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[compost_tea] Re: Friday Thoughts WAS:no-till farming



--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk Leonard" <kirk@o...> wrote:
> I've been holding my breath on several threads posed here recently, 
and I
> like to visit with work friends on Fridays when I can.  Here's a 
bunch of
> responses to different subjects from this week and before.  Would 
like to be
> shorter but have at least broken by subject... I think there's some 
relevant
> stuff here.
> 
> Re: Home Tests
> 
> Doc E!  Jeff!  There was supposed to be a key item (hand microscope 
and test
> kit?) for home testing available Aug 1.  It has now been a year...:-
)  Where
> is our real time tea test?
> 
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Ditto and I've been on this board only a few days.  PLEASE no finger 
pointing!  Dennis

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> > ACT, AFCT, SCT, AT, & NT.  Could be another concept.
> 
> I agree.There are many possibilities including:AnAerobic=AA  Dennis



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> 
> > From: "dkemnitz2000" <dkemnitz2000@y...>
> > Subject: no-till farming
> >
> > 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?)?
> 
> Goodness I hope so, guy.  Imagine that.  Organic corn, clearly 
grown with
> less input costs and land compaction (not to mention other soil and 
environ
> costs...) in the heart of US corn country, no less.  


<><<><<><<><><>Ditto again! I'm thinking plant, spray, spray, spray 
and harvest!  With todays high residue planters(of annuals) it seems 
possible to plant directly into stover (and perhaps green 
manures) .......And The Land Institute near Salina,KS is working to 
turn annuals into perennials and then: plant, 
spray,spray,harvest,spray,spray, harvest! Dennis





Around here (not corn
> country) farmers tell me "organic corn is a pain in the butt" so we 
don't
> get much.  If you can work it out, I think you've got something 
good, but
> I'd think you would still want to turn in the stover or stubble.  
One or two
> passes, or three including harvest sure beats 10 or more.  Rodale 
book above
> has some interesting two-step treatments, including stover, I 
think.  Crop
> rotation also still seems important, as would simply keeping the 
ground
> covered, a no-till natural. With green manures, stover or stubble, 
and ACT
> you might not need to use compost?  ACT as a main rudder applied 
with last
> discing and then per crop needs?   Seems to me it could be.  Don't 
know
> whether no-till will work well with large row crop fields, happy to 
hear.
> 
> 


Bingo . I'm thinking no-till so the soil foodweb integrity is not 
sacrificed. Essentially have a "field of compost" growing edible 
fresh food.Dennis


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