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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] speaking of cover crops ...
  • Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:27:20 -0600


My question is about planting rye and vetch at the same time. Rye doesn't
affect the vetch?


paul tradingpost@lobo.net

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
--Henry David Thoreau
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On 8/23/2006 at 8:14 PM miranda@tagoresmith.com wrote:

>Paul wrote:
>
>> They mention planting rye and vetch together in the fall. But if rye is
>> allelopathic to other plants trying to germinate, how does that work? I
>> can't locate an answer to that one.
>
>Paul:
>
>After the rye has decomposed, it's no longer allelopathic. The way around
>it is to wait until that has happened before seeding into it. It doesn't
>affect transplants, so you can plant right into it. It's wonderful for
>giving you a headstart in spring--you can transplant into it and wait
>weeks to do your first cultivation!
>
>Miranda Smtih
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