Market Farming

[Lori sands <tchfrch AT hotmail.com>]

We tried this a few years back as a 'big' local  garlic grower always does this.   We sowed the oats 4 weeks before, and just opened holes to plant. It worked ok, but I remember having a harder time harvesting the bulbs with the the turf-like killed cover surrounding them.  I think it was our lack of expertise with this method more than problems with the method.
We are back to our regular deep-mulch-with-straw method. 
 
Lori Sands
western PA
 

> From: bcluton AT aol.com
> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:33:57 -0400
> To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [Market-farming] Planting Garlic Into Living Oats, etc.
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> Does anyone out there have experience planting garlic into a living oat, oat/pea, sorgum or other winter killed cover crop?
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> I've considered trying to rip slits into the standing cover and then allow the cover crop to winter kill and lay down as mulch. Curious if others have tried this and what they learned.
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> Thanks
> Brian
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