• nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 months ago

    Absolutely. I’m happy to see more people on the same page here. Conservation of Mass is a law that we have to abide by.

    On compaction, I have read on some cultivars of root grass crops being capable of penetrating plow pan and freeing up the soil underneath but I have not yet read any studies that empirically validate this. And, even if the data proves it, the proposed process is NOT fast and requires assistance from seasonal freeze/thaw cycles to help mechanically crack the compacted layer. So, not likely useful for remediation of fields needed to grow food in the short to mid term.