Thanks! That's what I am going to try. An experience I had this Spring/Summer has kind of opened my eyes to the importance of leaving some organic thatch to decompose in the soil. Before I begin planting this past Spring, I burned the thatch off in 1/2 of the field, and left it in the other 1/2. The section where I left the thatch made a much better plot than the burned section, despite the whole plot getting the same fertilizer application. If I can also cut down on labor, diesel, and erosion in the process, that is even better.
Good deal! There’s a lot of benefits to leaving thatch on the soil surface…..moisture retention……soil temp regulation…..O2 regulation…….erosion control…….water infiltration…..food for microbial life…..etc
