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  • From: "five springs farm" <fsfarm AT mufn.org>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: organic weed control
  • Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 11:14:14 -0500


Under squash we broadcast vetch seed about the time the seedlings emerge.
The vetch stabilizes the bed, cools the area a bit, crowds out weeds and
adds nitrogen as it is turned in (and even fixes N to an extent).

Jim and Jo
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----- Original Message -----
From: Sue <swtgrssfrm AT nls.net>
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 5:10 PM
Subject: organic weed control


> As I am finalizing seed orders etc. for our market garden I am vowing
> again this year to have a better handle on the weeds. Our main
> vegetables will be squash, tomatoes, peppers, corn, beans and soybeans.
> Any helpful hints? I am planning on planting clover in with the
> squash. How does this work for any of you? We have a mechanical
> transplanter that does not plant thru plastic so if we use plastic mulch
> it will have to be planted by hand and that seems overwhelming to me. I
> have used mulch hay with a little success on the tomatoes and peppers
> last year but the mulch hay broke down too soon and the weeds came thru
> so I am looking for another way to handle that his year. thank you.
> Sue
>
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