Greetings fellow permies:
In this podcast,
Susan Poizner of Orchard People interviews Nigel Palmer, author of The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden Amendments.
Nigel explains how to use locally sourced materials to make mineral and biological amendments that will improve fruit tree health and productivity.
The recording is available to watch, read, and/or listen... enjoy!
WATCH on YouTube
CHAPTERS (courtesty of YouTube)
00:00 Introduction
01:10 What is regenerative agriculture?
03:27 How do holistic sprays and regenerative amendments improve fruit tree health?
05:50 How spraying fruit trees with hoistic and DIY regenerative sprays will help soil biology
07:31 When to use holistic and regenerative sprays throughout the growing season
09:57 What are vinegar extractions?
11:40 Where Nigel teaches and his website
12:50 Steps to creating a vinegar extraction to use in a holistic or regenerative spray
15:56 The role of root exudates in feeding soil biology
18:35 What is an amendment analysis?
21:43 Making garden and fruit tree amendments from beef bones
24:09 Steps to using your DIY garden amendments on your plants
27:50 Commercial break
28:33 Can you use regenerative fruit tree sprays on bark as well as leaves?
32:37 How to turn fallen fruit into a regenerative fruit tree spray
35:30 Regenerative sprays and frost protection
37:52 Regenerative Fruit Tree Spray Schedule
46:40 Using regenerative amendments in drip irrigation
47:39 Can too much regenerative fruit tree spray hurt trees and plants?
48:24 Contest
READ TRANSCRIPT (linked to the Orchard People website, the host of this podcast)
Orchard People | Transcript: Regenerative Fruit Tree Sprays with Nigel Palmer
DOWNLOAD and LISTEN (linked to the Orchard People website, the host of this podcast)
*Click on the 'Download MP3' right under the header
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More from Orchard People
Course: Growing Fruit Trees with Ease (was also featured in the 2023 Permaculture Adventure Bundle!)
https://permies.com/wiki/220178/Growing-Fruit-Trees-Ease-Fruit#1868421
Podcast discussing hugelkultur (with Paul!)
https://permies.com/t/232547/Reality-Radio-interview-Paul-Hugelkultur
A collection of podcasts (111 episodes to date)
https://podcast.orchardpeople.com/
More from Nigel Palmer
Learn more about Nigel, his online course offerings and his work here
https://www.nigel-palmer.com/
Nigel speaks about the various amendments in the podcast and shares the respective analyses here
https://www.nigel-palmer.com/amendment-analysis
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