You could offset the next planting. There are tools for regenerative agriculture to deal with this and it's done by many farmers, that is cutting at the base and leaving that base. You ARE removing nutrients and microbiome by pulling that. I saw the video for the beans which is what got me to this one. Yeah I'm leaving that root system. It's really easy to offset another planting of something else Just a piece of advice, talk to farmers that cut and leave the entire root system and see how it is they can plant right after because in regenerative ag. you always want plants in the ground so they figure it out somehow. If you learn what they do THEN you can make a judgement about what you do and what they do and then compare the whys. There's nothing wrong with what you're doing if it works well and you can stay organic. When you have to move to synthetic chemicals then you run into problems.
Before you even mentioned the taproots interfering with the planting tools, I was pondering their effect as a Yooge Lump in trying to work the soil for the next crop. It also would take them a fair bit of time to compost down enough to release their nutrients. There's another benefit to keeping the taproot intact: The plant stays fresh longer, with the slightest bit of humidity. Cutting it off at the base leaves a Big Gaping Wound for bacteria and fungi to enter (Among other things). This is why fruit is harvested with the Stem On, properly. Or with the peel intact, e.g., oranges and bananananas.
You could offset the next planting. There are tools for regenerative agriculture to deal with this and it's done by many farmers, that is cutting at the base and leaving that base.
You ARE removing nutrients and microbiome by pulling that. I saw the video for the beans which is what got me to this one. Yeah I'm leaving that root system. It's really easy to offset another planting of something else
Just a piece of advice, talk to farmers that cut and leave the entire root system and see how it is they can plant right after because in regenerative ag. you always want plants in the ground so they figure it out somehow. If you learn what they do THEN you can make a judgement about what you do and what they do and then compare the whys.
There's nothing wrong with what you're doing if it works well and you can stay organic. When you have to move to synthetic chemicals then you run into problems.
Before you even mentioned the taproots interfering with the planting tools, I was pondering their effect as a Yooge Lump in trying to work the soil for the next crop. It also would take them a fair bit of time to compost down enough to release their nutrients.
There's another benefit to keeping the taproot intact: The plant stays fresh longer, with the slightest bit of humidity.
Cutting it off at the base leaves a Big Gaping Wound for bacteria and fungi to enter (Among other things). This is why fruit is harvested with the Stem On, properly. Or with the peel intact, e.g., oranges and bananananas.
Good observation!
You can find varieties that grow well in the Mediterranean and are resistant to bolting.
Also, the roots amend the soil as the degrade.
I'd love to see more about the seeders