[Market-farming] Strawberries - Oats in the row middles
Sean Albiston
lab at physics.umn.edu
Tue Sep 18 08:17:38 EDT 2007
Andy, I don't plant oats in the row middles of strawberries, however, I do
plant oats (2 crops) in the row middles of garlic, using the oats grown as
a mulch in the garlic bed. Works very well.
I plant the oats using 4 earthway seeders ganged together at 8" spacing.
I don't have a flail mower small enough to get in between the garlic, so
I've been yanking the oats by hand and applying to the garlic bed. I've
toyed with using a scythe but that is a bit tricky too, you still need to
apply the mulch by hand anyhow. I am in the market for a BCS style 3' or
4' sickle bar mower for next year.
sean albiston
> Has anyone planted oats as a fall cover in the row middles of their
> strawberry patch? I'm thinking of doing this to reduce the amount of
> straw I will need to spread in the spring on the walkways and am
> wondering what others experience has been.
>
> Andy
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