Yes DK many changes are helpful when changing from chemical to organic and to ACT without tillage. Sometimes the budget for chemicals is enough to make the changes in machinery. Sometimes the changes do not have to be perfect the first year (s) for instance you can set a disc for a thin cut, get most the trash down so ACT will reduce it enough to plant. If the planter has a rolling disc cutter ahead of the seeder then the only disturbance needs to be in the row. But you know all this better than I Adding ACT will help mash the trash and help convert it to nutrients. Mechanically getting the trash flat - tight on the soil will help mash it. So some mechanical disturbance may have a net advantage. Bob
dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
---Essentially I'll need some soil tests and I don't have a sprayer
with a large capacity. And will need micronutrients and macros too.
And I will need a planter which will plant rows in high residue,
assuming I will not cultivate, cause that would disturb soil foodweb.
Dennis
In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "J Peter Young" <peter@b...> wrote:
> And the ACT will not replace the nutrients removed from the field
with the
> corn. You're going to have to put some compost down as well.
>
> Peter
>
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