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Old March 20, 2018   #11
cjp1953
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I to do no till,I have been putting in a winter cover crop the last 5 or 6 years of hairy vetch and winter rye.The rye has such a thick root system that took longer than I wanted to break down after I mowed it down to kill it in the spring so it was hard planting through the roots doing no till.I used tillage radishes this year and it looks like the soil is very loose with lot of holes left over from the radishes that have decomposed into the soil.I also have plenty of worms and hope this will help keep the soil loose.I will not know how loose the soil is until I start planting my tomato and pepper plants in late May.I'm going to spread alfalfa pellets throughout the garden in a few weeks,the rain we get after in the spring will break down the pellets and should get the worms in action.I still see some radishes that need to decompose but the worms will help with that.Look up tillage radishes and see if you like the idea,it may help you this fall.Just a suggestion.
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