Deciding to never clean up your room may not be the best idea, you could step on something sharp or have to deal with rotting food. However this isn’t a problem for plants, partly because they don’t have rooms but mostly because refusing to clean up plant waste (something called no till agriculture) is actually great for the health of the soil and future plants.
Erosion is a common problem for Hillside farmers and continual tilling only aggravates it. No till agriculture however is amazing in many many ways.
How many? Lets count them out.
1. Tillage breaks up the soil, worsening erosion, no till doesn’t
2. In no till the leftover plant residue is left on the field, thus the nutrients from the plant matter is returned to the soil, prepping the soil for the next season.
3. The residue also protects the soil from water erosion as it takes the brunt of the energy from rain and slows down the force of water runoff.
4. Leaving the dead plant roots in the ground improves the soil structure.
5. The farmers don’t have to clean up after their plants, just imagine how amazing it would be to never have to clean your room...
