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  • From: Jennifer Albert <jalbert AT cybermesa.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Establishing NZ clover
  • Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:19:29 -0700

I seeded mine in April last year and could drive my garden tractor on it by July. I'm in zone 5.

It stands up to frost very well; mine showed some green all winter long.

If you're planting it near row crops, my advice is to keep a strip tilled between the clover and the row crop to keep the clover out of the beds. I use a mini-tiller on mine every couple of weeks.

I haven't plowed any under yet, but the strips I seeded between my strawberry rows will go into new strawberries this summer, so I plan to plow it under in March.

Jenny in Northern New Mexico


At 10:03 AM 2/28/2005 -0500, you wrote:
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:02:48 -0700
From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost AT gilanet.com>
Subject: Re: RE: [Market-farming] path cover/green manure
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
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I need a quick cover crop for a living mulch on my tomato beds. I'll
transplant into the beds about the first of June after last frost here.
Does anyone know if New Zealand White will grow enough in three months for
that purpose? We'll have quite a few frosty nights over the next three
months.


paul tradingpost AT gilanet.com
http://largocreekfarms.com
http://medicinehill.net




  • [Market-farming] Establishing NZ clover, Jennifer Albert, 02/28/2005

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