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Can anyone speak to whether this helps or hurts the fertility of the soil?
by jeron 3y ago
Can anyone speak to whether this helps or hurts the fertility of the soil?
- Sparkyte 3y agoNot too sure, but some plants greatly benefit from rock in soil.
- UncleOxidant 3y agoIt should help replenish certain minerals in the soil.
- tastyfreeze 3y agoThe sand and rocks in the soil is where phosphorus and trace minerals come from. Ideal soil has a combination of living carbon, dead carbon, and minerals. The fungi and bacteria breakdown the minerals along with weathering and make it available to plants. All the living carbon builds itself from the dead carbon. The dead carbon came from dead plants that pulled the carbon from the air with photosynthesis.
- brianbreslin 3y agovolcanic soil is often considered very fertile for agricultural purposes. [1] [1] https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/earth-hazards/volcanoes/living-with-volcanoes/#:~:text=Volcanic%20deposits%20are%20enriched%20in,in%20years%20following%20an%20eruption https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/earth-hazards/volc....
- marcosdumay 3y agoDepends on the soil. But it helps often enough that there is no lack of places.
- thsksbd 3y agoThey're dumping alkalinity into the soil. What could go wrong?
- mcpackieh 3y agoIf it were a good idea from the perspective of farmers, then farmers would already be paying to do it themselves. This isn't the case though, so you will have to pay farmers to do it. Why does it even have to be on farmland in the first place? If it's such a great idea with no environmental downsides, then dump the crushed rock onto other land instead. Then you can dump more of it without being limited by whatever is optimal for farm yields.