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  • From: Alexander Brands <abb7@Lehigh.EDU>
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  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Can someone recommend a cover crop: annual, low-growing, flowering, will spread, will grow in wood-chip mulch
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:36:06 -0500



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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:31:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com>
Subject: [nafex] Can someone recommend a cover crop: annual,
low-growing, flowering, will spread, will grow in wood-chip mulch
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Can someone recommend a cover crop that fit's these conditions:

It's an annual
It's low-growing
Will spread within the growing season
Will grow in wood-chip mulch (that has begun to break down)

Thanks,
Steve (NJ)

I've had good luck with hairy vetch. Not sure how low growing you want, vetch gets maybe a foot tall as it sprawls about. It is annual, but self seeds here in Pennsylvania. Bees like the flowers, and it fixes nitrogen.

Alex

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