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Increasing soil carbon levels
If soil carbon levels are lower than desirable, they may be increased in a number of
ways:
Manage the soil to maintain or increase soil crumb structure and soil pore
spaces.
Add carbon as stubble mulching, green manuring, compost, humates, fulvates
or molasses.
Maintain dense plant cover on the soil. Green plants add carbon.
When conditions are suitable, add suitable commercially available
microbiological products.
Encourage larger forms of life such as earthworms.
Do not use chemicals that will harm the microbiology already present or about
to be introduced.
Keep soil pH at around neutral, and balance soil cations.
Keep stock and machinery traffic on the soil to a minimum. Use rotational
grazing techniques.
Keep soil moist if possible.
Encourage good plant root development by shallow to deep ripping when
conditions are right.
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