Hello, I have studied fungus for 42 years and have developed 3 patented strains. The fungus referred on this video is actually a zimboid halafulas. The word "mycorrhiza" is from Greek μυκός mykós, "fungus", and ῥίζα rhiza, "root"; pl. mycorrhizae or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular host plant. The term mycorrhiza refers to the role of the fungi in the plants' rhizosphere, its root system. Thanks ! Try to develope a strain that spreads thru your own type and classification of your own soil. Cheers !
I just found your channel . It very much caught my interest and subscribed . We live in Eastern Canada and our land is heavy clay with lots of shale , spruce and tamarack trees , blueberries and birch trees. We tried tilling and broke the tiller . Bought a plow for the tractor , pulled up a lot of shale and made great mud holes in the spring. Even our 7 acres of trees are very wet until about July. Would this type of gardening work for us? If so, where would we start?
Hey mark I have been wondering and even asked on Quora whether soil biology could contribute to warming soils in the spring. I know that this is far fetched but a lot of farmers don’t use cover crops in no till for the simple fact they think their soils will be cold. This makes it hard for corn to sprout and grow quickly.
Sometimes I wish I lived in a mild desert so I could make a little oasis in the desert. Totally would use this. I love PA tho it’s got nicer soils full of potassium that hold tons of nutrients and I love the trees.
Just starting to look into this living soil . I will be doing this in doors . thinking worms and ground cover . what I need to ask is will there be bugs getting out and running around the house
first time commenting. thanks for all you do. do you think having a living root in the soil accounts for the increased depth over time that we see in archaeological digs. I always wondered where all the extra soil came from when one sees people living at such low depths previously. thank you.
China has a similar process whereby they take what I think is cellulose from plants and spray it on the sand to create soil. See the YouTube video here and then do a broader YouTube Search on "China Greening the Desert".
Mark…just a matter of time…youre a great advocate…people will get it! I plan on putting this in to practice on a small scale…Thanks…I'll believe it when I put it into practice and see my results
Thanks Mark!!! We have started down this path and are looking forward to having our soil (which is all sand as well!!) viable again!! Thanks for sharing!!
Can I be the sceptical one… Their website clearly mentions "lasts up to 5 years", so a good ear already heard that in some cases it might only last for 3 years or so. To make this sustainable it can be used as a jump start to start growing fast growing drought tolerant perennial pioneer species, to provide a quick canopy that shades out as much as possible of the soil surface. Applied in large areas this might start to create a micro climate which might start sustaining itself due to nightly condensation and can induce a reachable shallow water table to form. Any application on field crops sounds to me as utterly unsustainable… Prolonged irrigation always means building up salinity and turning land unsuitable for agricultural use. Large areas of drought tolerant canopy with very limited use of open fields might turn desertification around, breaking thermal air displacements, stopping evaporation directly from the soil. As always keeping soil covered is the only way to keep it alive. Dry lands do not fare well with field crops, never have and never will.
clay, aka. rock dust. they could take some of the sand and grind it to clay size grains, mix them together, and add fungi. not in agreement. it's another attempt to beat mother nature.
North Africa used to have forests in ancient times. Haiti and northern France had forests. Napoleon cut down forests to build boats to fight Nelson and the British. Haiti cut down their forests to pay off foreign loans. Don't ever let politicians cut down your forests.
Thank you very much again. What an encouraging it is to see this all being confirmed: we need to grow soil! A wonderful blessed joyful prosperous healthy 2018. All the blessing to you, your sons and your farming.
Hello, I have studied fungus for 42 years and have developed 3 patented strains. The fungus referred on this video is actually a zimboid halafulas.
The word "mycorrhiza" is from Greek μυκός mykós, "fungus", and ῥίζα rhiza, "root"; pl. mycorrhizae or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular host plant. The term mycorrhiza refers to the role of the fungi in the plants' rhizosphere, its root system.
Thanks !
Try to develope a strain that spreads thru your own type and classification of your own soil.
Cheers !
Good stuff my friend! <3
I just found your channel . It very much caught my interest and subscribed . We live in Eastern Canada and our land is heavy clay with lots of shale , spruce and tamarack trees , blueberries and birch trees.
We tried tilling and broke the tiller . Bought a plow for the tractor , pulled up a lot of shale and made great mud holes in the spring. Even our 7 acres of trees are very wet until about July. Would this type of gardening work for us? If so, where would we start?
Hey mark I have been wondering and even asked on Quora whether soil biology could contribute to warming soils in the spring. I know that this is far fetched but a lot of farmers don’t use cover crops in no till for the simple fact they think their soils will be cold. This makes it hard for corn to sprout and grow quickly.
Hi Mark, thanks for sharing, great insight into how living soil works, Don.
Sometimes I wish I lived in a mild desert so I could make a little oasis in the desert. Totally would use this. I love PA tho it’s got nicer soils full of potassium that hold tons of nutrients and I love the trees.
Please post a video of your fields. I hope you are better off than people further north. How far are you from the Atlantic ocean?
Just starting to look into this living soil . I will be doing this in doors . thinking worms and ground cover . what I need to ask is will there be bugs getting out and running around the house
This is how nature has always shared nutrients among plants.
Happy new year Mark! Great video, thank you.
first time commenting. thanks for all you do. do you think having a living root in the soil accounts for the increased depth over time that we see in archaeological digs. I always wondered where all the extra soil came from when one sees people living at such low depths previously. thank you.
China has a similar process whereby they take what I think is cellulose from plants and spray it on the sand to create soil. See the YouTube video here and then do a broader YouTube Search on "China Greening the Desert".
Mark…just a matter of time…youre a great advocate…people will get it! I plan on putting this in to practice on a small scale…Thanks…I'll believe it when I put it into practice and see my results
Amazing videos as always. I love how you find other great ones to share with us and make them visually understandable. Very appreciated!
Thanks Mark!!! We have started down this path and are looking forward to having our soil (which is all sand as well!!) viable again!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you Mark! Another great video?
Happy New Year Mark ! !
This video should inspire many who feel it's a lost cause.
Can I be the sceptical one… Their website clearly mentions "lasts up to 5 years", so a good ear already heard that in some cases it might only last for 3 years or so.
To make this sustainable it can be used as a jump start to start growing fast growing drought tolerant perennial pioneer species, to provide a quick canopy that shades out as much as possible of the soil surface. Applied in large areas this might start to create a micro climate which might start sustaining itself due to nightly condensation and can induce a reachable shallow water table to form.
Any application on field crops sounds to me as utterly unsustainable… Prolonged irrigation always means building up salinity and turning land unsuitable for agricultural use.
Large areas of drought tolerant canopy with very limited use of open fields might turn desertification around, breaking thermal air displacements, stopping evaporation directly from the soil. As always keeping soil covered is the only way to keep it alive.
Dry lands do not fare well with field crops, never have and never will.
I hope you had further use for that sugar and cinnamon.
clay, aka. rock dust. they could take some of the sand and grind it to clay size grains, mix them together, and add fungi.
not in agreement. it's another attempt to beat mother nature.
Hi, Mark. That was really informative. And they do have a great channel. Happy new year.
North Africa used to have forests in ancient times. Haiti and northern France had forests. Napoleon cut down forests to build boats to fight Nelson and the British. Haiti cut down their forests to pay off foreign loans. Don't ever let politicians cut down your forests.
Thank you very much again. What an encouraging it is to see this all being confirmed: we need to grow soil!
A wonderful blessed joyful prosperous healthy 2018. All the blessing to you, your sons and your farming.