5/ he's just OUTSOURCING the use of artificial fertilizers to someone else, having them grow biomass for him, and then bringing THAT in and piling it on top of his adobe farming was very much in zero sum mode up until the late 1880s, when artificial fertilizers were invented
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6/ The discovery of nitrogen rich islands where centuries of bat guano had been deposited was front page news, because that was a net addition to the economy of nitrogen. Anyway, that's the soil rant. Re the quantity of food raised: I agree that co-cropping multiple things can
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7/ have synergistic effects, and eek out slight increases. HOWEVER, permaculture folks also like to pretend that they're the first people to ever look at maximizing productivity, instead of hobbyists entering a 200+ year old academic field.
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🍂 The Pectrichory 🍄 @The_PetrichoryReplying to @MorlockPReading a fair amount of it myself, the tell that they're blowing smoke up your ass is they never once back up their claims with a single measurable figure. What's the soil pH? What are the "toxic contaminants" they claim were in it before and after?1 reply 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread -
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10/ Yes, I dig Joel's style. I'm glad he doesn't curse so much.https://twitter.com/expatnouveau/status/1329178458472280066 …
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12/ Permaculture folks often have decent insights, but they ignore trade offs. "Soil mycology is good, tilth is important" My dude, farmers have known this for thousands of years. "Therefore you shouldn't till" but then seeds don't contact soil ?https://twitter.com/teodesian/status/1329180206331031553 …
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13/ It's a great question, and sadly, I am still in the very early stages of learning about soil, soil health, and encouraging fungal and bacterial colonization. I have created some absolutely incredible soil by stacking low quality hay bales and >https://twitter.com/looking5452/status/1329181161525039109 …
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14/ letting them rot in place. ...and then, I rototilled that great soil a few times, and the result was ... noticeably less good than it had been. That opened my eyes to the importance of tilth and convinced me that heavy tilling can harm soil. I'm considering getting >
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15/ a discer in order to cut down / incorporate waste while doing less damage to the tilth.
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16/ Tilling waste under can help prevent certain types of infestations. Bugs can breed in the litter from the last harvest - if you bury that, the environment for that goes away. https://twitter.com/howling_savage/status/1329183220114608130 …
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17/ > If there were gains available, ADM would be taking them strong agree This gets to what I was saying about putting certain expenses "off book" You can increase your harvest 15% if you hand-anoint each flower bud with a tincture of ambergris? okhttps://twitter.com/BillWal35159851/status/1329184202709987329 …
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