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Show Soil moisture by Cultivating is iot saved, claim I Don't cultivate to save mois-jpire mois-jpire it doesn't. (Dr. Paul D. Christensen, ex- nsion soil specialist at Utah 'Hate University warns that ck, jil is becoming too compacted titt'om excessive running over ;ore land with equipment and limals. A lot of the com- iction could be avoided by not l) liltivating after a rainstrom II irrigation believing that it ill help save moisture. He Sys many experiments have own that such cultivation is ii little or no value. "Cultiva-rfbn "Cultiva-rfbn to conserve moisture us-Jly us-Jly wastes moisture," he ack id' He explains that the main un .(lues in cultivating soils is to ntrol weeds and break sur-je sur-je alkali crusts during the Rowing season., "If you have "ither problem, don't waste .jll ne and money and compact i"s soil by cultivating the S. 'id, he urged. 'The soil specialist pointed e;t that there is no value in 'en"'!ing soils cracks to save moi-Sre. moi-Sre. He said, "Always re-j re-j f imber that cracks are the re-"'".t re-"'".t of drying and not the jse of drying. If we leave the icks open we have much :ater water intake rate dur-fed dur-fed !: irrigation. ' 'In other words, the open ''icks aid us in irrigating. If cultivate and close the " .cks we slow down the wa-mtEf: wa-mtEf: intake rates and may re--las our effectiveness in irri- :;;ion." dent : |