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Re:RNA demethylation increases rice and potato yields 50% by soperj on Friday July 23, 2021 @01:43AM (#27927598)
People have done it alot faster than 50 years.

Method boils down to, no till, plant a mix of cover crops, and don't plant mono culture. Ended up getting a inch of top soil a year.

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Re:RNA demethylation increases rice and potato yields 50% by tremon on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:42AM (#27928559)
plant a mix of cover crops

You're starting halfway on the track. Most things you plant in arid soil won't grow, which is the situation where the GP started from. Sure, once you have a soil quality where your crop mix grows, it will take less than 50 years.

"How to get an inch of topsoil?" - "first, have an inch of topsoil" isn't really the scenario the GP was thinking of.

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Re:RNA demethylation increases rice and potato yields 50% by soperj on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:02PM (#27934968)
The prairies in Canada/US are very arid, and they have no problem growing things.
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