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I just yesterday watched a short video that opened with watching a man shoveling oranges into his garden. He came up with very 🎉 growth! It seems some years back in an area that had experienced some foul weather and other things that just left the soil in really bad shape. They weren't going to use it .. so some farmers, I'm sure I'm really butchering this story.. but it's basically true, there was an over abundance of oranges..well they just threw a whole lot where the ground was useless , later a couple of years went by, this same guy realized there's this beautiful lush growth of jungle like greenery. He remembered that where all those oranges had been d dumped ! So he went to an orchard where there was always a great deal of old or rotten , or just too many oranges, he made a deal.. they just bring their odd oranges to his piece of land. Yep, soon the soil was just perfect for growing crops ! There is no need for chemicals ,or other harsh materials. Just throw in some orange peels and pow!! You got a great garden!!
Thank you for the description for the role and importance of nitrogen for plant growth. since nitrogen is high in the atmosphere and microorganisms easily convert N to fix in the soil, why does N always lack in the soil?
Doesn't it ez to keep the phosphorus from leaching just put some strong cations like Ca or Mg to the soil, so they will form new compounds, yes they may become insoluble but still available for the microbes and roots around the rhizosphere
When you apply those ions in excess there's the risk of making other ions less available for the plant, like copper or iron. That's why organic matter or bone meal are better in my opinion, because the phosporous it's slowly released in the soil and you'll never have a shortage. The same if your soil has lots of microorganisms, as they die or kill one another they release phosphorous that can be used by the plant, more microorganisms = more phosphorous
We make good use of corn stubble in the NW Texas Panhandle. Strip till the corn stubble for a good cotton stand and shepherd. In June we chop the corn stubble for a mulch to make up to 3 bale cotton. The corn can be no tilled into the cotton stalks. This saves irrigation.
Hi Bill. The grower applied SOURCE with his post-herbicide pass on all fields at the V4 stage (approximately May 20). So these photos are around 60 days post-application. Thank you.
Hi Jeff. Thanks so much for your question. We do not go in furrow. Since Source is a foliar-applied product, you can apply it either post or with fungicide for corn and beans.
Absolutely love everything you all are doing! Before my father passed away him and I were doing tons of research and trials using the waste that came out of our cotton gins. It made the richest nutritional soil as well as completing the cotton gins to have zero waste throughout ginning season! ..Sorry I got excited and ended up in a deep dive of Sound Agriculture after I had just finished applying for y’all’s Email And Content Marketing Associate position!
