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  • From: Thomas P Hurtgen <hurtgenmeadows AT gmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cover Cropping
  • Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 20:47:57 -0400

Andy, I like the idea of getting a straw crop off next spring -- low to
minor weed seeds? Might it make nice mulch for putting around trellised
tomatoes, for example? Thanks. Tom (7b)

Thomas P Hurtgen
hurtgenmeadows AT gmail.com

On Jul 20, 2013, at 11:19 AM, Richard Robinson wrote:

> On 7/20/2013 at 11:15:33 AM, Andy Fellenz wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I have ~ 4 acres that are in a summer buckwheat cover crop right now. My
>> bees
>> will be working the buckwheat shortly and then I'll be tilling it in. My
>> plans for 2014 may include planting sweet corn and squash in this field.
>> The
>> ground is a shallow gravelly loam ~12" to limestone.
>>
>>
>> What will be a good late summer/fall cover crop which will work well with
>> planting corn and squash by the end of May next season?
>
> Winter rye and vetch will work well. You can plant the seed in mid-August,
> you'll get lovely lush growth in fall, and it will be ready to cut in
> mid-May. You'll get a nice straw crop you can either take off, chop up and
> till, or leave on the surface for mulch. The vetch will regrow a bit if you
> don't till it in.
>
>
> Richard Robinson
> www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
> Hopestill Farm
> www.hopestill.com
>
>
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