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  • From: Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Cover crops benefit everyones soil
  • Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:07:44 -0700 (PDT)

The experiment station in Nigeria I visited stated that in tropical soils, organic matter left on the surface will last for weeks.  If tilled into the soil, has a half-life of 10 days.
 
Ken Hargesheimer

Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com> wrote:
They do, but humus (organic matter) is lost at a much higher rate than in a temperate climate, 50 times faster.


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