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Ground breaking plant
I read that some plants that develop a strong deep tap root quickly can
be used to help to break up compacted soil. I am going to be rehabilitating a cow pasture and I need all the help that I can get in this repect. I would like something that grows quickly from seed, that is strictly an annual or can be easily contolled otherwise so that it can be removed when it has done its job. If it was a legume and could be left as a green manure also that would be a bonus. I am in a warm temperate area where we are into autumn, you can expect the occasional frost during winter but no snow, the rainfall is around 1100mm PA and the soil is rich clay-loam river bottom. Any suggestions? David |
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Ground breaking plant
On Thu, 22 May 2003 09:05:18 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote: I read that some plants that develop a strong deep tap root quickly can be used to help to break up compacted soil. I am going to be rehabilitating a cow pasture and I need all the help that I can get in this repect. I would like something that grows quickly from seed, that is strictly an annual or can be easily contolled otherwise so that it can be removed when it has done its job. If it was a legume and could be left as a green manure also that would be a bonus. I am in a warm temperate area where we are into autumn, you can expect the occasional frost during winter but no snow, the rainfall is around 1100mm PA and the soil is rich clay-loam river bottom. Any suggestions? Borage would be a good choice, so long as you slash it before it seeds as it is a prolific seeder and can become a weed. It has a good deep tap root which will "mine" deep nutrients and release them back into the soil as the tap root decays, and you can leave the slashings as a fertile green manure. Potatoes may also be a good choice, if you are able to rip the soil first. Tara |
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Ground breaking plant
David Hare-Scott wrote in article
. .. I read that some plants that develop a strong deep tap root quickly can be used to help to break up compacted soil. I am going to be rehabilitating a cow pasture and I need all the help that I can get in this repect. I would like something that grows quickly from seed, that is strictly an annual or can be easily contolled otherwise so that it can be removed when it has done its job. If it was a legume and could be left as a green manure also that would be a bonus. I am in a warm temperate area where we are into autumn, you can expect the occasional frost during winter but no snow, the rainfall is around 1100mm PA and the soil is rich clay-loam river bottom. Any suggestions? David Lucerne! If you get desperate it also doubles as alfalfa sprouts. gtoomey |
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
... I read that some plants that develop a strong deep tap root quickly can be used to help to break up compacted soil. I am going to be rehabilitating a cow pasture and I need all the help that I can get in this repect. I would like something that grows quickly from seed, that is strictly an annual or can be easily contolled otherwise so that it can be removed when it has done its job. If it was a legume and could be left as a green manure also that would be a bonus. I am in a warm temperate area where we are into autumn, you can expect the occasional frost during winter but no snow, the rainfall is around 1100mm PA and the soil is rich clay-loam river bottom. Any suggestions? David Although I've asked farmers what they use in the spring (something like winter wheat, but for spring), I never remember. Got an Agway farm store nearby, or a cooperative extension office? You can till this stuff in when you're done with it and it does wonders for the soil. |
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Ground breaking plant
David Hare-Scott wrote: I read that some plants that develop a strong deep tap root quickly can be used to help to break up compacted soil. David snip I go along with Tara - spuds is the conventional plant for breakin up and cleaning soil. The dense cover and the working kills a lot of the weeds, as well as breaking the sod Barrie |
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