Designating a method of planting in which soil is not tilled but instead is planted by insertion of seeds in small slits, weeds being controlled by other means.
a no-tillage tomato production system using hairy vetch and subterranean clover mulches
Example sentencesExamples
- This suggests that some tillage method that retains most surface residue might be better than no-tillage planting, if planting were not delayed.
- A killed forage sod mulch with no-tillage planting provides best soil and water management with corn.
- Many producers are successfully using reduced tillage and no-tillage seeding methods in Ohio.
- Poor weed control in conservation tillage and no-tillage cropping systems may result in late season survival of grass and broadleaf weeds.
- Farmers just beginning in ridge planting should use a complete no-tillage program for weed control.