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Originally Posted by J-Mech
So, I'd kinda be like the US government then? 
Your more of a conservation tillage guy aren't you...... ? I don't see you do much tillage at all. |
I am not anti-tillage, but, any tilling kills the fungus that feeds the plants.
That pretty smell of untouched soil is the fungus;
"Tillage
Conventional tillage and other soil disturbance has a negative impact on VAM function. It breaks up fungal threads in soil and destroys their connections with the plant so that they cannot work to increase uptake of nutrients."
http://soilwater.com.au/bettersoils/module4/4_3.htm
I just like to minimize tillage, a quick break of the top inch so I can get the seeds is is my method.
I think running a tiller like a TroyBilt between the rows kills the fungus and helps control weeds, a good thing. Kinda like natural herbicide!
For me, M I N I M U M tillage
Now, if the weeds are out of control, you gotta do what you gotta do!
