Want access to water, nutrients? Look deeper, expert tells farmers The scientist who wrote the book on soils wants farmers to look deeper. Literally. Dr. Ray Weil …
0:50 – 0:54 i love the word "literally", it adds that extra "umph", and is it just me, or he looked like he's in "blue screen" background in 0:53 & 1:48
Yea that's great if your soil is 6ft deep and you are in dry areas?? Drought is not an issue where I'm at and even our best soils aren't 6ft deep. I need to till so the top 2 inches are broken up! Yes the top 2 inches that are just a smear from all the moisture. Ploughing dries my soil. If you don't want to create a pan have a crop rotation
No offense but that sounds kind of like what the Chinese were talking about during the Great Leap Forward. The difference being that they were claiming that you had to dig down many feet to get the good soil with the better nutrients, not anything related to water. .
Great but, why is the focus always on Radish's when it comes to deep penetrating tap roots? I know that they're fast growing and tolerate cool conditions but i can think of other plants; Burdock for one, or Parsnip, and there's Chicory….?
Excellent!
If you tried to dig that hole on my property all but the top 10 to 12 inches would be rock.
Soil is amazing
0:50 – 0:54 i love the word "literally", it adds that extra "umph", and is it just me, or he looked like he's in "blue screen" background in 0:53 & 1:48
Y’all just shit all over every OSHA excavation manual!
Daikon type radish covercrop can break through compacted layers.
What about the layer of soil that is below the top soil.
If I add a lot of compost & peat moss or coconut coir to it, can it replace top soil?
Yea that's great if your soil is 6ft deep and you are in dry areas?? Drought is not an issue where I'm at and even our best soils aren't 6ft deep. I need to till so the top 2 inches are broken up! Yes the top 2 inches that are just a smear from all the moisture. Ploughing dries my soil. If you don't want to create a pan have a crop rotation
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Thank you
Is that pit OSHA compliant? J/k Just being a jerk. Thank you for the video.
wow. that was genius
No offense but that sounds kind of like what the Chinese were talking about during the Great Leap Forward. The difference being that they were claiming that you had to dig down many feet to get the good soil with the better nutrients, not anything related to water. .
Extremely educational video fantastic. At the end of the video the print is extremely hard to read because it Blends into the background. Nice video
Ima bust a nut to this
As far as I know, It's not really safe to step into an unsupported pit this deep
very nice and useful
Great but, why is the focus always on Radish's when it comes to deep penetrating tap roots? I know that they're fast growing and tolerate cool conditions but i can think of other plants; Burdock for one, or Parsnip, and there's Chicory….?
I learned a lots with these book of Weil and Brady… am proud to known and still continuous learning about this lovely soil science….