Market Farming

[Lee Lawton <llami AT teleport.com>]

I read a study last year about the use of hairy vetch as a green manure with
tomatoes. I believe the vetch was planted ahead of the tomatoes, mowed down,
tilled in and then the tomatoes were transplanted into the area. One of the
conclusions of the study was that hairy vetch was one of the best green
manures to use with tomatoes. Sorry, I don't remember where I read the
article.

 I've been intrigued with the idea I learned about here of using green
manures concurrently with growing crops, and since I am a no-till grower,
I'm wondering about using hairy vetch or another green manure with tomatoes
and other solanums. Is the vetch too big to let grow all summer? What else
might be good? I'll be growing in a hoop house with retractable sides.

Thanks,

Lee

> From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflondon AT mindspring.com>
> Organization: Venaura Farm
> Reply-To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Newsgroups: market-farming
> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:03:22 -0500
> To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Subject: Re: market scales
> 
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 15:31:50 EST, Grow19 AT aol.com wrote:
> 
>> selling.  So far, this market-farming list turns out to be the best source 
>> of
>> the details of small scale farming I've found and altho not about community
>> gardening, is going to be a good list for me.
> 
> Judy:
> 
> We also have a community-foodsystems mailing list which
> covers community gardening, foodsheds, food circles,
> the fertile crescent concept and more. There are at present 20 members
> and the list is not very active - maybe we can get a little activity
> going there.
> 
> Surf to this URL to subscribe:
> http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?visit=community-foodsystems
> The CSA list usage info applies also to the community-foodsystems list
> (just plug and play) and that can be seen at:
> http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden/documents/csa.faq
> See also my community-gardening archives at:
> http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden/orgfarm/community-gardening
> 
> Email me if you need more info.
> Lawrence
> 
> 
> 
> Lawrence F. London, Jr.  Venaura Farm
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