Re: O.T. Best winter crop for adding biomass.

Posted by El Toro on September 06, 2005 at 14:38:43 from (64.12.117.13):

In Reply to: O.T. Best winter crop for adding biomass. posted by Matt Page on September 06, 2005 at 11:36:50:

I've always used buckwheat, when I could find it and barley for the cover crop over winter. I also
composted in leaves, grass and corn stalks and cobs. I shredded the corn stalks and I plow this down in the fall along with tomato vines and bean vines after mowing them off with a big mulching mower. I usually replow the barley under in the spring if it is tall. I also lime in the fall
with pellitized lime because it is easily spread.

I mulched all the tomatoes with straw and hay do to the dry weather we had this year. I try to stay away from hay due to the weeds. That will be plowed under too. You should contact your
county farm agent in your area and have a soil analysis taken to determine what your soil requires. You could plant soybeans on 1.5 acres
next spring and that will build up your soil too.
The rest of the area will make a big garden. Hal

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