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Sparta, NC

What would be a good cover crop to grow now til fall then till in and plant rye for winter?

8/10/2009 10:41:28 PM

Belgium

yellow mustard or facelia

8/11/2009 1:22:35 AM

Netherlands

Sorry to hear most of your fruit went down Sam. I agree with Rhonny. Yellow mustard grows in a few weeks and will be ready in fall. Make sure it doesn't go to seed though.

8/11/2009 2:00:18 AM

yellow mustard is considered an "invasive" in many states in the US

8/11/2009 7:44:02 AM

Western NY

buckwheat here.

8/11/2009 8:18:44 AM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

Purple top turnips or dwarf essex rape. They are cheap and you don't have to work them in the soil. Just broadcast on bare soil and first rain will get them growing.

8/11/2009 8:50:48 AM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Winter Peas or Bio Mass Peas...

8/11/2009 1:55:48 PM

Ca

Mustard doesn't like mycorrhizae. Where there is mustard the soil microbes that that help pumpkins thrive in are sparse.

8/14/2009 12:53:30 PM

Sequim, WA

Buckwheat or Nitro Alfalfa. Nitro Alfalfa could be left in over the winter and works best with a nurse crop of oats.

8/14/2009 2:50:11 PM