Posted 7/5/2012 17:40 (#2468372 - in reply to #2467437) Subject: Re: color & nutrient supply
Corydon, IA
mhagny - 7/5/2012 05:58
canadianeh? - 7/4/2012 13:09 Did the no-till get extra nutrients. I believe it is a soil mining issue usually when this happens, and fertility being equal, this is gonna happen.
-- the no-till beans in the photo are much more pale (and with smaller leaves) than the tilled. This is a strong indicator of inadequate nutrient supply on the no-till side.
Nutrients are the same. Nothing different from tilled to no tilled. Something is causing the nutrients not to get into the no tilled plants though. 2 things I think are hard ground in the no till, we didnt get a good freeze like normal last winter and lack of adequate moisture. The small rains we had were probably absorbed faster by the tilled dirt or maybee were held in the shallow young plants root zone better? One other thing I know of is that the chisel plowed ground will warm up faster due to the ridges. That could be another factor here at play. This normally dont happen like this.
Tilled and no tilled crop comparison
