"You must be the change you want to see in the world." "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." --Mahatma Gandhi
"Preach the Gospel always, and if necessary, use words." --Francis of Assisi.
"Family farms work when the whole family works the farm." -- Adam Klaus
Fabio Klein wrote:There is a question i´ve been wondering from long. About Fukuoka´s method (no till, crop residues, green manure). The soil becomes richer naturally. Is it true? But how? For example if, a corn plant needs 2 grams of X to grow and the harvest of the ear would take 1 gram of X out of the soil, than how could it become richer in X? Taking apart N and the legumes, what about other nutrients? The straw of the corn would only give back 1 gram of X. Even green manure would suck all nutrients it gives back to the soil (except N). Where does the surplus come from? Would it be from the minerals (rocks)?
"You must be the change you want to see in the world." "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." --Mahatma Gandhi
"Preach the Gospel always, and if necessary, use words." --Francis of Assisi.
"Family farms work when the whole family works the farm." -- Adam Klaus
R Ranson wrote:
In his writings, these two food growing methods, grain and citrus, seemed very separate to me.
Perhaps I misunderstood?
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This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
Fabio Klein wrote:There is a question i´ve been wondering from long. About Fukuoka´s method (no till, crop residues, green manure). The soil becomes richer naturally. Is it true? But how? For example if, a corn plant needs 2 grams of X to grow and the harvest of the ear would take 1 gram of X out of the soil, than how could it become richer in X? Taking apart N and the legumes, what about other nutrients? The straw of the corn would only give back 1 gram of X. Even green manure would suck all nutrients it gives back to the soil (except N). Where does the surplus come from? Would it be from the minerals (rocks)?
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