Michael Gomez

Hello everybody

what are the communities thoughts on getting seaweed form the beach to use or make into some kind of tea or emulsion?

how often would you fertilize with this?

or would this product be best used as a foliar?

sorry i didn't answer you guys sooner i wasn't sure how to reply lol...anyways

i took some pictures of the fungi but the pictures jan white posted are about right. mine aren't as bright yellow or so abundant but its similar. so thats good news.

i was thinking about doing a one time till like bryant said and mixing the chips but with the nitrogen tie up marco banks is talking about, plus the added effort of tilling i don't really think its worth it. either way i did buy some beneficial fungi and microbes from a company mycoapply to inoculate the land. that should speed it along its way. how much faster does the breaking down process go with the mycorrhiza?

its also an endo strain. is the endo strain beneficial to all the different plants in a food forest type setup?

im sorry maybe you've already answered that question lol.

another question for marco as to the cover crop... after i move aside the mulch and plant will the ground cover overtime take over the mulch and become a living mulch?

and thanks to scott for that video ill watch that later on today.

First off a hello to everyone in the forums...hey!

Just so everyone knows I’m a total newb here so I don’t understand some terms lol. Alright so here’s what’s going on. I have about an acre and a half of flat land that I want to convert from clay soil to fertile soil.

I’ve gone ahead and already dumped about 50 trucks of mulch and spread that all out to about a 12” height on the 11/2 acres. Now its been about 6 months since I started and I’m starting to get different kinds of fungi growing from the mulch.

There only active at night. By 7 in the morning they all die back. During the day you see these remnants of the spores on the mulch from where the fungi have grown. Some are like a yellow powder, some are like a black stain, some are a transparent mushroom looking one.

So my question is, is this normal? Should I have inoculated with good microbes and fungi earlier? Is it to late now and I’m dealing with bad microbes and fungi? Do the bad microbes and fungi not improve soil conditions?

I live In south Florida if that matters.