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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Daikon radishes, alfalfa and buckwheat.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>


> I am looking for suggestions for soil building cover crops.  The soil is
> mostly adobe clay with no organic matter.  It is the top of some fill 
> which
> came from the middle of a cut.  It is so hard and packed that in order to
> dig trenches for a water line I had to start with a soaker hose then dig
> about a couple of inches, repeat, rinse.  Some areas resisted even that 
> and
> required a heavy pick.
>
> I am looking for something to plant in the next few weeks that has deep
> roots and likes poor soil.  If it can grow in well into a Zone 9 fall and
> winter, so much the better.  The idea is to get something to start 
> breaking
> up the soil and allow other nutrients to reach deeper.