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(me making fun of your crop rotation idea and thereby holding our people back another 5000 years) jeff thinks the beans have to take turns Imao

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[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 37 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wasn't this posted the other day or am I losing my mind?

Also, don't you have to rotate where you plant the crops moreso than what they are?

[-] chumbalumber 16 points 11 months ago

No: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_rotation

You keep them where they are. Benefits are:

Agronomists describe the benefits to yield in rotated crops as "The Rotation Effect". There are many benefits of rotation systems. The factors related to the increase are broadly due to alleviation of the negative factors of monoculture cropping systems. Specifically, improved nutrition; pest, pathogen, and weed stress reduction; and improved soil structure have been found in some cases to be correlated to beneficial rotation effects.

Other benefits include reduced production cost. Overall financial risks are more widely distributed over more diverse production of crops and/or livestock. Less reliance is placed on purchased inputs and over time crops can maintain production goals with fewer inputs. This in tandem with greater short and long term yields makes rotation a powerful tool for improving agricultural systems.

[-] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I'm confused. Either I'm an idiot or you said it's better to not rotate then posted a bunch of reasons why you SHOULD rotate.

[-] Mesophar@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Use each field each cycle, but change which crop is on each plot.

[-] Entropywins@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago
[-] IMALlama@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

For one plot plant something like corn one year, beans the next, and wheat/rye the third, carrots the fourth, then back to corn.

[-] Entropywins@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I'm just fucking with you but thanks friend.

[-] Denvil@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He was saying no: they stay where they are (rotate crops not the land)

Here are the benefits of it:

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 1 points 11 months ago
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