[HN Gopher] Rich and Poor Nations to See Drop Off in Crop Yields
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       Rich and Poor Nations to See Drop Off in Crop Yields
        
       Author : measurablefunc
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2025-11-16 20:13 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | DaveZale wrote:
       | I've been having excellent results in the home garden using the
       | hugelkultur approach. Just bury logs and vegetative waste beneath
       | a foot or two of topsoil. Adding some fungi spawn to the organic
       | matter speeds up the process. The rotting organic matter acts
       | like a big sponge to keep soil moisture high. Mycelia act to swap
       | plant sugars from above, with nutrients from below. From a small
       | plot, I was able to donate about 250 pounds of gourmet blue
       | potatoes to local food banks this year.
       | 
       | Other than a little cow manure added to help feed the fungi and
       | plant roots, no other fertilization was required. There are so
       | many great low-tech approaches to get great yields of delicious
       | produce, but it takes some extra initial labor inputs. Maybe when
       | the AIpocolypse hits the labor market, this approach will be
       | economical on larger scales.
        
         | idontwantthis wrote:
         | How do you deal with pests?
        
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