I like to hear about the descriptions and attributes of the legumes you outlined. In SW Florida I am interested in using a quick to mature cover from December to April, which is going to be turned right into raised beds for plasticulture, for a crop that grows for the next eight months. I'm not sure which one might fit into my needs. Any input would be appreciated.
Mostly easier management and it was just better for the things I was doing. Alot of the livestock people I talk to prefer mixes and that's okay too. I'm a firm believer of doing whatever works for you. I was growing vegetables and dealing with drought and weed issues and was looking for specific outcomes. Multiple canopy works too, like taking advantage of plant architecture to sequester more carbon and nitrogen. For instance you can use a cowpea, like Iron-and-Clay Peas, with something like Sunn Hemp. One of my producers reported getting 7 ft tall Sunn Hemp using this method.
You should use a "Yankee rye" and hairy vetch combination. It's easy to roller crimp, has allelopathic properties to kill off weeds, forms nitrogen and increases soil organic matter, forms soil cover. It's the ultimate weed and feed, bonus is it's organic.
With a name like clitoria terneata, how can you not want as much of that as you can grow. Come visit me in 2019 and you'll find me just laying in a field of clitoria flowers..
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Very informative. Thank you!
Thanks for this video! It helped alot!
I like to hear about the descriptions and attributes of the legumes you outlined. In SW Florida I am interested in using a quick to mature cover from December to April, which is going to be turned right into raised beds for plasticulture, for a crop that grows for the next eight months. I'm not sure which one might fit into my needs. Any input would be appreciated.
Good collection of questions.
Thanks its really helpfull
Thanks for the webinar! You mentioned preferring monoculture CC to polycultures. What are some of the reasons for this choice?
Mostly easier management and it was just better for the things I was doing. Alot of the livestock people I talk to prefer mixes and that's okay too. I'm a firm believer of doing whatever works for you. I was growing vegetables and dealing with drought and weed issues and was looking for specific outcomes. Multiple canopy works too, like taking advantage of plant architecture to sequester more carbon and nitrogen. For instance you can use a cowpea, like Iron-and-Clay Peas, with something like Sunn Hemp. One of my producers reported getting 7 ft tall Sunn Hemp using this method.
You should use a "Yankee rye" and hairy vetch combination. It's easy to roller crimp, has allelopathic properties to kill off weeds, forms nitrogen and increases soil organic matter, forms soil cover. It's the ultimate weed and feed, bonus is it's organic.
If I am running chicken tractors on my farm (up to 500 per acre - per Joe Salatin ) would nitrogen fixing cover crops even be necessary?
How would you grow cover crops without adding compost first if your soil is clay, hard as rock??
With a name like clitoria terneata, how can you not want as much of that as you can grow. Come visit me in 2019 and you'll find me just laying in a field of clitoria flowers..
This is very informative, but the speaker is hard to listen to....um,ah I recommend uh um, well what I do is ah ah ......etc.
Sorry, I have to think about exactly what to say.
Did not bother me at all. You spoke great and very helpful info. Thank you.