Effect of natural grasses cover on soil properties and yield and quality of peach

Conventional tillage management in orchard features the laborintensive, fertilizer costing, bare ground in winter and dust in spring. The technology of natural grass cover could increase soil organic matter content, reduce evaporation, increase drought resistance, improve peach quality, save labor and reduce environmental pollution. The survey results in Pinggu shown that the soil organic matter content was increased by 10.4% to 38.1%, the single weight of peach was increased by 2.8% to 5.4% and the soluble solids in peach was increased by 0.65% to 1.35%.