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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses
  • Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 10:17:20 -0500 (CDT)

It is about 4'. We find it eliminates problems we have with stand
establishment in the rye mate.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 13:28:35 -0400
>From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
>Subject: Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses
>To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>
> On Sat, 15 May 2010 09:23:56 -0500 (CDT), Bill Shoemaker wrote:
>> We've been using
>> tilled strips in rye for cover cropped pumpkins. Then you can run a regular
>> transplanter or seeder down the rows, use plastic mulch, etc. It really
>>makes
>> it easier but you still gain a lot from the rye mulch mat, including weed
>> control, moisture retention, clean pumpkins and reduced fruit rot
>>potential.
>> Another big benefit is that PYO customers in the Fall can walk out onto the
>> mulch to pick up fruit, even after a rain. We have a large grower in N Ill
>> who has adopted the system and seems pretty happy with it.
>
>Very nice idea. How wide is the tilled strip within the rye?
>
> --
> Richard Robinson
> www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
> Hopestill Farm
> www.hopestill.com
>
>
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