Jaime: Rye also has an alleopathic (sp?) effect -- it'll supress
germination, so if you are going to direct seed following rye, I think they say
to wait 30-45 days after knock down/turning it under, before direct
seeding. For transplants, it's not a problem.
Elaine
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Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 9:06
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Subject: Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin
trash
Can I ask a stupid question?
What is the benefit of
cover cropping with the rye? Do you cover crop and then just disc and till
under for organic substance? Or do you use the rye for something? chop and
feed to animals? or just to help with the weeds during the winter
season?
Jaime
> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:04:15 -0700
>
From: sunnfarm AT netscape.com
> To:
market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin
trash
>
> Bill, I agree that 2 bushel /acre grain rye is the
best. I paid $16 a bu for what we call western grain rye. local rye is half
the price but usually full of weeds and small animal body parts. I found that
applying a little more than 1/2 bushel and getting it well spaced and with
good germ worked. I was surprised and my wallet felt good too. I have not
purchased perennial rye in a couple years so I don't remember what is cost but
the way it spreads and persists I think I will use more of it in the
future.
>
> I have plowed under perennial ryegrass, planted
sweetcorn, applied attrazine and dual along with cultivation yet by harvest
time the ryegrass would come back completely covering the field better than
when I seeded it a year earlier despite all the tillage and herbicides. It
could become a perennial cover crop. This is something I am experminting
with... Bob.
>
> --- wshoemak AT inil.com wrote:
>
>
From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
> To: "Market Farming"
<market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming]
pumpkin trash
> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:03:29 -0500
>
>
Bob
>
> Is it perennial ryegrass you are buying for $16/bushel or
are you using
> grain rye? We've been using grain rye at various rates
but usually 90 or 120
> lb/acre gives us our best stands. We have heavy
prairie soils.
>
> Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food
Crops
> University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research
Center
> www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
>
>
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