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Re: [compost_tea] Tilling and tea don't mix.
I believe Jeff L. was referring to Jethro Tull's "turn the soil to powder" tillage approach. Tull believed that the soil had to be pulverized in order for the roots to eat the soil. Not what roots do, so tilling until your soil is dust is not a good idea. But Jeff is right that sometimes you need to till, if the soil is becoming too fungal for the plant you want to grow.
Try to not come down nasty on people for saying things they never said, ok, Frank? As you might guess, I'm a bit sensitive on that subject.
Earthworms certainly mix soil, but they don't really till it. The "tillage" that earthworms perform is micro-tillage, and certainly nothing as distructive as human-size plows, disc, chisels, rippers, sub-soilers, etc. Worms are mini-aerators, and can enhance fungi as well as bacteria, given that you give your worms the right things to eat.
Elaine Ingham
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