Re: [compost_tea] no-till farming

From: WILLIAM GARLETTE <WILLIAM.GARLETTE_at_cox.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 10:50:36 -0400

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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