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Any link to read about this 0.5 - 30 inch/hr conversion? Cultivated soil or already wetted soil will absorb much more readily than not, was this a carefully co
by peteradio 4y ago
Any link to read about this 0.5 - 30 inch/hr conversion? Cultivated soil or already wetted soil will absorb much more readily than not, was this a carefully controlled experiment? Anyway it would take some serious modelling not handwavy yes or no as to whether permaculture/regenerative techniques (and a well defined definition of success of mitigation) could work. I absolutely admit that it could help on the margins, but would it have really have changed the image featured in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32692060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32692060 ? Is the supposition that this water would find its way to some aquifer?
- Panino 4y ago> Any link to read about this 0.5 - 30 inch/hr conversion? Read From Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown. He also mentions the first inch (2.5cm) infiltrates in 9 seconds! So his soil drinks up more water in 9 seconds than nearby farms do in an entire hour. > was this a carefully controlled experiment? NRCS water infiltration tests. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov https://www.nrcs.usda.gov
- CapitalistCartr 4y agoLiving in similar conditions in Florida, I know at about 4 inches per hour on a plain, you're screwed. It floods badly. And we have excellent drainage systems.
- carapace 4y agoCheck out: Treating the Farm as an Ecosystem with Gabe Brown Part 1, The 5 Tenets of Soil Health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUmIdq0D6-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUmIdq0D6-A His neighbor's farm floods, his land soaks it up like a sponge. Year-on-year his topsoil gets deeper.