I think it would be a lot cheaper and easier to throw out copper filings and dig them in with a good hard faced plough. A copper plough in our soil wouldn't last a day even if it escaped being straightened on a root. David C
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2 March 2002 1:15 AM Subject: Re: Copper garden tools > > In a message dated 2/28/02 11:30:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Sounds good but whats the wear rate like ? On our gravel based soils we > destroy hardened steel tillage points at a rapid rate and need to use > tungsten tipped stuff to make heavy cultivation economical.?? In nice clay > would not be a problem > > Lloyd Charles >> > > The benefit outweighs the cost [the Bronze Age remembered]. The point is to > introduce the copper filings and increase benefits to the soil as water > holding capacity...sstorch > >
