Soil repair

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I just bought a traditional farmed piece of land I plan to KNF on. We did a perc test and 1/2 an inch of water drained in 18 hour where it should have been 1 – 3 inches an hour.

The soil is very compacted and is considered “massive” at 4″ to 14″ than clay kicks in.

I’ve seen a lot about applying a soil drench to repair soil at 1000 liters per 1/4 acre. My concern is most of it will just run off the top. Am I over thinking thing and just need to trust the process or is there something I need to do to prepare the soil for the drench?

Thanks in advance for any advice offered.

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yes in time the soil drenching w/JMS and IMOs well fix the issue i would recommend deep tilling 1 time if you can before the soaks or short after you start the soaks id also try to till in organic materiel any and as much as you can at that time to improve the soil deep tilling the 1 time in the beginning is not going to hurt the soil that much cause you are going to be adding tons of life back into the soil to improve it , cover cropping during this time of adding JMS and IMOs will also help with soil compaction and help fix nitrogen into the soil and build microbes those cover crops can be chop n dropped or turned into JLF or both id go with a basic cover crop seed mix its stuff like clover, vetch, dikons, winter rye, snow peas, and other stuff, sorghum sudan grass is another good one to add to that mix by cover cropping you are adding roots and plant life to the soil for the microbes and improving the soil health, adding bio char and IMO4 along with the JMS you will attack the problem at both ends so to say the JMS goes deep into the soil adding life below wile the IMO4 sits on top of the soil adding life from above you could also do liquid IMO3, JMS and liquid IMO3 can be added through watering systems for ease of use if you have large property to contend with, adding KNF soil soak drenches is also a good addition during this process… i think if you went this route within 1 yr the land will be ready to plant out and you will start with really good soil and continuing to add JMS and IMO4 and following along with natural farming methods within just a few yrs you will have turned your soil into something amazing

 

Happy Experimenting

  • parkerartist
    Thank you so much for your reply. I plan to host a website and show the results of natural farming as I go to encourage others to try it.
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