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> Fertilizer is applied so precisely that the soil generally remains unchanged at the end of the growing season; neither depleted or over fertilized. That's a
by kristjansson 4y ago
> Fertilizer is applied so precisely that the soil generally remains unchanged at the end of the growing season; neither depleted or over fertilized.
That's astounding. Do they apply fertilizer throughout the lifecycle or just at the beginning? Does the balance hold counting irrigation run-off too?
- aeternum 4y agoMany states now require normal irrigation runoff to be collected in a reservoir and reused. It's something like the first 2" of water, which covers normal irrigation and most rainfall.
- kristjansson 4y agoDo you have a reference, that sounds interesting and some cursory searching didn't locate anything obvious.
- Loughla 4y agoThroughout the lifecyle. There is no irrigation beyond natural irrigation in my part of the country. They clay soil is pretty good at holding onto moisture. But they do factor is runoff. They also use the weather cycle to their advantage, and do not apply near rain events.