Rick Haney -- Soil Testing for Soil Health
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2021
- Historically, soil tests have framed our mindset in chemistry, but the Haney Test is unique in that it identifies nutrient availability based on biological activity. Hear from the creator himself of this new approach to soil testing, and how it better aligns with quality agriculture and plant nutrition.
But to understand where we are, we must understand where we’ve come from. Rick will trace the origins of soil testing, and then look at what drove us toward adopting the methods we have used for the last 70 years. We will then discuss where we are now with some of the new testing along with talking about what is driving some of the soil health movement. Lastly, we will discuss where we are headed in the future with soil testing, and how this may impact the quality of the food that we eat.
From the 2021 Soil & Nutrition Conference - soilandnutrition.org/
Hosted by the Bionutrient Food Association - bionutrient.org/
Plant Stress and watering
Many years ago I received some great advice on "When to Water plants".
From and an elderly gardener who had the most amazingly productive yet "untidy garden" (I think she was way ahead of most of us there). She would wander around her garden every evening and morning touching her plants observing and checking any of them needed water.
She was feeling if the leaves were going just the slightest bit limp.
If the were slightly limp in the evening but ok in the morning she said the plants had absorbed enough water in the night to still be alright.
If they were still slightly limp in the morning they needed watering and she would water deeply. She would give them some water straight away that morning and a far more generous amount that evening.
She said "listen to the plants they will tell you "
many years later I realised the full extent of "listen".
She meant, observe everything, soil, bugs, bird and lizard activity, sunlight/shadows, time of day, temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind, and how the specific plants were growing, flowering, fruiting/seeding, and which neighbours they preferred.
That's just the daylight hours.
What do you think happens during the other hours?
Go out at night and observe again.
I've probably left out allot
Outstanding, thanks Rick & Dan for sharing the knowledge
I have been looking for a video where Dr. Rick Haney explain his biological soil test and found it randomly on TH-cam. Thanks! Priceless!
Saddens me to see only 3 comments on such golden videos like this!!!
Time to binge all these videos like I did to Advancing Eco Agriculture.
keep kickin ass ...much love
and only 123 likes with 4321 views on 13/7/2022
Priceless…
Thanks for this valuable info and sorry about the cold. In this podcast Dr Haney says ask me later which labs are doing his particular kind of soil tests. Is that something that can now be shared here?
Can this test be done on different manures and composts to compare their nutrient content?
How do you get rid of sandburs in your pastures?
How much water is used to conduct the test? Would it be possible to send in a sufficient amount of rain water to conduct a test as close to nature as you can get?