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English term or phrase:
strip tilling
English answer:
tilling of alternate strips
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May 20, 2013 14:44
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English term
strip tilling
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Hello everyone. Can anyone please tell me what "strip tilling" is? I mean, all tilling is done in strips (I know of no tilling method that doesn't do so in strips), so why would strip tilling be called "strip" tilling? Thanks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip-till
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip-till
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tilling of alternate strips
This is fully explained in the Wikipedia article you cite.
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Note added at 17 mins (2013-05-20 15:01:31 GMT)
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Narrow strips are tilled only where the crop is to be sown and the rest of the field is left untilled. This is radically different from conventional tilling, where the whole field is tilled.
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Note added at 17 mins (2013-05-20 15:01:31 GMT)
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Narrow strips are tilled only where the crop is to be sown and the rest of the field is left untilled. This is radically different from conventional tilling, where the whole field is tilled.
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Anna Herbst
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Thanks Anna
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Sheila Wilson
: 8-10 inches is tilled, out of a strip of land that may be up to a yard wide (I'm guessing here)
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6 mins
strip tilling
Presumably as opposed to going round in circles.
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narrow strip conservative tillage
Strip tillage is a relatively new form of conservation tillage. Strip till preserves all of the crop residue left from the previous year's harvest. Only a narrow strip of this residue is removed in which the seed is planted. Mounds are created in this narrow strip during fertilizer application in the fall, creating a warmer, drier seedbed.
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