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Getting 4-6% organic matter in a perpetually used garden is not as easy as it sounds. A 1/2 inch of compost may maintain organic matter but it might not build it at all. Organic matter is constantly being used up and needs to be replenished at a pretty substantial rate to stay in that 4-6% range. Especially if you are cultivating and tilling. Also, I think a whole lot depends on where you are located. Warmer climates will use organic matter at a much quicker rate than colder climates.
Glenn
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So then question remains why organic matter disappear so fast that it needs to be constantly resupplied? If most of tomato plant except tomato of course returned and then added value/ energy taken by tomato fruit itself should not soil balance it out?