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[compost_tea] ACT & Cereals



Lets throw the cat amongst the pigeons.
 
Before I retired in 95 I managed a property in Africa ( now in Portugal) that grew 6000 acres of cereals a year. Twenty odd years ago the system was change from ploughing to minimal cultivations.90% of the straw was chopped behind the combine and immediately incorporated in the top 3-5" of soil with preferably a tined cultivator. Approximately every third year a Shakerator was used,the tines of this going down to 2/3-1 m. and the vibration gently shattered the  area above the points. The volunteer crop and weeds was grazed by livestock, mainly sheep which were removed to allow the volunteer/weeds to grow and were then sprayed with Roundup!!.This killed all the plants and the new crop was planted without further cultivation by a tined air seeder.The results were fantastic,less erosion, greater water holding capacity, Hugh build-up of O.M.less disease, higher yields and mono culture was no problem ,one field grew barley for 20 years and had the same or better yield that when broken from virgin country. 
I wish I knew about ACT which I would use  together with the same system.
ALL THIS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT THE USE OF ROUNDUP!!    
 
I am in my mid seventies + and use Roundup in my garden and orchard here as this is the only hope I have of controlling grasses and weeds.
 
Three years ago I went organic in the garden and orchard and last year started using ACT and have had the best top fruit yields ever and these and the strawberries  tasted out of this world. Very few aphids about, peach leaf curl now seems a past problem,most of the top fruit had to have a lot of set fruit removed as far too many for the tree to cope with in this dry climate.
 
Now for the deluge of comments re. Roundup.
 
Bill H.
 
 
 

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