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- From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] rye before plastic mulch
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:54:36 -0400
We had some pretty bad weed control failures this year. I
had borrowed a plastic mulch layer last spring and used old landscape cloth
between the mulch rows – that worked great! I am planning on buying a
bed shaper/plastic mulch layer and using it a lot next year where we had the
weeds (potatoes, early carrots, early beets, and where the seeds blew in). It
is getting really late to plant rye, but I’d sure like to have a cover
crop on. My concern is whether I can mow/till the rye fairly early (when it
would tend to regrow), and if the plastic mulch will kill the rye and I can tp
in after a couple weeks. I could let the rye grow between the rows for weed
control even (maybe?). If this is a big mistake, I’d appreciate being warned. Beth Spaugh http://rhomestead.com
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eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." -
Wendell Berry "Without
power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore
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- [Market-farming] rye before plastic mulch, Beth Spaugh, 10/14/2011
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