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<blockquote data-quote="tytower" data-source="post: 417451" data-attributes="member: 2399"><p>MikeC- The problem I have seen here in Far Northern Queensland is that the ground gets worked to a fine tilth and planted in year one , its harvested green usually and fertilized and left .</p><p></p><p>Its harvested in year two , fertilized and left .</p><p></p><p>Then harvested and the ground re -worked and re-planted in year three again .</p><p>What is happening is the yeild is dropping each year and cane that 20 years ago was twice the height of a man at harvest is presently about 7-8 foot and dropping.</p><p></p><p>Soil is loosing its humus and is looking like a red sand desert even though the ground used to be red soil rainforest.Its fertilized three time each year and the cost of this is eventualy going to stop this practice so yeild will keep dropping in the next 20 years and on. </p><p></p><p>The sugarcane used to be burnt before harvest for snakes and bugs etc but this is not done now unless its diseased and this leaving of trash on the surface after harvest has helped with the humus problem.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion just continually cropping any land with one crop with no fallow or other assistive crops kills the land quickly and us too.</p><p>This seems to be what is being done all down the Queensland coast and in Brazil.</p><p></p><p>Its gotta come however that we grow our fuel - and its certainly a leading contender.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tytower, post: 417451, member: 2399"] MikeC- The problem I have seen here in Far Northern Queensland is that the ground gets worked to a fine tilth and planted in year one , its harvested green usually and fertilized and left . Its harvested in year two , fertilized and left . Then harvested and the ground re -worked and re-planted in year three again . What is happening is the yeild is dropping each year and cane that 20 years ago was twice the height of a man at harvest is presently about 7-8 foot and dropping. Soil is loosing its humus and is looking like a red sand desert even though the ground used to be red soil rainforest.Its fertilized three time each year and the cost of this is eventualy going to stop this practice so yeild will keep dropping in the next 20 years and on. The sugarcane used to be burnt before harvest for snakes and bugs etc but this is not done now unless its diseased and this leaving of trash on the surface after harvest has helped with the humus problem. In my opinion just continually cropping any land with one crop with no fallow or other assistive crops kills the land quickly and us too. This seems to be what is being done all down the Queensland coast and in Brazil. Its gotta come however that we grow our fuel - and its certainly a leading contender. [/QUOTE]
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