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Applying no bagged P or K to crops
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<blockquote data-quote="Kildare" data-source="post: 7324387" data-attributes="member: 516"><p>I would like to think you are right but I bought a grass farm 30 years ago that was used for grazing and not fertlized with artificial fertiliser. It had not been ploughed or tilled for generations.</p><p>So the soil bacteria were undisturbed and should have been releasing all this locked up p and k.</p><p></p><p>But when we soil tested it it was very poor in nutrition. First crop of wheat went purple for lack of p.</p><p>There was a old farmer called Hollis whose farm was organic for generations in the UK. His son Ben has it open to the public and its a sort of community farm.</p><p>I called to see it and the grass was black green. The secret was a big pile of hen poo.</p><p>I don't think you can take off 4 ton of grain and straw every year without fertiliser of some sort.</p><p>Continous grazing offers the best chance of farming without fertiliser but the soil index will be extremely low. Imo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kildare, post: 7324387, member: 516"] I would like to think you are right but I bought a grass farm 30 years ago that was used for grazing and not fertlized with artificial fertiliser. It had not been ploughed or tilled for generations. So the soil bacteria were undisturbed and should have been releasing all this locked up p and k. But when we soil tested it it was very poor in nutrition. First crop of wheat went purple for lack of p. There was a old farmer called Hollis whose farm was organic for generations in the UK. His son Ben has it open to the public and its a sort of community farm. I called to see it and the grass was black green. The secret was a big pile of hen poo. I don't think you can take off 4 ton of grain and straw every year without fertiliser of some sort. Continous grazing offers the best chance of farming without fertiliser but the soil index will be extremely low. Imo. [/QUOTE]
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