date:Oct 11, 2012
you get a lot of turnover of nutrients. Its a healthier soil.
The carbon will also provide structure in the soil. Plants like a soil with good structure. It allows their roots to grow into it and lets water infiltrate into the soil profile and then be stored more effectively than a soil that doesnt have good structure.
Thats especially important on a soil like we have here in Missouri called claypan soils, Kitchen said. They typically have poor soil structure. Structure deteriorated when they