Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>]

Phil,

 

What do you mean by constantly cool climate? Do you

live in the Arctic?

 

The presence of a cold season is no impediment to no-till,

whereas, a dry season can be a problem.

 

Dieter Brand

Portugal

Phil Bunch <pbunch@cox.net> wrote:

> Paul:
>
> Do you have any input on constantly cool climates?
>
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> One thing tillage does is expose more soil to the air, which oxidizes the
> decomposed organic matter or humus
>  faster. Since humus breaks down faster
> in warmer climates, tillage speeds it up even more. The result is lowered
> microbial populations and poor soil structure. 
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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> On 10/7/2007 at 10:23 AM Rhoda Skavroneck wrote:
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> >Hi,
> >
> >I live in Central Florida. Do you know if No Till is good here?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Rhoda
> >
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