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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 4489854" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>By abandoning monoculture, for the folly that it is!</p><p>Don't keep disturbing the soil, don't have empty niches for "weeds" to grow, and use livestock, lots of livestock.</p><p></p><p>About the only weeds left are thistles thorny plants that animals can't touch, which can be mulched into submission or literally swamped out with biomass.</p><p></p><p>But, farmers are programmed to clean everything out, and plant a monoculture.</p><p>....which is why they end up broke or bitter, trying to fight nature at every turn <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite59" alt=":facepalm:" title="Facepalm :facepalm:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":facepalm:" /></p><p></p><p>Heck, you guys get paid to encourage biodiversity and still haven't worked it out!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>Plant 60 or so different species in a covercrop and see how many weeds you have. Not 3!</p><p></p><p>Nature filling a vacuum is constant. </p><p>That's all it is....if you have bare earth it will be covered in something - get in first. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p>Monoculture = blackgrass <em>et al.</em></p><p>Not the methods, the objective is a busted flush. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 4489854, member: 63856"] By abandoning monoculture, for the folly that it is! Don't keep disturbing the soil, don't have empty niches for "weeds" to grow, and use livestock, lots of livestock. About the only weeds left are thistles thorny plants that animals can't touch, which can be mulched into submission or literally swamped out with biomass. But, farmers are programmed to clean everything out, and plant a monoculture. ....which is why they end up broke or bitter, trying to fight nature at every turn :facepalm: Heck, you guys get paid to encourage biodiversity and still haven't worked it out!:rolleyes: Plant 60 or so different species in a covercrop and see how many weeds you have. Not 3! Nature filling a vacuum is constant. That's all it is....if you have bare earth it will be covered in something - get in first. (y) Monoculture = blackgrass [I]et al.[/I] Not the methods, the objective is a busted flush. :cool: [/QUOTE]
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