>>35889516>>35871791Oh, good question! So, there's a big difference between surges from melt runoff, and surges from heavy rains. Heavy rain runoff tends to carry a lot more soil, because the droplets are hitting the soil with some impact, causing erosion, and then flow down in the drainage basin. Melt runoff, on the other hand, is setup in winter, where snow accumulates in snowbanks, glaciers and icecaps. The first layer of snow basically protects the soil as subsequent snow falls on top of it, reducing erosion significantly. And then, once summer arrives the snow (and underneath, compressed snow turned into ice). Melts from the top down through due to sunlight, which means soil is protected from flowing erosion for a portion of its travel.
What this means, is that melt runoff is extremely close in chemical properties to glacier water if you're close to the sources (snow banks and such), while rain runoff carries more ions from the soil. As for what glacier water is like, well it doesn't really help you with your acidity problem as it's a bit acidic. It's still useful to get some fresh water to your plowed soil, though.
However, something to look into might be biochar techniques. Biochar is basically when you burn what remains of your crops after the harvest, and let the carbon and ashes join the soil. This biochar tends to be alkaline, and brings the pH up a bit. The main benefit is that it's a pretty easy farming strategy to implement: right after harvest, as soon as you get a few days of sunlight to dry up everything, start fires in your field and burn everything down.
Rye flour pizza sounds pretty delicious, I should try that.
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