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Re: [compost_tea] Tilling and tea don't mix.



Hi Ron:
 
Would you find any improvement in recolonization by spraying the cover crop prior to incorporation, or by soil drenching after seeding, or by adding tea to transplanter water?
 
Anyone with data on this?
 
Zone tillage, is the name given to this practice in an article at www.cedarmeadowfarm.com . I can't seem to link to it directly, though. The strips are much more narrow than the 2-3 feet you are talking about.
 
The title is "Alternative tillage strategies for better soil management"
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Tilling and tea don't mix.

Hey Frank et al:
How about strip tillage, which it seems to me offers the best of both worlds - a 2 - 3' strip that can be shallow tilled purposefully, i.e. to incorporate minerals, turn cover crops and manage weeds, while a 18"- 24" strip of clover/grasses on both sides which maintains the microbial life undisturbed. From the strips recolonization of fungal and bacterial life can take place into the disturbed soil portion, particularly when some microbe food is made available after tilling to encourage recolonization and in support of the crop to be planted.
This is the arrangement I am now working with - for what its worth! So far seems to be working reasonably well.
Ron
 

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