SLM 06 Zai Planting Pits
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มี.ค. 2013
- Programme 06 in the series on Sustainable Land Management in Africa looks at the use of Zai planting pits for water harvesting and improving production.
Filmed West Africa.
Funded by IFAD, IIED, World Bank Institute and Vreij Universitat, Amsterdam.
Music reproduced under licence from Audio Network. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
This works well anywhere. When I went to England, 1980 was a VERY dry year, so when I moved into a house in April, following my instincts, I created a vegetable garden, seeding and planting everything is depressions I made in the ground. The resulting plants overtook all of those which had been planted at 'the right time of year' in the neighbours' gardens! It did attract an amusing comment from one neighbour, that it looked like war-zone with small bomb craters! In my forestry research project, stated in 2001 in a semi-arid region of Western Australia, I plant all my trees VERY deep, thereby reducing transpiration rates and desiccation of the moisture from the pre-saturated root-balls of the trees. The dry soil enveloping the root-balls insulates them from heat and drying winds. Even when planted in temperatures of >40degC, survival rates are exceptional.
I've been doing the same since I remember. Getting the plants deep instead of sticking plants out. The later, ridiculous, hype of raised beds, so popular for TH-cam farmers/gardeners, is something that makes me laugh or cry depending on context.
All my trees, olive trees and some other fruits trees, are in pits, with heavy mulch cover. They hold much better.
The charcoal will work.
It will shield the soil from the son, and provide asylum for the bacterium.
I didn't know this was a thing when I planted a few plants in late spring where it was difficult to bring in water. I made a pit too, basically, but instead of manure on top, I put dead weeds in the bottom of the hole for future moisture retention. I was rarely able to bring water to the plants and this worked very well for me and despite our very dry summers, all are thriving.
dry weeds,,? what kind,, and did you depend on rain to wet it,, you must have watered it immediately after you planted it,,, and what did you plant,,
You actually did add compost! Those "weeds" broke down and created compost for your plants.
What kinda weed u use bruh? u use the purp grandaddy or that fire dank skunk bruh? Maybe it was sour deseil? Or some other sour variant? I'm planting this spring bruh I need to know. 420 out
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Freshly weeded weeds. Yes, I did add water to the hole first, filled in with dirt, then added more water. Think I watered it 2-3 times total, ever.
Sorry, finally receivednotice someone had asked a question.
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No, I added freshly dug out weeds, which is different than compost because technically what I used robs the area of nitrogen until it decomposes. I wanted to give it an organic boost. I did put mulch over the top.
Sorry I didn't respond earlier. TH-cam finally thought to notify that anybody was communicating about this post...
Brilliant. Simple and free....I will do this in Portland, Oregon USA :)
Did you do this? It's been three years since u commented. If yes, how much successful it was?
I would think it's too wet,then I remembered the drought there, probably would work well on the eastern side. I think I will be doing this as well in az.
Soil health is key to reversing climate change.
David; Yes! Look up Alan Savory, TED Talks! He shows how EVEN GOATS can be combined with rotational grazing to rehabilitate "overgrazed" pastures. Here in Mexico the government drylands department (CONAZA) uses tractor-pulled heavy rollers with "teeth" to break down brush and excavate "Zai-like" pits Enter CONAZA_gob into TH-cam to get videos showing this mechanized process for large dryland areas.
@@brooksanderson2599 I've seen it thanks good stuff
It's very good and Great work
This video doesn't mention that these are not just simple pits. Apparently, African termites have a taste for the manure and compost, especially when it is moist. The termites burrow into the soil leaving saliva-cemented tubes. (This is shown in a different video.) When the rains come, the water percolates down these tubes.even deeper into the ground. The moisture also aids a fungus that the termites cultivate. I would like to see a video that covers the whole process. Does it work in places that don't have that species of termite? Just a "heads-up." It is not as simple as it looks. It is even more remarkable than shown here!
You need to provide a link to that video...
@@b_uppy Just Google: The man who stopped the desert. There are a series of videos about Yacouba Sawadogo, the man who really did stop desert expansion in the Sahel, Africa. Good luck! :-)
@@brooksanderson2599
Here is the link. You need to learn to do this yourself.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacouba_Sawadogo
@@b_uppy I am well aware of that technique and others. My emphasis is on urban agriculture as is used in Cuba. I simply use compost and plant Grow Biointensive combined with vertical gardening. Zai pits, obviously, are applicable to countryside farming. Please reference my website www.ciclicoahuila.com .I teach people here in Mexico, for free, how to find, harvest, and conserve water to cope with human-induced climate change drought. !Saludos desde Saltillo, Mexico! old geologist :-)
@@brooksanderson2599
Good, I see you finally know how to *link* ...
Thanks
On peut faire des diguettes en carré avec une pente, planter des végétaux dans le côté le plus bas... ainsi quand il pleut l'eau ne s'en va pas et reste sur les végétaux plantés..., cela évite aussi l'érosion!!.. Bravo...je connais ces endroits-là... By
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Omg I know this way since I was on my elementary, I used to see my father planting this way.
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Awesome, almost like the deep corn planting of the hopi.
#NoTillAgriculture might be viable to increase biomass?
When it rains easy to plow the soil .
You MUST be joking...
with a water buffalo.???
But very bad for the soil
After some time they should do it without the manures.
I should look into creating machine to do this in one pass.
Noooooooooo,,,, no machines!!!!
The biggest problem with machinery is soil compaction. By doing it by hand, you prevent this from happening. If you plant trees, you won't ever have to dig it again, it might seem slow going, but it is permanent. Want free labor? Get a big bbq pit going (works for meat or veggies), a few coolers full of water, beer & soda. Call all your friends, have them call all their friends, put up an ad on the local bulletin board, start a meet-up group, whatever you can to get people involved. I call them work parties, and I've been known to get live music going as well as having a LOT of great food. My only rule is the adults must remain sober during the work portion. During the party portion, if they drink they need a ride. I have had sheds built, gardens laid out, and crops harvested by folks at my work parties. I'm sure Zai holes are possible! Enjoy.
It exists in multiple forms, but as mentioned below, lightweight hand driven units minimize weight on wheels, reducing soil compaction, so small, cheap, and reliable are the keys to a successful build. Energy transfer often comes at the cost of weight or reliability, so a wide seed drill/compost and seed insertion mechanism needs to have quite a lot of field testing for a successful finished product. Good luck.
Love this idea on Zai pits. I want these on the hills and mountains around where I live, in order to harvest more water and water vapor!
hold on I recognize that voice!
From where?
BUILD PONDS TO CAPTURE RAIN WATER.
While a "pond" might sound like a good idea. With some experience of arid or semi arid regions. Trust me you wouldn't say that. In this type of region very dry, with very high temperature and an evaporation rate in most cases way higher than the rainfall.
Ponds became ephemeral monuments to Human ignorance. The speed at which they loose water is truly astonishing. On this very brittle environment under ground water is the key. Protected, accessible to life and clean, all at a very low cost, be it labor or hard money. Be well.
Amazing!
who is this handsome fella
Lol
Naturel bio 💯 Burkina Fasso
semi-arid grasslands are a phenomonon that intrigues us all
Africa?,Africa is a continent so far ive only seen this in the areas bordering sahara,from Kenya to S:Africa we are fine
You need more ground coverings. The run off is the food. Yes add benefit of composting. But a root system from other plants slows the water more.
Add more Terraces so slow the water should help.
The name of the game is to slow the water as much as possible, while providing for places for it to go to.
he knows what he's doing
Some trees can evaporate over 200 gallons of water a year, they would soon evaporate all the water in the soil!
Jim Coulter and that is the beginning of making rain...
Trees provide shade, cooling the soil, cooling the air around the plants, and slowing evaporation. Additionally, the trunks of the trees provide a barrier to runoff, as the trunks slow the water flow also. Trees do not take their water from the shallow soil where food plants are grown. The tree roots go very deep, and do not interfere with surface plant root nutrition once established. Trees attract birds and wildlife, that bring in seed disbursal and various droppings that enrich the soil. Trees also make it rain, did you know that?
You can eat Millet,,,,?? why did he say he gets nothing from this,?
HI
GO VEGAN !!!!!!!
GO AWAY~ LOL
The problem is the soils are really shitty there! This is mostly dead sand.
Let's add some charcoal and change the colour to the black! It would be instant improve to lush bush! On desert...charcoal can be easy done from anything organic, even bones.
You need to do that only ONCE because char will remain for 8000+ years...
th-cam.com/video/p0YNFn9Dloc/w-d-xo.html - biochar power