Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

It's the tilling and cultivating that exposes more soil to the air and 
oxidizes organic matter faster, adding co2 to the atmosphere. There are 
better reasons for mulching or cover crops.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 5/3/2008 at 9:27 AM Marty Kraft wrote:

>Does anyone know how fast uncovered beds lose their carbon through
>bacterial action to the atmosphere? Does anyone know of any studies
>that have measured soil carbon loss over time from covered verses
>uncovered beds?
>
>Marty
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