| milofarmer1 - 6/20/2016 09:16 I don't know about where he is at, but "emptying out the seed bank" is a major hoax for our area. Keeping your own fields clean does absolutely nothing for most of the major weed problems, palmer, kocia, russian thistle, mares tail, as all these weeds spread seed by wind. No-till increased weed pressure 10X compared to mulch tillage where you go in and cut the roots off and kill them with no resistance potential. I love the theory of no-till but it is a challenge to say the least, and in my case the economics were just not there for our dryland crops. Kochia & Russian thistle may spread by wind, but Palmer pigweeds certainly do not. Fields that have zero Palmers continue to have zero Palmers unless someone drags them into the field. Areas that have heavy Palmers continue to have heavy Palmers -- the patches are in the same places they were a decade ago. No spreading by wind. It really does work to deplete the seedbank! |
Waving goodbye to no till. Can't say I'm sad..
