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QSoilWhen is strip-till better than no-till?
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In short: Strip-till is for row crops, light to medium soils and GPS guidance; not for vertisols or narrow-row cereals.
| Strip-till is suitable | Strip-till is not suitable | |
|---|---|---|
| Crop | Row crops — maize, sunflower | Narrow row spacing — wheat, barley |
| Soil | Light to medium-heavy | Heavy, compacted, clay, waterlogged |
| Spring | Dry or cool — better crop start | Very wet — the soil smears in the strip |
| Machinery | GPS guidance, precise matching of strip and row | No precise guidance |
| Crop rotation | Planned, with alternation | The same spring crop repeated |
Strip-till often serves as a transition step towards no-till.
Material: Report "Research on innovative approaches", section 2.2; good practice 10 (Agroelit-Mitov sole trader, Targovishte).