays as my plants stay so strong and healthy. I recommend getting some worms and breeding them as they are really easy to breed and care for and add so much to the garden. 😊
I'm really curious now about different kinds of compost. If you would be willing, it would be great if you could get a small bag of a couple different kinds of compost and test those. Like a worm, a horse manure, and a more general garden compost. It would just be an interesting experiment and reference point.
look for guano , thats bird manure , some times bat manure
My son did a science test with chicken poop and horse poop fresh and 6 months plus. And we mixed with some dirt and planted same seeds in each to see how they grew. Obviously the older manure won out.
Wow, the sunset in the background is ah-maze-ing. Thanks for sharing GOD bless you all.
Yes. Yes.. SOIL TEST for yards and for pots and for raised beds. I would ammend Potassium in the fall but you can also try some Micro Nutrients in the mix across all three soils. Happy Growing Season 2023
Congratulations on hitting 100K!
This video should put you over thr top. You two deserve it. Uou've worked harder than some I know who don't deserve the Silver play button.
Yeah that's for sure. This couple truly are a good fit and the boys are being encouraged both by watching and doing.
Sam's a very patient trainer.
Love each one of them.
Congratulations on 100000 reach.
I have never run a soil test, but now you have me wanting to. I am certainly an amateur gardener, but I use granular 10-10-10 when I till the ground over the first time which is usaually 4-6 weeks before planting. Then 2 weeks after planting I will side-dress all my rows again with the 10-10-10. Then every 2 weeks til the end of the season I use the water-soluble Tomato and Vegetable fertilizer. Peppers, Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Green Beans were amazing last year.
Have had great luck with Espoma organic products. Biotone, Holly tone, Plant tone and their soil acidifier are all products I use.
This is so timely, time for me to think about garden prep.
Thank you Sam! Very interesting about the bag soil! Hello to your family!
Just watched The Old Byrd Farm channel, and he is planting his garden and has a lady who is a garden expert and they just had an episode when she made fertilizer and has been very helpful teaching different things you might find it helpful I sure do.
Never done a soil test and I've been gardening for over 50 yrs., for a basic bed I add manure every other year in the autumn/winter, here’s how to do it, add a good helping 6 inches or more of well-rotted manure to each bed, do this, by first taking out a 2-3 ft section by 1-2 ft deep of the soil out onto some plastic sheeting/tarpaulin, then add the manure to the bed, then turn the next soil section in the bed from behind you on top of the manure, adding a layer of blood, fish and bone organic fertilizer for good measure in between as well, for the last row of manure use the soil you put to one side, on the sheeting, just leave it rough to overwinter, come the spring using a fork turn it over and rake it down to a fine tilth ready for planting, from then on if the plants need any more help then I use a balanced granule powder fertilizer with one of those mixer bottles and hose, works every time for me, trying to be too technical with all this testing thingy, nah! Not for me, mother nature has never used a testing kit, but because you have just made your beds it's probably going to be best to just use a balanced feed with mixer bottle and hose like above for this season, but come the autumn/winter do your prep for next year, turn it over, leave it rough for the frosts to get at it.
Beautiful sunset behind the house
My husband added horse manure to his garden about 2 weeks before he planted everything is coming up beautifully, sweet corn is now 3ft. high planted in March.
Take care and be blessed! 100’000 YES!😊
Acre Homestead used a test kit that also told her what to add. They were from Redmond Salt area. Good luck ❤❤
Quite interesting indeed. I wonder what would bagged Miracle Grow soil test out as especially since it claims it has fertilizers and such that feed plants up to so many months on the bag.
Woohoo!! See You are 1 away from 100,000 SUBS!! YOU ALL ROCK! Loved this Video & The tests..All we ever used in MO, to amend our in ground garden's was cow manure & literal lightly spread cooled stove ashes through the winter. Come Spring disc it and tilled & ready to plant.. We Grew Abundant yields of Everything to feed a family of 5 and can/ or later yrs. Freeze as well to last All winter. (Except carrots, very poor but I think my Dad was Praying they wouldn't grow, HE didn't like 🥕 carrots 😂) GOD BLESS YOU ALL..
Yikes! I would have expected more nitrogen and phosphorus also! This really shows how important it is to test your soil.
Oh wow this was interesting to watch, and having a good soil to grow things in is the best. Oh wow you are so close to getting 100,000 subscribers and that will be so awesome for that to happen because you really do deserve that so much. I was also thinking that you would have more nitrogen and phosphorus, yikes that is interesting. Thanks Sam and Angela for another good video, have a blessed rest of your day, sending love and hugs, bye! 😉😂🤗💜💜
Interesting! Not what I would have guessed! Thanks Sam!
In the fall, I would add a little lyme with calcium as a top dressing to leach down into the woods medium and the decomposing wood below it in an attempt to slowly change the ph below. Not too much because like a potted plant, the lower levels of a raised bed can begin to zccumulzte unutilized fertilizers and amendments. This all the more so true if the lower levels contain a medium which can absorb said salts and minerals: forest litter, hays, bark mulch, and hog feed can definitely absorb water and hence fertilizers.
If I recall, wood, which is a major component of the bagged products, tends to suck the nitrogen out of the soil as it breaks down. I've now torn out my raised beds and tilled the bagged soil in along with some manure and all my fall leaves. Along with a good application of fertilizer. We'll see how it turns out this year.
Most states offer soil tests through the County Ag Agent. Price is low (Texas: $10 per sample / recommend 3 samples - different areas of your bed) All the information you showed plus more. We grow cut flowers and sell at the farmers market. We get a soil test at least every other year. It has really helped us to be successful with the flowers and the veggies also.
Thank you. This was really interesting to see how we can do this at home. It hadn’t occurred to me to test my soil. This could explain why some plants thrive and others just do not.
That "Woods" mixture looks like something you'd get at Starbucks 😉
lol
I gave up on raised beds after several years. The best gardens I ever had was when a local mint farmer gave us a couple loads of mint compost after they had cooked the mint for oil. We put about 6 to 8 inches of mint compost on the garden areas, rototilled it in to our soil and goodness, we had huge yields of everything. Tomato plants 8' x 8', cucumbers we couldn't keep up with, crazy carrots, beets, corn with 3 to 4 ears on them, sometimes 5! Green beans, peppers with 10 on each plant or more, it was unbelievable. We put the mint compost around our house plants and trees and the trees would put 3 ft on a year! The stuff was crazy! 25 lb watermelons, huge cantaloupes, winter and summer squash I had to beg people to take! It was like everything was on steroids! Problem is, not every area can get mint compost like we did. I think I've seen it recently bagged at the big box stores. So maybe some areas can get it.
Yes ...This test kit is much easier to get a valid test from both the first time as well as the multi time soil testing person!
Ooh, I think I might be first!
This video was very interesting and the sunset was gorgeous!
Take care
🥳 ☺️
I've done the test before & realized I needed to fertilize everything. I just use Espoma bio tone & then the fruit n veggie one later on. I feed certain things differently. I'm still learning, will probably always learn something new in the garden. I get most of my garden info from Garden Answer & MiGardener
Thanks for showing how those tests work. I was somewhat surprised at the results, especially on the compost findings. As another viewer stated, my Dad always added horse manure to his tomato garden and they were the best. I recently started watching Gardening with Creekside, a grower/retailer outside Charlotte, and along with their zone 7b like mine, have great success with the Espoma fertilizers they sell and use. I am testing this yer, as last year had poor success in my raised beds. Will wait to see what you do and outcomes. I’m happy that this year your family is able to enjoy your new homestead. God bless.
Peppers love acidic soil. Everything should be baseline on the Ph You will need to add nutrients to all beds in a slow release 5/5/5 fertilizer.
I’m really interested to know what the ‘Miracle Gro’ soil would rate with the same test. It’s a very popular amended bagged mix. I’ve used it for years. Very curious now. Great video, Sam. Got me thinking….
Wow now that was very interesting ! I have to admit I would not have guessed and any of these results! I would have thought for sure especially on the commercial stuff you would have at least seen nitrogen figuring they would have added some type of manure ! The woods test also very interesting and now that you know this you may want to toss a few things into your woods to help keep them healthy? I’ll be interested to see what you find out in your research.
I like Espoma products for all of my plants and vegetable gardens. But I think compost and manure are the best.
Appreciate as always you taking the time to share. Great information and help ease the mindset of not really that difficult to do as well as the good information it gives you for a better garden to grow in.
Sam, that’s a million dollar view behind you at the end of the video when you were reading the test results.
Great video. Need to do mine as well. I added worm casings bonemeal and guano manure thing year. Should see if it did anything. 😅
Just a word of advice. Don't use the same dropper to transfer the water from the samples to the vials. If you only have one dropper, rinse with distilled water 3 to 5 times including the exterior so you don't cross contaminate the samples. It would also be good to test samples where you know the pH, N, P, K, values to make sure the test is working and accurate.
Having a control sample is good science. You've done well grasshopper.
I'm surprised that the woods shows depleted. Of course the soils al
need fertilizer. That was interesting, thanks for showing the testing.
Iliserliser
Good afternoon Sam , nice to see you again .
Thanks Sam ❤
Thanks for sharing all your life experiments! Don’t be discouraged in the complexities - growing food for life should be some fun, and eye-opening. I can see a compost pile in your future.
You should get some rock dust, worm castings and alfalfa meal to start with.. then get bone meal, blood meal and sulfate of potash and don’t forget your kelp meal and mycorrhizae.. those are tall beds so to save money I would start composting in place as soon as possible that’s actually a great way to save money and your plant will be very healthy and disease resistant.. you may even want to add in some bio char eventually but just go slow so you don’t get overwhelmed
I , as a city gardener, like these test year around. Amazing. I'm even like your video a lot. But to get to this tests. results will change from day/ hour other. Still, one test I found missing was the percent soil components. Easy test, put a cup of soil in a quart jar, then fill the jar with water, let set for 24 to 48 hours. Measure the of band. Sand, clay, floating organics, stones, you know what is making up the "ground" you are growing in.
Great video. Made me dig out my soil test analysis I had done on ours. Recommendations were to add lime, minerals, and compost. Guess I was correct. We did all three 😂
No surprise, they don’t use a lot of green matter in bagged soils. Nitrogen is for leaf development. The next item is for fruits and blooms that potash is for root growth. Simply put you need some fertilizer.
If you are putting out blueberry bushes, use pine needles to add to the soil when planting. My blueberry bushes were very loaded. Blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins and mini blueberry pies for the boys was a big hit. Love your videos. Started to watch when you and Angela were fixing the kitchen.
100,000 subs fantastic. Well deserved!!!!
Sam
There's a couple that I'd recommend for info on growing great veg's.
Hollis and Nancy's Homestead.
Your local extension office may be able to help you to choose soil amendments depending on what you want to grow in each of your soils.
Good info and beautiful sunset😊
Wow, that shocks me too!
very informative. The journal is a great idea
Love all of your tips on gardening 😊
Useful information
Thank You Sam
Year old Chicken manure is the secret to my veggie gardens ! Beef steak Tomatoes the size of cantaloupes! Mix it in in the fall . But I would have mixed all 3soils together as equally as possible in all the tubs then test and then add whats missing per what each veggie or plant needs. What ever you do make a Pile of all your chicken waste this summer and spread it equally in each tub in the fall and mix it in even though its not a year old yet this first season of the garden .
PS horse manure unless heated/ processed leads to lots of weeds ...horses don't digested the seeds ...FYI
That begs soil you used I used to and I was able to grow tomatoes in it never really grew anything else in that kind of dirt granted I didn't get a whole bunch of tomatoes off of 1 tomato plant but I did get about 10 tomatoes or so
Your results are exactly what I would expect. Our soil is the same way. I could tell ours would be lacking nitrogen as soon as I saw how woody it was. But we are adding alfalfa pellets and trying to amend it. Most soil being sold these days is full of wood, presumably because it's a cheap filler. It's low quality and has no life in it. Even the topsoil being sold is usually just the leftovers from making mulch. They scoop up the fine debris and pile it up to be sold as topsoil. Shame.
that was very interesting...hope you find all the info you need.
Now I think I need to do this!
I am so glad you know what you are doing, that’s all Greek to me!!!!
Wow very interesting results 🤔
Soil from woods is as expected. Lots of leaves and carbon great for clay soil amendment.
So the stuff they sell you just as well buy bulk top soil which should be much cheaper.
That was interesting and informative. Good job for checking it out.
I've done soil test and added amendments over the years.
If make good compost and added it to the soil every year and use non synthetic fertilizers nature seems to balance everything out.
Tests surprised me too.
Nitrogen is for leafy growth, and phosphorus is for healthy plant roots and strong growth. A deficiency in phosphorus can inhibit a plant's growth, or even kill it.
That's interesting. Keep up good work.
I think I would try adding some water soluble fertilizer to one of the samples to see if the test kit even works.
Wow I totally thought the bag and bulk would’ve been better.
Grow your tomatoes in the dirt from the woods in East Tennessee we grow the best tomatoes because of the acidic soil
It would be interesting to see what the soil was like in the surrounding fields where the crops previously grew. 🤔
Excellent! 99.9 and counting 😄
That was very interesting. Awesome video 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
Great information!!
Very cool!
The best garden channels usually recommend adding a fertilizer....based on the soil. Now, you know! 👍👏✨😍
I would like to see you do it again but with you shaking the bulk samples in a closed container for a minute. That light steering you did makes me wonder about the results. you also may want to let the soil samples dry first then break the samples down into powder before doing the test. Just curious how that would change your results.
💕Interesting💕Maybe you should try making a compost bin/box to cut costs when topping up your beds for next year💕
I'd add azomite...you could plant blueberries 🫐 in the woods...they like acidic soil
10 10 10 is my go to; for the best of three.
Thank you for sharing these test.
The county agent will be lonesome with the discovery of these diy tests. Tfs!🤜
Big hugs for all y'all.🤗
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Considering your property was used for farming row crops, I am not surprised that the woods would be depleted and acidic. Bringing in livestock would help to replenish your home soil, and adding some lime.
I see what you're doing there... ;) Hehehe
Interesting tests.
You 'll get there! Is there an Ag Extension office close? They should be a good resource.
Awesome video 😎👍
Mornin. Can you suggest a good Garden Planner/Journal? They all seem so different which is weird. What do you use?
Honestly I just use a blank book. :) It's a multi-purpose book for me of my various ideas and project notes, etc. It works for gardening, home projects, video ideas & notes, and workshop lists. I guess it's more of a yearly journal book than just a gardening book.
the soil not having nitrigen and fosforous is good for the seedlings as they get most of the nutrients out of the seedflesh they grow out off (think fruits like apples and pears) untill a surtan time , it allso allows the plants to develop a rootsystem before the n. and p. shocks them or stund there search for water and nutrients (you want a nice rootball that can take a little abuse and keep the plant going ) , just make sure the ph is right for the plant and retest it every so often and keep an eye on the colour of the leaf , if it turns lighter you need to add nutrient , if they get darker , curl up or even look like there burning up you might want to flush the soil with some water , to flush out the nutrients (this is a last resort as it takes time to get the nutrients back in ), go slow and check regulairly
soil is actually pretty forgiving as it has a lot of buffer in it compared to growing stuff on glasswool slabs or hydrophonics (tomatoes lettuse cucumbers etc )allso the nitrogen is mostly needed during the grow cycle the phosfor is mostly needed during the bloom period when the plant has reached it full length and the amount of hours of sun is diminishing
used to dabble a bit in growing indoor weed in the bad old days and where i live , they have the nutrients and hours of light amount of air / co2 heat water insect controll and all sorts of other stuff down to a science to get the most yield in the shortest time , some of the stuff grown here looks like its dipped in powder sugar and it either makes you realy happy with an iq in the sub zeros and a little dribble coming out of youre mouth for a long time or puts you to sleep like youre hit by a hammer no matter if youre standing sitting or walking around
The last time I tested (10 yrs ago) it was recommended to use rain water. Does that kit recommend using distilled water? Great, you said Distilled water.
Those are interesting results. I would have thought the woods would have been a lot better with all the nitrogen falling each season and all the compost that it seemed to have.
Testing, would love to test my soil too.
Wow this is very surprising I wonder how these adds up against the black cow you used to buy in the the yellow bag I wonder what would the bagged soil manufacturer have to say about this grower mix? You can’t grow anything in depleted soil
It will be interesting to see how well your plants grow in it now ( the bulk)
Where did you get these tests? Hearing impaired and it went to fast for me to get it if you said it on closed captioning?!
I think he said he purchased it locally. I purchased the same or very similar on Amazon.
Interesting results... Now you know that you have to amend the soil for whatever you want to plant. Would you guys and your kids be interested in raising rabbits? I understand they are fun, provide meat and excellent cold manure that you can use right away in your garden - even in the whole where you place your transplants.... Small homesteads usually raise them as a complement to their chickens, goats, ducks....
I never thought to test bag soil, I assumed it would have the correct nutrients 🤔
The woods soil would grow good berries. 😃
Oh no cross contamination, LOL wait that was the original plan. Y'all did good on filling up the beds. I should test and add stuff to my soil too.