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Animal

02-17-2005 16:08:31




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I am a bit confused on this subject, I want you guys oppinions tell me what your favorite cover crop is and why, It will be greatly appreciated




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cockshuttguy

02-25-2005 14:07:55




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 Re: Cover Crops in reply to Animal, 02-17-2005 16:08:31  
Depends on what you want to accomplish. If it is weed control, buckwheat is a good choice. If you want green manure, rye, hairy vetch, and sorghum will give you some green mass. Sorghum will probably give you the most mass, however, again you need to know what the goal is before planting any particular kind of cover crop.



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paul

02-17-2005 18:36:08




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 Re: Cover Crops in reply to Animal, 02-17-2005 16:08:31  
To grow corn, I like anything that makes N. The more it makes, the better.

Here in this cold climate, don't get much time for it to grow, so seed it down with oats, harvest the oats & straw in August, and plow the cover crop down in fall. Of late I like a plow-down blend, alfalfa, clover, & sweet clover.

Some plant a cover crop to hold the soil in place over winter, to use up nutrients that are applied to the ground (manure) or to help control weeds. This would be rye, seeded in fall, sprayed dead in spring.

What do you need the cover crop for, what is it's purpose?

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Animal

02-18-2005 15:36:21




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 Re: Cover Crops in reply to paul, 02-17-2005 18:36:08  
I have a small organic farm in the Kansas City Missouri area, what I need is a green manure crop and something that holds the soil in the winter. I have been using red clover up till now, but I heard about this stuff called ac greenfix which is a type of winter pea, I am going to try it.



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