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Regen Ag General Discussion
Organic no till
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<blockquote data-quote="Dan Powell" data-source="post: 7382285" data-attributes="member: 1370"><p>Downside is it doesn't bury grass plants properly and they regrow on the surface. That's my limited experience anyway with a kv ecomat demo.</p><p></p><p>Organic no till is a long way off in our climate. Having been no till and now organic, I would say neither is easy compared to conventional ag, and both together is almost impossible. But still worth trying.</p><p></p><p>I think the key with organic is to till as little and as shallow as you can to kill the weeds and make sure you grow plenty of green manures and leys to mop up the extra N you mineralise by tilling.</p><p></p><p>Undersowing with clover is something that works better in organic systems as there is a thinner crop canopy and less freely available nitrogen but tall growing clovers can make combining a nightmare.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to see someone make an autonomous 3m system chameleon type drill that can sow cover crops in early June between the cash crop rows without trashing it. Then organic systems could be much much more productive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dan Powell, post: 7382285, member: 1370"] Downside is it doesn't bury grass plants properly and they regrow on the surface. That's my limited experience anyway with a kv ecomat demo. Organic no till is a long way off in our climate. Having been no till and now organic, I would say neither is easy compared to conventional ag, and both together is almost impossible. But still worth trying. I think the key with organic is to till as little and as shallow as you can to kill the weeds and make sure you grow plenty of green manures and leys to mop up the extra N you mineralise by tilling. Undersowing with clover is something that works better in organic systems as there is a thinner crop canopy and less freely available nitrogen but tall growing clovers can make combining a nightmare. I'd like to see someone make an autonomous 3m system chameleon type drill that can sow cover crops in early June between the cash crop rows without trashing it. Then organic systems could be much much more productive. [/QUOTE]
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