this was amazingly motivational! what a great grapevine to be building! Thank you John for having this guest! What great company you keep!!
@jasonriley6149
7 жыл бұрын
3:40 The -ite is actually "Including Trace Elements"
@kriss1769
8 жыл бұрын
Best explanation as to why we should be using rock dust. Your videos are awesome and you have inspired me to convert my lawn and GROW MY OWN GREENS!!
@guymcgowen4823
5 жыл бұрын
I am a bit confused but very pleased to see OTG (off the grid) technology explained so well. My initial complaint was the title. Learn ORGANIC gardening. Since there is no such thing and sales world wide have slowed to a drip seemed silly to keep using that word. It is no ONE persons fault. But there is a (marketing) misconception that if food that is labeled and grown Organic is healthier for you. Not true even a little bit. check it for yourself. 1. any organic food store, 2. get a refractometer and do a Brix test., 3. compare to regular food. Result = delete the word organic from your vocabulary. This video is where the health comes from. seasalts (rock dust), or specifically micro nutrients. The closer to the actual ocean brine the better the nutrient density of your plants/food. But! A real big but. none of this helps without a microbial balance in the soil. In short: 2/3 RNA microbes, 1/3 DNA microbes. the 1/3 DNA should be equal amounts of Bacteria and fungus. The RNA of course is the Archaea. When you do see a larger produce with a high brix it is because of the microbial balance with the nutrient balance. I'll answer the first complaint right now. "organic sales" are rapidly growing worldwide. exact opposite. That is why the big push by marketing firms to support their scams to those that spent time, money, major inconvenience switching over. OTG everyone!
@randysixt987
3 жыл бұрын
Love all of your videos and your infectious enthusiasm. Thanks for the education!!!
@JesseJames83
7 жыл бұрын
3:50 - 4:50 absolutely incredible insight, WOW. Thank you for sharing!
@saintmichael2759
7 жыл бұрын
Rock dust is for people making 100% of their soil from organic material. Rock dust is mineral broken down and available in ways compost is not. Depends on where you live, if there is occasional high to moderate wind and lots of Granite or Basalt where you in your area, you may have the right rock dust in your yard already. Just scoop it right off an upper layer of untampered earth. when i add this to my organic compost mixes, the difference in plant growth is substantial. But I do recommend checking the dust in your area before buying a $18.99 bag of dirt from a company. Yours might even be better. Ours in the high desert (Mojave) is awesome. It's high in calcium, granite and basalt among others.
@edwinlopez8559
2 жыл бұрын
I’m in the high desert in California, about 40 miles away from Barstow. What Mojave high desert are you in where you have that already in your soil? Mine is so poor, I don’t think that is my situation.
@saintmichael2759
2 жыл бұрын
@@edwinlopez8559 I was in Adelanto. Don't get me wrong, the soil was lousy there too. But it did have a couple of plusses like calcium. As far as gardening goes, I would still have to amend the soil a bunch.
@growingyourgreens
12 жыл бұрын
I absolutely do encourage soil tests before adding nutrients to your soil. If you want to learn if you have TRACE MINERALS in your soil, a $10 soil test will not suffice. If you want to learn if you have trace minerals, get a soil test from aglabs*com that will test for trace minerals. To learn more about how trace mineral supplementation is different than adding "minerals" please visit remineralize*org. Trace minerals are devoid in soils according to a 1936 senate document.
@diegoalvarezecheverria8902
9 жыл бұрын
Hi John! Hey can you please put the books and links that Donald talk about in the description? My english is not that good to catch all what he said! Thanks and like always, great video!
@thetransitofvenus8927
4 жыл бұрын
I love the videos with Don!!!!
@bosatsu76
11 жыл бұрын
I have access to local basalt and granite dust... Where could I send a sample to have it analyzed for micro-minerals... Excellent video... One of your best...
@growingyourgreens
14 жыл бұрын
Thats a tough question. There are so many plants that are useful/beneficial. I would definetly say it is some sort of edible weed. It would be really hard for me to narrow it down.
@Koolvedge
12 жыл бұрын
Wow!, Dolph Lundgren knows a lot about re-mineralization! That's great - Good Stuff ☺
@7Judy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I learned so much!
@joshuanewbill7406
5 жыл бұрын
I would like to know if there is a community out about in the state of mobile Alabama that will help spread the love and get everyone growing again. I'm wanting to start in my yard and follow suit!
@dukealliefifi
8 жыл бұрын
I totally love your videos, they are very useful and informative. Is there one that kind of lays out a plan for where to start from the very beginning of spring to fall as far as building up soil nutrients in a raised bed? I have to use raised beds because of my soil in the rest of the yard being just terrible: there are black walnut trees on the back of the property.
@PrincessShaBooBoo
6 жыл бұрын
This is great! I’ll have to get his books. 😊
@injectnerkleckner
2 жыл бұрын
I've been watching this since the get go and been using gija since
@fetymann
13 жыл бұрын
@martenfisher1 it's a concentrated mix, 1 part to 100 parts water. So the cost is somewhat justified.
@TheRowdyJ
8 жыл бұрын
hey brother, i was watching your video on the aquaponics system in hawaii again and it got me to thinking. you say you feed your soil trace minerals to give them what they are lacking. then you go on to say plants absorb food 2 ways: 1 via roots and the other via the leaves. well, i knew all this of course, however, i was wondering how and where one might introduce these minerals in a hydro/aquaponics system with worms/rocks/soil for biofilters. what if we took a spray bottle thats used for everyday cleaning or bbqing and put a small ammount of each traces you want to feed the plants and walk around once a week and lightly spray the leaves? would these minerals damage the leaves? should it be done via the root system only? anyway, i finally got things with the VA strait. we are buying a house soon and i look forward to starting my setup. will take lots of pics and who knows, once it gets going and if you're ever in texas area, be awesome to show it off and meet ya. peace! rowdy
@Orlena2525
11 жыл бұрын
i am pretty new to this, but based on what alot of people including john in some videos, the maringa tree, or tree of life, would be an amazing plant, then maybe kale, edible weeds if you think about it, are so full of life, and able to absorb nutrients, that mowing doesnt even kill them. Imagine how healthy a garden is for you, yet if you mow it, its gone! Personally i wonder if that means the level of vitality in weeds is higher, and as john and others say, you are what you eat.
@rrhebbar
8 жыл бұрын
KINDLY LET ME KNOW WHAT ROCK DUST IS MADE UP OF? AND WHO IT CAN BE DONE AT HOME?
@rachelp4660
10 жыл бұрын
Great info. Loved this video. I first heard about rock dust in a book I read, "stone age farming". They had some studies from Australia.
@BillyAteMySoul
11 жыл бұрын
In tracking my family tree, I saw a rash of people die of goiters during settling the Chicago area, and some young children dying in Georgia and Virginia from what was written down as heart attacks. Turns out that there's belts of mineral deficiencies in the US, The rust belt is low in iodine, the south is low in selenium, and when people had to eat local, it caused health problems. I don't see why making sure you have a good mix of your trace minerals is a bad idea, especially with the results
@vmcshannon
11 жыл бұрын
Checked Home Depot and Lowes last week. They don't have any of these. Still looking for some rock dust.
@TCgirl
2 жыл бұрын
Is it good for Florida gardening? Probably a dumb question but you never know. 🤔
@trustmysister
13 жыл бұрын
@SpikenAL peanuts... or hemp. My votes!
@feralkevin
14 жыл бұрын
So funny, I use the first three products regularly! Great stuff!
@BobRooney290
4 жыл бұрын
doesnt compost contain enough minerals from all the waste fruits, veggies, tree leaves and shrubs that are broken down? i would have thought this would be enough to regenerate soil.
@joehajjar5246
2 жыл бұрын
I don't understand dear is it not enough to build the soil of compost. Like manure and as u grow more u build more.
@Gamabyu
12 жыл бұрын
@SpikenAL Hemp hands down, it has over 1000 different uses. Paper, Rope, Concrete, Clothes, canvas, Plastic, Textiles, medicine, fiber, food, bio fuels, etc....
@josebenitez3732
10 жыл бұрын
Here in Puerto Rico Home Depot (special order) sells rock dust for $ 98/5 lbs. Outrageous!
@baddoggie101
10 жыл бұрын
Total waste of money. Soil (mostly powdered rock) already contains powdered rock.
@josebenitez3732
10 жыл бұрын
Agreed. The problem is that most soils, especially agricultural and urban, have become either exhausted or non existent. Exhausted by the high use of chemical fertilizers. Urban areas are created from earthworks the elimination of naturally occurring fertile top layers. Rock dust helps amend the soils by replacing the trace elements and minerals.
@baddoggie101
10 жыл бұрын
Jose Benitez It's all chemicals. There is no difference between nitrate from a bag of potassium nitrate or nitrate from decomposed organic matter. The same is true for all the other nutrients. They can be supplied to the plants via a "chemical" fertilizer to keep up the fertility. The problem is, the farmers won't put on enough fertilizers of the correct types. They will add those fertilizers that cause the fruits and such to grow big in mass as that is how they sell their product. They are not rewarded for producing tasty products which are probably the healthiest. Fortunately, you can grow your own and supplement your diet with the "bulk" vegetables from the store if you run out. Please consider buying this: www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000Q5ZE14/ref=sr_1_3_twi_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1413896977&sr=8-3&keywords=soil+the+1957+yearbook or go here to read it for free: archive.org/details/yoa1957
@josebenitez3732
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info.
@goldengunization
9 жыл бұрын
baddoggie101 your a fucking dumb ass bra!
@Kikilang60
10 жыл бұрын
I live in New England. Picking rocks out of your ground is common. I think a Bio-active soil with massive fungal, a and bacterial growth break down the rocks.
@joshuanewbill7406
5 жыл бұрын
I have a very important question, is the rock dust tested for things that are toxic, where is the rock dust coming from and how is it made!
@mysciencenow
14 жыл бұрын
yeah i agree with this guy because stone is the purest of all chemistry
@fetymann
13 жыл бұрын
@TheSoilsister Thetis, I see you guys redid your Azomite website... I can't seem to find the same informational videos you had on the old site. Does Azomite have a KZitem channel? Facebook?? if not, ya'll should!
@bobbrawley9439
8 жыл бұрын
now, now, now. I, I, I , got. I mean I got Well what I mean is I got dust from the operation of crushing recycled concrete, and, and and , I've noticed how well sun flowers grow in concrete gravel. So,so, so, we'll of course, well from what type of rocks does dust come from? Any type up rocks ?
@elaine31347
9 жыл бұрын
Azomite is the bomb! it has been a miracle in my garden here in Florida.
@scdorsey1
6 жыл бұрын
elaine31347 where can you buy it in Florida?
@Maruckus1
4 жыл бұрын
Dude, are you from Sebastopol?
@growingyourgreens
12 жыл бұрын
Check OC Farm supply. I have a video on them.
@Hodmokrin
9 жыл бұрын
I have a few questions about rock dust... If it is so vital than how are there forests around the world that have been growing for millennia with nothing but more and more organic matter being added each year via plant waste to create more and more soil, than most of the plants wouldn't have access to trace minerals except for maybe large trees, right? Now I realize erosion is going to spread these minerals around but only to a point. Second questions is if you need primarily iron, sulfur and calcium, and if I'm not mistaken this is found in most municipal water sources (in traces or more), than why couldn't you just water your garden with city water and add a bone char and activated alumina water filter to remove fluoride and chlorine? Third question is why could i not just go to a clean local stream and collect some sediment and add it to my garden? Most areas would have some levels of these trace minerals which would seem to be just as effective. It seems ridiculous to buy small bags of crushed rock for premium prices. Any thoughts?
@markzajac340
9 жыл бұрын
Hodmokrin I agree. Nature does all this very well without any costs. You can remineralize your garden with leaves. Anything that had deep roots brings minerals to the surface and into its biomass. Leaves are abundant with minerals. All you need to do is compost them and add it to the soil.
@bernadinenewland5100
8 жыл бұрын
Yes forests are mostly self sustaining but then of course nothing is taken out of the forest. Forests that have been there for that long have not been harvested. We have harvested most of the arable land so much and taken away so much of the minerals and have only replace 3 nutrients.
@Hodmokrin
Жыл бұрын
@Stacey Michaels I literally suggested filtering the water, but you do your thing Stacey "the derp" Michaels. Good luck.
@BalconyGrow
14 жыл бұрын
I have looked for rock dust at local nurseries (the antelope valley in CA) but have been unsuccessful. :'o(
@jazz61021
14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. Azomite's home page has a search list to find your local dealer. The sieve analysis of fine and coarse aggregates can be found on the webpage for the Indiana department of transportation, and AASHTO, a professional associaiton of highway engineers at: in.gov/indot/filesT_27_aashtoB.pdf
@mikebussy3334
6 жыл бұрын
WOW man, That dudes either really tall or john is really short!
@joshuanewbill7406
5 жыл бұрын
It's the rock dust lol jk
@AzLivingwithTerri
11 жыл бұрын
Anyone looking for Azomite go to their website. They have a list of their distributors. Turns out that one of the local landscaping companies carry it for about $1.00 a pound. I got mine in the granular form and it works just as well. You can also use it in your compost tea for faster results. The granular form is more of a slow release so you don't have to apply it as often. I followed the directions and my vegetables are very healthy and taste amazing. Tthanks John for all you do for us.
@feralkevin
14 жыл бұрын
just order it on the internet or phone, just like the stores would do that might potentially carry it.
@Weldin810
10 жыл бұрын
I know this is an older video & its probably been commented on a bunch but this "expert" doesn't even know what the name stands for. Said the "ite" in azomite is there for a cute name. LOL --- A to Z Of Minerals Including Trace Elements
@fetymann
13 жыл бұрын
@RaisedBedJohn Azomite is 8.0 pH
@kosycat1
9 жыл бұрын
c'mon home depot and lowes get this stuff!
@JesseJames83
7 жыл бұрын
see
@bdaina
5 жыл бұрын
yes.cant find this
@fetymann
13 жыл бұрын
@havokeachday Well how's your garden these days?
@TheNoliva
7 жыл бұрын
If my avocado appears to have brown leaves due to lack of iron can I powder iron tablets and dilute it in water to feed my sick tree.
@JesseJames83
7 жыл бұрын
I mean, you Could
@katzgarden636
7 жыл бұрын
Red Olives it's probably more likely due to salt build up in soil. I would try a deep watering and wait. I have 3 avocado trees and it works for me.
@BarbaraMParis
12 жыл бұрын
A couple of days ago I saw an osmocote tree
@sjr7822
11 жыл бұрын
Be nice if Don Weaver had a personal mic - I know he must be saying something important,reading the comments
@flyindevil
7 жыл бұрын
If conventional synthetic fertilizer application doesn't provide adequate trace elements and the soil is being depleted and the plants aren't getting everything they need to be healthy, how do farmers grow plants? Plants will either not grow or grow very poorly if they do not have everything they need, so how come they can grow millions of tons (or whatever) of healthy looking produce? Maybe because most soils are actually abundant in most trace minerals to begin with, and therefore you ARE getting them in your diet just by eating a balanced diet.
@awesomejared1
7 жыл бұрын
soil from conventional farms are not rich in micro organisms and trace minerals because conventional farming practices destroy's microorganisms and doesn't replace trace minerals. if you put a tomato plant in soil that is meant for seedlings(this soil doesn't contain fertilizer and will grow terrible tomatoes) and you feed that plant with liquid fertilizer containing only nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and iron.(the list of ingrediants on an old bottle of liquid ferstalizer I used to use) your tomatoes will grow large and taste good. so It does not take trace minerals to grow food really plants mainly require 3 things N-P-K the other things are not required for the plant to grow but the are important to humans if you want optimal health.
@billwilson3665
8 жыл бұрын
OMG,it's the discount juicer guy!
@rnor5928
11 жыл бұрын
how about pigweed/amaranthus...it is considered a major pest for cotton and soy farmers, it needs far less water than traditional crops and grows in crap soils...you can eat the leaves and seeds and its ridiculously nutritious.
@ollie73august37
5 жыл бұрын
"Immolate"?
@theodoremaul7144
10 жыл бұрын
I have searched & searched for a scientific study proving rock dust works, I can't find one?
@GetDamage
10 жыл бұрын
I've done research on this too... so far this is what I know as of right now. Rock dust contains trace minerals. Minerals make fruits and veggies more flavorful and healthier for you too, Hence, grocery veggies taste bland. Dr Elaine Ingram mentioned in her lecture that rock dust is not needed if growing from the ground because the ground already have enough minerals than we can ever used, we just need to access it (by building the soil food web). If you have been using synthetic fertilizers in your garden , the trace minerals may not be accessible . This being said, rock dust is good for container gardening and raised beds. The downside is that rock dust is very expensive, so if you have a limited budget, I would hold on buying rock dust. Many fertilizers like seaweed and worm compost also have trace minerals in them also... probably regular compost too. Unless you have health issues, and need extremely rich food to eat, money is better spent on other garden things like fertilizers, good soil and compost to increase your odds for a good yield. John in one of his videos recommend 1 lb. for 1 square foot for the first application and that can add up.. .. so it's your choice. Hope this helps.
@GetDamage
10 жыл бұрын
GetDamage Oh, also I've seen other youtube gardeners verified that veggies grown with rock dust do taste sweeter,
@baddoggie101
10 жыл бұрын
GetDamage "If you have been using synthetic fertilizers in your garden , the trace minerals may not be accessible." Hogwash. All minerals are minerals whether they come from a bag marked triple-sixteen or from the ground. It is all chemicals in the end and there is nothing "bad" in a bag of "chemical" fertilizer. The worst you could say about a bag of fertilizer is that it might dehydrate the plant roots it you add too much at once. Adding ammonium sulfate or nitrate to a compost heap will speed up the decomposition of the raw organic material to its final state known as humus. The humus and clay in the soil hold on to the anion and cation nutrients in the soil so they are not washed out in a heavy rain or by heavy irrigation.
@alanwmintz
7 жыл бұрын
Doesn't chemical fertilizers kill the earthworms though?
@gomezaddams6470
7 жыл бұрын
I would think even if you don't see a huge difference having the minerals in there the plants are still going to do the update process and deliver them to you. he said it at the beginning it's just kind of Common Sense minerals in your soil are going to put minerals in your food just like chemicals in your soil are going to put chemicals in your food you can only fake out the land for so long. the same people I know who think chemical fertilizers are not harmful also think that it's ok to use a little round up
@blueeyeswhitejesus
7 жыл бұрын
azomite's iodine level?
@JesseJames83
7 жыл бұрын
excellent intro, I lol'd
@rnor5928
11 жыл бұрын
its legal commercially in Australia and the economics don't stack up, so no that definitely won't be the most useful plant in america....bamboo is more useful than hemp, similar properties but can be used for constructions as well.
@irpacynot
12 жыл бұрын
Well, technically, chemicals do appear in nature, even man-made chemicals, as we ARE a part of nature and the things we produce, therefore, can be considered a part of nature. But yeah, we all get what you're saying: man-made concoctions aren't always the best things for us.
@Machivell2
10 жыл бұрын
Who the heck keeps walking around in the background?
@timalan4126
8 жыл бұрын
+Machivell2 She's gorgeous...has consumed rock dust for breakfast.
@lennyf1957
9 жыл бұрын
WOW is that guy tall!
@jamesmcfartnuggets6959
9 жыл бұрын
He probably eats his soil.
@lennyf1957
9 жыл бұрын
...or maybe the other guy is short
@feralkevin
14 жыл бұрын
if I eat Azomite (which I do) will it make me grow as tall as that guy! :)
@pgal6904
5 жыл бұрын
That Alberta Garden guy keeps posting videos against wasting money on AZOMITE. What are your thoughts? For me i feel like he isn't using the product to its full potential!
@comocabron
10 жыл бұрын
Lol he spit out the strawberry
@JonFrumTheFirst
12 жыл бұрын
University of Massachusetts: Routine Soil Analysis ...............................................................……….....$ 10.00 Includes pH, Buffer pH, Extractable Nutrients (P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, B), Extractable Aluminum, Cation Exchange Capacity, Percent Base Saturation. People grow great gardens without adding expensive rock dust, so obviously trace minerals are not limiting. And relying on a 1936 senate document is silly.
@ontariobushcraft536
9 жыл бұрын
Rand 2016 lol You can tell he is super political and active in the ecology community lol
@JonFrumTheFirst
12 жыл бұрын
No one should spend their money on this expensive stuff until they have a $10 soil test done by their local extension office. Why would you spend money for something that's already in your soil? People have had great gardens for a long time without this stuff - think about it. There is no magic new ingredient you need to grow vegetables. These fads come and go - don't get caught up in the hype.
@Orlena2525
11 жыл бұрын
plz do research and check with local experts before eating any weeds.
@kellytownsend5368
4 жыл бұрын
For some reason Facebook won't let me share this link, says it goes against community standards. Or should I say, Fascistbook?
@necessaryevil101
11 жыл бұрын
i found some online but, search this out "plantnatural"
@raymondblood6322
5 жыл бұрын
American soil been tested and its not deficient at all on analysis
@VoytekR1
11 жыл бұрын
Sweet biomimicry.
@Quetzalgirl
11 жыл бұрын
A 1936 senate document? Anything more recent?
@baloog8
12 жыл бұрын
Don must eat rock dust himself. What is he, like 6 foot 3?!
@baddoggie101
10 жыл бұрын
Rock dust does not add any significant amount of nutrients to the soil. The soil already is full of minerals just like rock dust. If you want to improve the soil grow a crop of winter rye and turn it under or if you have the money buy alfalfa and dig that in and give it time to rot. Rock dust is a total waste of money.
@baddoggie101
10 жыл бұрын
***** Plant matter is full of the nutrients that those plants drew from the soil, nitrogen, phosphorous, calcium, potassium, sulfur etc. Alfalfa has a carbon nitrogen ratio of only 15 so it can be dug into the soil without causing chlorosis. Buy this book: www.amazon.com/Soil-Yearbook-Agriculture-1957-Usda/dp/B000Q5ZE14/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1413896977&sr=8-3&keywords=soil+the+1957+yearbook for $1.37 plus $3.99 shipping and read all 744 pages and you will finally know something about soil. That handbook is available for free online: archive.org/details/yoa1957 Or you can go to the wikipedia article for an overview.
@rpbauer
10 жыл бұрын
While you are correct that the amount of minerals added to soil when rock dust is introduced is minimal (thus the use of the phrase "trace minerals"), there is much anecdotal evidence that plants are benefiting from these trace minerals. The theory goes that because glaciers helped create much of the soil around the northern hemisphere by grinding rocks into fine dust, as well as the fact that the soil has been slowly drained of these trace minerals over thousands of years of vegetation (not all of which is returned to its soil of origin), it is beneficial to "re-mineralize" the soil.
@baddoggie101
10 жыл бұрын
rpbauer Rock dust does not return minerals as a sufficiently high rate to replace those removed by cropping. The only way to replace them is with fertilizer or the addition of a lot of well decomposed organic material
@rpbauer
10 жыл бұрын
baddoggie101 I believe you are missing the point. The idea behind adding rock dust is to add micronutrients to the soil, not NPK. You can say it's pointless but unless you can point to some trials where it has been proven to show no benefits, I believe you are being unnecessarily closed-minded.to the possibility, which is supported through heaps of anecdotal evidence.
@baddoggie101
10 жыл бұрын
You can buy fertilizer with those micronutrients with only a micro amount of money spent on rock dust, which by the way will not do the job intended as even in its powdered form it will not release nutrients at the rate needed. Spend your money wisely or lose it. Your choice.
@imaspacewoman
2 жыл бұрын
Testing Azomite's effectiveness for growing tomatoes DOES NOT HELP YOUR GARDEN A WASTE OF MONEY
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