Re: [compost_tea] no-till farming
Peter,
Also consider cover crops to retain the nutrients. Cut them back at th=
e appropriate time and their nutrients return to the soil. Also, some cove=
r crops act as a good mulch to suppress weeds. There are several people at=
Virginia Tech working on no-till. Check with Dr. Jerzy Kowak.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Norsen
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 1:04 PM
Subject: RE: [compost_tea] no-till farming
Depends, Peter, on what is included in the ACT. ACT might have to carry m=
ore than the usual load of nutrients. Then the ACT will further 'plow bac=
k' the waste trash on the field to plant available nutrients. Compost wou=
ld certainly be useful if possible.
J Peter Young <peter_at_bennettvalleyvineyards.com> wrote: And the ACT will =
not replace the nutrients removed from the field with the corn. You're goin=
g to have to put some compost down as well.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Norsen [mailto:bnbrew_at_yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:21 PM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] no-till farming
You can find out. As soon as you harvest this fall, select an averag=
e part of a field.
Soil drench a couple times a special acre or so. more in the spring =
and with planting. Again as the corn starts to grow. See what happens. I=
f you start in the spring it will be too late. It takes some time for the =
microbes to take over the job again that they once did before you started d=
oing it for them. Probably need far more than 20 G/A to make the re-conv=
ersion.back to microbe farming. .Of course the little guys need water t=
o work.. .
dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
Would it be possible to grow corn profitably in the midwest using =
no
till,ie no discing/plowing/ripping, no pesticides, no herbicides, =
no
added NPK fertilizers while using ACT appropriately(as necessary?)?=
Assume you have plenty of water.
I'd expect it grown in rows so it can be harvested mechanically.
Dennis
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