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  • From: "Errol Castens" <castens AT nepower.coop>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Managing ground between plastic mulch rows (was Rotor Tiller)
  • Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:14:29 -0600 (CST)

Marlin, cowpeas (the default meaning of "peas" in the Deep South) will do
a good job of suppressing a lot of your weeds, but considering they can
get waist-high themselves, it's going to take extra effort to walk through
them while tending/gathering your primary crop. It's a good but not
faultless plan.

Errol Castens
Oxford, Mississippi
Zone 7

On Wed, November 14, 2007 8:43 pm, Glen Eco Farm said:
> Next year I'm thinking of planting something that will grow more
> aggressively in hot weather, make a thicker ground cover, feed nitrogen to
> the soil, and yield some crop to those who want them--cowpeas. What do
> some of you think? Will it work? Has anyone tried it?





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