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Regen Ag General Discussion
Organic Zero-Till - Anyone in the UK
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<blockquote data-quote="New Puritan" data-source="post: 2125308" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>Sorry to rake up an old(ish) thread, but this is really interesting. I've just taken on a small farm tenancy for an organic arable business, and as it's not going to be my main source of income (in fact it will probably be a drain on the others for the first couple of years...); I'm quite keen to experiment a bit. No-till seems a worthwhile avenue to explore, but it's on heavy clay which might make it even more of a bad idea.</p><p></p><p>[USER=6]@Clive[/USER] you mentioned compost teas. What do you make these out of, and how much do you need? Is this like the kind of stuff gardeners make out of nettles / comfrey / seaweed and so on?</p><p></p><p>Fertility-wise it's been maintained historically via clover leys, field beans and mineral applications of P and K. Plus the odd load of bulk municipal compost. I've also been offered brewery waste and possibly some (PAS110 certified) digestate from a food processing plant up the road. Something that has always got me quite excited is building up soil organic matter, so I'm looking at various local options for what is available.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New Puritan, post: 2125308, member: 39018"] Sorry to rake up an old(ish) thread, but this is really interesting. I've just taken on a small farm tenancy for an organic arable business, and as it's not going to be my main source of income (in fact it will probably be a drain on the others for the first couple of years...); I'm quite keen to experiment a bit. No-till seems a worthwhile avenue to explore, but it's on heavy clay which might make it even more of a bad idea. [USER=6]@Clive[/USER] you mentioned compost teas. What do you make these out of, and how much do you need? Is this like the kind of stuff gardeners make out of nettles / comfrey / seaweed and so on? Fertility-wise it's been maintained historically via clover leys, field beans and mineral applications of P and K. Plus the odd load of bulk municipal compost. I've also been offered brewery waste and possibly some (PAS110 certified) digestate from a food processing plant up the road. Something that has always got me quite excited is building up soil organic matter, so I'm looking at various local options for what is available. [/QUOTE]
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