Re: green manure crop or 2nd crop beans if lucky?

Posted by buickanddeere on June 26, 2005 at 05:42:24 from (192.75.48.150):

In Reply to: Re: green manure crop or 2nd crop beans if lucky? posted by RN on June 25, 2005 at 18:51:13:

Turnips? Never thought of those. Rutabagas would likely do the same. Maybe even carrots?
I had thought of field peas as well. The frost would finish them in mid to late September before the pods fully dried . The seed would be cheaper than beans too. I'm four miles inland of Lake Huron and down wind so the temps are moderated with lake heat.
The soil is heavy with an impenetrable blue clay layer about 18" below the surface. The soil has been pretty well depleted of organic matter after being cash cropped corn & beans for 30 years. No livestock manure spread on it either. If it pours rain the soil only dries via evaporation from the surface.
I have a market for horse hay so a clover/alfalfa/brome grass is in consideration. The retired neighbour has 120 acres of workable land. He does about 5 acres of grain crop, grazes 17 cattle and has a few round bales done for winter feed. It hurts to watch that 90+ acres of hay grow old, dry and brown every summer.

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