Organic No-Till Weed Management

[@stjbananas]

I am just starting my small, organic banana farm here in the US Virgin Islands. Underneath my bananas I plant all sorts of tubers. Sweet potato, white potatoes, cassava, etc. This method does indeed work incredibly well. Thanks for this very informative video.

[@mikedoingmikethings702]

This is a gold mine of knowledge right here! excellent video!!!

[@sheilasmith1109]

Wonderful video and advice!! HOW DO WE SUGGEST AND CONVINCE NEIGHBORING CHEMICAL FARMERS TO WATCH AND CONSIDER THIS METHOD TO SAVE OUR EARTH AND THE PEOPLE??? Thanks for making these videos! With this knowledge there’s no excuse for Franken -food conventional chemical farming !!!

[@Jbernard]

excellent video, I would like to know if you have the plans of the roller crimper to do it. Thanks a lot

[@stringbean3898]

I'm interested in organic corn production, rolling rye and planting into seems like a great idea! Was wondering if you tried 20 inch rows to help suppression!

[@01mustang05]

All this great effort to manage and gain more & more plants. And large tractors seem to be required to do this effectively. So are we using biomass to operate these machines? Because it seems stupid to do all this work & expect more if we are poisoning at the same time with activities that harm.

[@carmfarm5]

+D eez The amount of energy used to power the tractors is nothing compared to amount of energy (oil) to produce fertilizer and crop protetection chemicals

[@lettertube]

Call it what it is Pat, Its poison. Mankind's formulas and application fail utterly in reflection to Nature. Synthesized anything is plain garbage lacking the complexities of natural, organic form.

[@blissful4trees]

Dear Farmers, where is there room for streams and frogs and newts in meadows and birds of all kinds, like Larks, oh, and Storks! on every tall platform nesting space set for them? Where are the trees for wind barriers and crossroads with some old growth Oaks and Lindens or even massive cherry trees. Your fields are silent, no songbirds... :(

[@notkerrystolcenberg]

they are trying to keep up with the ever-growing demand for more food.

[@franciscopenaloza9068]

@@notkerrystolcenberg that Americans waste 40% of?

[@notkerrystolcenberg]

It's their job to supply food. Our waste is not their fault. You cannot put the heavy weight of the effects of american consumerism and gluttony on those who feed us.

[@davideforesti7556]

Can do both. Alleycropping is the way to go. Have a look to New Forest Farm of Mark Shepard. Chestnut, Hazelnut provide tons of carbs, protein and fats, different fruit trees can be stock in the different strata. There is plenty of space for animals too.

[@johac7637]

Wow, is there such a thing as one shoe fit everybody ? I'm 67 and farmed all my life, one on a farm Grampa bought in 1906, Saskatchewan Canada. I've farmed 3 locations in BC, and now snowbird in Arizona. Every location has its own unique character if you want up call it that, I've farmed berries in 5.8 PH, to PH 8.8, .04 organic matter, so I take what works, where it works, other places different options

[@Doug923]

School field trips should offer experience something similar to what shown in the video. These give reasons for kids or teens to be put efforts in STEM education.

[@calebsf]

I am curious if you are finding that after a few years of doing this, without any tillage, the weed pressure becomes so minimal that you can even harvest the winter cereal crop and then sow the corn or soy into the straw/residue, without needing the roller-crimper anymore (except using it when you do put cover crops into the rotation).

[@srslam1347]

The cover crop acts as a fertiliser as well, allowing the flowers to develop harvesting it would remove that benefit.

[@bigal25938]

So does the seed get planted into the actual soil or just on top the soil beneath the cover crop?

[@codydog1700]

in the soil

[@justinbardwell1000]

Chart at the end is priceless knowledge

[@Dollapfin]

Well they did almost every one wrong. Rye is not a pollinator resource, it doesn't contribute any nitrogen to the crop, and hasn't been seen to increase yields. Red clover does all of these but they didn't correctly show this.

[@kylehalyk8778]

How long may a single crimped cover crop be used before planting another cover crop for weed control

[@lettertube]

There are many variables to answer your question. But cover crops are left in over winter...well, left in always as it is "No Till", effective time is prior to any seed being produced or during flowering. Wintering over and plant normal harvest crop in spring.

[@ptrain9020]

Where can someone buy that row crimper attachment? How much do they cost and what name does it go by so that I could look it up on the internet?

[@Dollapfin]

roller crimper if you're still looking 2 years later lol

[@jimitaco1303]

They have plans on the website detailing construction for the implement.

[@blissful4trees]

Mono culture cover crops aren't nearly as effective as diversified mixtures of crops...

[@littlestucky1]

You should read the presentation on Ubiquitination by Dr Jack Kruse and the role of nitrogen as a negative feed back control for all living things.

[@pw9294]

What does than mean in simpler terms? Negative feedback of nitrogen

[@MrMawnster]

Do you have some plans for a person to build these or a purchase location in Canada?

[@accessiblenow]

Closed captioning please please

[@gailday7566]

Looking for a central Oregon no till permaculture organic resource for info and produce. Do you have any suggestions.

[@davideforesti7556]

Mark Shepard of New Forest Farm in Wisconsin. Have a look.

[@masholek4945]

useful information, thanks

[@agriculturescience4546]

I did research with rye cover crops for my MS degree. In dry springs, the cover crop removed so much soil moisture that the so surface soil was so dry that the planter could not penetrate it. The population and crop yield was horrible.

[@2shivsparks]

I have a question and need lots of help with our weed problem! We are new to the farming game in Portugal (it's our first year), and we have an absolutely huge field that is nothing but weeds. We have already cleared and created a small garden, but we need to de-weed our land permanently so we can plant when it's ready. We already tilled, and two months later the weeds are as tall as my waist! Would you recommend laying hay on the plot to start to prevent weed growth underneath? What is the organic alternative to stop weed growth for the far future?

[@hosoiarchives4858]

Look at cover crops with Gabe Brown and watch this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6XbeWd5f8ZgoM0

[@paulmasemann2290]

Agree with the Gabe Brown reference above, diversity of cover crops is a must to bring balance back to the soil. An abundance of weeds usually means the soil is out of balance and the weeds are the only plants able to thrive, or are the only species that provide benefit to the current soil biota. Likely you'll need to figure out the chemical composition and pH of your soil to be able to choose the best cover crops which will provide the right nutrients you need to bring back the soil biota diversity.

[@dustystahn3855]

For a no-till vid you sure use a lot of tillage equipment.

[@jazzmessenger8]

How do the maize plants penetrate the mat but the weeds do not?

[@brittanyiverson695]

***** This system is for large seeded crops which have enough energy to pushup through the mulch. Small seeded weeds are shaded out and cannot grow through. Also, the planter slices the residue leaving a small slit which the crops can then grown through.

[@stevenmanning4237]

When the planter, made for no till, rolls over the crimped residue, there are disks that roll over the mat and cut a very small furrow, just wide enough for the seed to get sunlight but not enough to allow weeds to develop.

[@krustysurfer]

Good Stuff! Thank You!

[@doncook3584]

Audio was awful 08:27 to 12:50 approximately. Was nearly muted. Could hear before and after

[@TwoHappyChildrenFarm]

how many tillage passes did you do on this field in 1 year. what was your emergence score.

[@Jean-vz8co]

Dans le sol les graines se conservent jusqu'à cent ans!!!... si on les élimine en les faisant germer et détruire le sol devient ''propre'' ensuite il suffit de ne pas laisser mûrir les graines des plantes indésirables qui surviendraient!!!;;; BY

[@gutzbramah]

Video says "No-Till Weed Management", but over half is tilling as far as I can see. Why not stick to no-till all the way and benefit from much less to no watering, constant nutrition to the soil and a flowering soil life with fungi, bacteria and earthworm doing all the needed tilling? Mechanical tilling kills all that...

[@blogobre]

? The first piece of equipment was a roller, no soil penetration, just knocking down the protective/mulching crop, and the tilling I saw was to de-weed on either side of the crop.

[@redddbaron]

Harald Sandø You need to compare the various systems side by side to get relevant scientific data.

[@lettertube]

Harald Sando, I see your point about the title being "No Till" and then at 5:40 the speaker from NCS is saying "...No answer to perennial weeds if were gonna go long term "no-till" we have to have tillage in the system, with our current technology, to be able to disrupt the weed cycles, but we can shift when that tillage occurs." In the first 4 minutes, Jeff Moyer from the Rodale Institute, accurately described the title on this youtube video. In the rest of this compilation one thing to note is the color of the soil being tilled. It is lifeless and not being fed by a covercrop. Covercrops add to the next years production on an ever increasing basis. You are wholly correct to point this out. I see somewhat of a progression here. Answering the question "Is any tilling harmful" Modern farming will be revolutionized and saved (as will mankind) from this correctly applied good farming practice.

[@redddbaron]

lettertube This is helpful, but only the beginning of the next step, even more beneficial, pasture cropping.

[@Dollapfin]

no pasture cropping

[@glitpheyton3943]

can anyone tell me what does it mean No Till ..the dictionary wont work :)

[@carmfarm5]

+glitpheyton No tillage is done prior to planting the crop. In this case they use the roller on the front of the tractor and the planter is mounted on the back of the tractor. There are a variety of systems of no till used. In a typical tillage conventional system the ground is plowed, disced or cultivated until smooth and then planted

[@kaceydamas6517]

Warning: video may cause seizures.

[@farmermatt629]

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[@markmillage1726]

This is crap farming. You think a big farmer like me has time to mess around small equipment like this. Plus I'm pretty happy with strip tillage

[@Dollapfin]

Yes a big farmer like you definitely has time to mess around with small equipment like this when cover crops have been shown to reduce the frequency of nitrogen applications and reduce the amt of nitrogen necessary. A roller crimper can be used to terminate a cover crop and very little weeding will need to be done. I agree strip till is actually very good for yield and soil health. They may reduce fungicide applications and protect beneficial predatory insects which are vulnerable to bare ground unlike quickly-repopulating pests so you won't need to use pesticide as often unless you really see a problem. Some covers can scavenge nutrients and their decaying roots still hold nutrients and keep them from going deeper in the soil. Covers also usually protect and grow mycorrhizal fungi populations which scavenge nutrients including water for row crops. There's no excuse to not help yourself with a $20-30 cover crop including fuel. I would do this no-till or strip-till like you said.

[@TylerDWard]

At 4:04 the row behind him is full of weeds.

[@farmermatt629]

Matthew Niedbala how in the hell is rye going to increase nitrogen in the soil? A heavy mat of residue of any kind ties up nitrogen.... nitrogen is required by biology in the soil to break this residue down... unfortunately they are doing this at the exact same time the corn needs it... but hey they are drs right they must know what they are talking about 🤭

[@WackoMac]

@@farmermatt629 what about the rye from last year? There is. O quick fix. You are thinking way to short term.

[@crpth1]

@@farmermatt629 - Admittedly you're not the first to miss one detail the nitrogen tie up happens, by far and wide, when the residue is tilled in! As said before, there's also the very important factor, that's a continuous work. Not an isolated event in a test tube. Cheers