Rehabilitating Garden Soil Part 2

Here is the 30 day follow up to my first video on Rehabilitating Garden Soils. In this episode I will demonstrate the use of planting a leguminous cover crop for the purpose of fixing free nitrogen into into the soil as a natural fertilizer. I will show what "fixed" nitrogen nodules look like on the plant roots, explain how to cut down the cover crop and leave it in place as a green manure. I also illustrate the use of adding ProKashi Bokashi Wheat Bran, Fermented Biochar, and IMO4 derived from Korean (Cho Global) Natural Farming Techniques as additional tools aiding in the rebuilding and restructuring of raised bed and garden soils.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Prokashi
• Bokashi
• Biochar
• IMO4
• Korean Natural Farming
• Cho Global
• IMO
• green manuring
• cover crop
• raised bed gardening
• terra preta

[climb2safety09]

also i live in Virginia and what time of year should i plant a cover crop

[dkpd1581]

@climb2safety09 Alaska Peas are the earliest legume that I know of and can be planted as soon as the soil is soft enough to work (not frozen). Clovers are early spring and beginning of fall. Vetch is usually a late summer/fall into spring cover. From what I have studied, it produces the most nitrogen and organic matter as well.

[climb2safety09]

does the cover crop not work if you let them flower and produce peas?

[dkpd1581]

@climb2safety09 The cover crop produces and stores nitrogen in the root nodules in preparation for flowering and fruiting. If the flowering is allowed to pass into the fruit or seed stage, the nodules are all used up by the plant.

[alwayslovingjbx3]

Awesome

Helped me a bunch(:

You should make avideo with more people , say your child or wife or someone