We are conducting an experiment to determine if there is a difference between tilling or not tilling (in class we called this turning over vs not-turning over) the soil in two otherwise identical garden plots. We couldn't find a definitive answer to which method was better, though there is a fair amount of debate. Hopefully our experiment will shed some light on the issue.
After nearly a month, we are starting to see lots of seeds sprouted in the garden. In our "experiment plots" we turned over one of the 2 plots and then left the other one unturned and then planted the same seeds in each. We planted 1 row of arugula, 1 row of Bull's Blood Beets, 1 row of Nelson Carrots, and one Row of YaYa Carrots.
At this point, only one row of the arugula has sprouted enough to compare data on the two plots. Originally, this area was supposed to have carrots in it, but apparently our plots were not seeded as we had sketched them in our plan. Taste testing of a plant confirmed the seedlings as arugula. After 4 weeks, the turned over plot has 84 arugula seeds sprouts and the Un-turned plot has 124 sprouts. At this point, it also appears that the unturned seedlings are larger than the seedlings in the turned over plot.
This is the turned-over plot.
This is the non-turned over plot. There are more arugula seedlings in this plot overall.
This is an up-close view of arugula from the turned over plot.
This is an up-close view of the non-turned over plot. The seedlings are a bit bigger in this plot.
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