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Nature's Tiller
Daikon radish is nature’s tiller.
Clay beds, beds crusted over, paths that got walked on too many times.
Daikon sends one strong taproot straight down.
It pushes into the hard layer, opens tiny cracks, then widens them.
That creates new air space for worms, water, roots, microbes.
Daikon also mines the subsoil.
It pulls up nutrients from deeper down, then stores them in the root and leaves.
When we chop it down or let it winter kill, that nutrition returns to the topsoil as it breaks down.
The root becomes a soft tunnel that the next crop can follow.
How we use it in the garden
Plant it thick like a living drill bit.Keep it moist until it sprouts.Let it grow without disturbance. No pulling. No digging.
When it is time, we either chop it at the soil line or let frost take it.
Leave the root in place. Cover with mulch. Let the soil life do the rest.
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