Mulching

<h2>Purpose</h2> <p>Mulching is one of the easiest and widely used techniques to improve yield, soil quality and retain moisture. While finds dating back at least 2500 years exist humankind has probably mulched their crops since the neolithicum more than 8000 years ago.</p> <p>It's benefits can't be overstated:</p> <blockquote> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mulches conserve the soil moisture, enhance the nutrients status of soil, control the erosion losses, suppress the weeds in crop plants, and remove the residual effects of pesticides, fertilizers, and heavy metals.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </blockquote> <p><span style="color: #34495e;">Iqbal, R., Raza, M.A.S., Valipour, M. <em>et al.</em>&nbsp;<a style="color: #34495e;" href="https://bnrc.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42269-020-00290-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Potential agricultural and environmental benefits of mulches&mdash;a review</a></span></p> <h2>Usage</h2> <p>Right click farmland with dry grass to add mulch. Multiple layers increase the effect. It decays over time.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 26.4118%; height: 80px;" border="1"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 50%; height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong>Grass Amount</strong></td> <td style="width: 760.528%; height: 20px; text-align: center;"><strong>Moisture Loss Reduction</strong></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 50%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">1</td> <td style="width: 760.528%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">25%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 50%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">2</td> <td style="width: 760.528%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">50%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 50%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">3</td> <td style="width: 760.528%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">75%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Mulching does not affect fertilizers, it just retains the moisture longer.</p> <h3>Deinstallation</h3> <p>You should be able to just deactive the mod and applied mulch should be gone without affecting the soil anymore.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em><span style="color: #7e8c8d;">Extracted from: <a style="color: #7e8c8d;" href="https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/23655">https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/23655</a>. Thanks to <a href="https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/user/18EEEF6982A927BFB07D">Emmett_chef</a> for making this possible!</span></em></p>