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Re: [Livingontheland] Cover crops benefit everyones soil

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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Re: [Livingontheland] Cover crops benefit everyones soil , (continued)
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  - [Livingontheland] Cool Climates, Phil Bunch, 10/07/2007
  - Re: [Livingontheland] Cover crops benefit everyones soil, Dieter Brand, 10/07/2007
    - Re: [Livingontheland] Cover crops benefit everyones soil, Tradingpost, 10/07/2007
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        Re: [Livingontheland] Cover crops benefit everyones soil, Ken Hargesheimer, 10/08/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] Cover crops benefit everyones soil, Harvey Ussery, 10/08/2007