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I keep fish and sometimes I put the old water in my compost or use it to water my indoor plants I never used the products I put in the tank! Now I know what I'm doing with my expired products. And I have a bottle of fritz turbo start in the fridge
Quick-Starter für Aquarien
I’d like to see evidence that ur product works better than simply adding a compost starter, specifically in a standard compost pile.
I’m done with “buy this, buy that” used as clickbait.
Evidence.
Loved the grass tip at the end of the video Luke! Thanks!!!!
I would still water down the compost pile first before adding the watering can of your solution. This will allow the bacteria to distribute throughout. If it dries out, the bacteria can't thrive.
Luke….i wish i could turn my piles😢 but with RA, my arms won't let me. I WILL get some nitrifying bacteria though to help my cold compost piles and see if it helos break down faster
If anyone has established aquarium, most of these bacteria will be in mulm, on aquarium deco and plants, and in the filter.
I have been watering my plant with aquarium water when I do the water change bu I think I know now where all these stuff can also go to when I have to clean the filter when it get clogged.
Thank you! i just bought it on Amazon.
Great tip
I wonder how this translates to my hugelculture beds?
What is the name of the fish stuff?
what's not fast dragging out the video
It would be interesting to see a side by side comparison.
This might be a game changer as my composting skills stink. Best tip I have been given in a while. Thx
Great idea Luke😊
I was adding old compost to my new compost most of the summer but I stopped in late July. Now I know why my compost isn’t breaking down well anymore.
You can achieve the same speed or faster with hot compost
Wow, great tip! I'm a flower farmer, with 2100 sq ft of actual growing surface, trying to make my own compost and not doing a very good job of it. This winter I'm making it a priority to learn how to do better because a truck load of compost is not really the compost I'd like to use; this year's load was very hydrophobic and it is outrageously expensive! 😡 I'm also going to add a vermiculture element to my system (you have a video on that!) but I need it on a bigger scale than your demonstration. I just realized that adding Quick Start solution to the load of compost I got would have helped the hydrophobic situation, but I'd need enough for 12 yards of compost. PS: I love your Trifecta+. I've used that for 5+ years on my veggies and now on my flowers. I'd rather spend my money on Trifecta+ rather than that less-than-desirable commercial compost.
Wonder if you could use this in rain water barrels that have grown algae? I didn't have a lid and I painted it black but algae still grew. I collect it to water my garden. ?????
That is so easy and a total game changer for anyone starting a new compost pile! $5 and from a pet store? How easy is that! I love easy, cheap, and things that really work!
I haven't heard about nitrogen sequestration before. I learned about nitrogen fixation in botany class at college which is why a green manure cover crop can be useful as well as legumes because the roots process and fix nitrogen in the soil. Kewl!
I take veg scraps and shovel in ground and my time grown freezes in two months every inch of beds are graced with scraps and worms grow and soil is great in spring.
Hi! I have a small compost area, maybe we will try this. Thank you!
Awesome information and video, Luke. Thank you for all that you do.
Sounds like aquaponics water would have that bacteria in it, so would that help the compost break down faster also?
This is about useless in my opinion. Bacteria double in population every five to twenty minutes depending on species, and will reach carrying capacity for the specific environment they’re i within 48-72 hours, so at best you’re cutting a day or three off of the composting time. Furthermore, nitrifying bacteria do the bulk of their work slowly over the course of the curing stage after the thermophilic bacteria have done their work of breaking things down. The way to speed up compost is to create ideal conditions in terms of particle size (small pieces with high surface area, but not too small so as to ensure plenty of void space for air and water) variety of ingredients (variety is the spice of life and ensures there’s plenty of food sources for a diversity of different microbes thus facilitating a diverse food web and microbial ecological succession) optimized Carbon to Nitrogen ratio, moisture content and aeration. Without optimal environmental conditions, carrying capacity will be reduced and any added microbes will face a lower ceiling on their maximum population potential. With optimal environmental conditions, microbes will quickly populate to carrying capacity on their own without any need for inoculations from outside sources.
Is quick start the same thing as water conditioner?
This sounds great Luke, thanks. Would adding Sassy Lass help too?
Thanks for the tip on speeding up your compost. I live in Chicago and compost in galvanized trash cans with holes drilled in them to let in air. This is the only thing that keeps rodents out, but the composting is really slow. I will try this to see if it helps speed up my composting. Also, I noticed some brown spots in my grass from my dog and I’ll use it there to see if that helps. You also have great gardening and life advice. Happy Gardening!!!!
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Hey Luke love your channel quick question can you add the quick start to your raised beds?
Thx 😊
Definitely trying this!
What about composting cold climates? During the winter. Do I stop adding stuff to my compost pile in the winter and just wait till Spring to start up again.
put a link to it, make a pretty ¢!
Great tips thanks what is the shelf life? Can I keep it for a year?
I pick up horse manure for a local family for free. It makes the compost break down to beautiful compost in a week or two versus months,
I wish I would have known this back when I first got my compost tumbler a couple of years ago. You are right about it taking FOREVER for those first couple of batches of compost to finish! But now it only takes a couple of months since I always leave some finished compost in the tumbler when I start the next batch. Thanks for the great advice!
Thank you
That is awesome, Luke. I always compost my perennial vegetables that have died of natural causes in my container garden. Because oftentimes they're in a smaller pot, so I just start from scratch with fresh dirt – compost – coco coir mix, that I add to what's left in the pot. I never even thought of this as a possibility and I used to buy it for my fish tank for years. Thank you again for sharing.
What about if you live near a forest get some of what has composted there add it to you compost pile to get the bacteria that way.
Not me noticing that the shadows when you move looks like a big booger coming out of your nose.