Posted by greenbeanman in Kansas on February 11, 2011 at 12:39:10 from (99.91.13.115):
In Reply to: Weed Control posted by Kornfused on February 11, 2011 at 12:17:03:
You might like the information presented by Rodale's New Farm about raising cover crops and then rolling and crimping them just prior to planting.
They are using them to no-till plant into.
Ford Distributing sells the Multivator which is essentially a bunch of roto-tiller heads on a tool bar and powered by tractor PTO.
http://goo.gl/SsWOW
My idea is to use the crop roller to give a bed of live plant crimped mulch that has been use to provide nitrogen, and slot till strips for planting into. Unrolling round bales of straw to give a thick layer of straw mulch would also work.
Along the lines of garden planting into un-tilled soil, may I suggest you read books by Ruth Stout. One is How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back.
I have used wafers of square bales for thick mulch before and planted by removing a wafer where the plant will go.
I still like the idea of planting into strip tilled soil with surrounding mulch to conserve moisture. The drawback might be that insects would have plenty of cover to hide in.
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