[compost_tea] Re: Large scale CT production for farm use

From: dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 02:59:08 -0000

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "musicman44jt" <jtheo_at_s...> wrote:
> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "dkemnitz2000"
> <dkemnitz2000_at_y...> wrote:
> > --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "bgunzy" <bgunzy_at_n...> wrote:
> > > Thanks for the replies. I agree, ACT by itself doesn't appear
to
> > > rebuild OM, but that in combination with cover crops would help
> do
> > > the job. Wouldn't ACT help break down existing residue better
> than
> > > if left alone (assuming the present microbial activity is low)?
> > >
> > > Here's one idea I've thought about: on soybeans going to corn,
> > > broadcast spread a cover crop like winter wheat, then
incorporate
> > it
> > > and the ACT at the same time with a disk or field cultivator.
In
> > the
> > > spring, disk or field cultivate out the wheat,
>
> One method I have heard about is to fall seed oats. They will grow
in
> the fall, then get winter killed. Soybeans can then be planted
> directly in the residue. Don't know about corn after oats. Jerry
>


Jerry I planted a few oats last fall in north central KS but the oats
didn't winterkill and I didn't plant them early enough to get a thick
mulch. We had somewhat of a mild winter. I wanted to plant garden
crops in the residue last spring. Dennis





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> > If you let the wheat get very big you'll have to plow it. How
much



Clipped by Dennis<><><><><><><<><><<><><><><<<>



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