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Thanks for the inspiration Mark, I started a few cover crops (field pea/oats) here in zone 9/10 and continue to learn from your videos.
I had cleared a small row for peas and was going to put in the posts this week. And then…snow. My winter rye is back-ordered from Johnny's but I checked where it will go. Sunflowers at the ends of the peas and in the empty spaces in the strawberry beds. Thank you for such great information. Have you checked to see if that nettle is lamium? I had lots of it in my former gardens and yours looks familiar. There are several varieties.
Does your comment about the nettle generalize to all perennials that die back? I am growing echinacea in spots around the garden to attract bees. Since that is a perennial, will it be a living root in the ground during the winter months?
I live in Germany but have problems to get winter r I can get it here but its not the same as what you grow and is very exspensive what I get here only grows to 12 /18 inches
would it be poseble to get some seeds from you I would not need so many as I would use it first for seed
I would pay for all your costs I do not think that 50 seeds schould be a problem as in the next year I would have 10 x as much
I love your vids and it works at the moment I plant white clover between my rows and just cut it as mulsh works well and hold water better than a drip sistem
All "weed" really means is that it's an undesirable plant in the given location. Completely subjective. It holds no meaning in botany. I really like your island idea! I'm very much looking forward to the future videos about these cover crops!
How do you decide between annual and perinnial cover crops? I currently have my garden covered in clover. I was thinking I would sow some Birdsfoot and maybe some white clover in most of it and let it grow through as the clover dies out or I cut it down. Does this seem like a good idea to anyone? Thanks for all the videos and for any response I might get
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Forgive me if this seems critical it truly isn't. This specifically about the winter rye as I have no issue or knowledge of the NZ clover.
Is there a particular reason that you plant so late in the season? I am in Zone 5a and if you can plant peas, you could be planting root crops as well as some lettuce, especially if you have a good mulch such as chopped and dropped winter rye that was planted in the fall. You could have straw for mulch that you can guarantee wasn't sprayed with anything or have any potential residual chemicals. It would also help with the oxidation and nutrient loss related to leaving the soil bare in the winter.
You could also potentially harvest a rye crop for new seed and/or feed it to animals or your family (flour).
I really only ask as it seems you would get the same benefits and more…I'm also cheap(hate spending money if I can't squeeze it for every thing I can get out of it) and lazy and a crop in the ground saves on weeding.
Check out this study. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1626/pps.17.93 They saw freshly used coffee grounds can stunt growth for up to a year if you add more than 2lbs/sqft by themselves. If you add cow manure in equal amounts you can eliminate this effect. Much better used as a "green" ingredient in your winter compost.
Hey Mark, Im located in Vancouver BC, Canada. which is zone 7/8 My garden this spring came up with an infestation of dead nettles which ive never seen before. They are very dense and leave little to no bare soil to utilize. I was planning on leaving them alone to keep the live roots providing nitrogen and then planting sweet corn in one bed – from seed amongst the nettles, and then zuchinni Ive started indoors in another bed. Also, pumpkins and watermelon in my other two beds.
Will the nettles in your experience/opinion choke out the plants? I,d rather not dig them up or turn them in and stop their fine work of imparting nitrogen and mycorizal fungus. I've heard they kind of die off when the weather warms up. Thoughts?
Love that you start your video with your zone..thank you
I still have a beautiful cover crop of dead nettle in most of my garden. I will put cardboard over it for a couple of weeks before I plant. This kills most of it. the rest, I will cut off at the surface.
I am wanting to start the no till concept. Is there a cover crop or a variety of cover crops that will grow year round? I am guessing even if it goes dormant for the winter it will still benefit the soil. My plan is to just plant the veggies in it. I was thinking something like alfalfa and mowing it down with a lawn mower on its highest setting.
I watched most of the video… but what does C.P.R. mean? I thought that would be what the video was about
Thanks for a great video and tips, my friends where are you based on New Jersey, I never had a farmer in my family, but I am in love it from
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Why did you choose those two cover crops anf not the others?
Hi Mark, thanks for all the great information you have given and continue to give. I live in south Florida, what's a good cover crop for my area? I think I'm in zone 10b
No inoculant?
My local nursery has perinneal rye not the winter variety. Is that okay or should I purchase the winter version online?
How wide was the area you planted next to the trellises? Great info, thanks!
I watched this series and appreciate the logic. However, I am still hesitant to plant something that isn't going to be food in a place where I can grow food for the entire gardening season. As soon as something can grow, I plant cold weather vegetables, and cold weather vegetables are in the ground until they are killed by the cold weather (I live in the same zone as you do). When would I have a cover crop growing without hindering my vegetable production? The only vegetables I pull up by the root are root vegetables. Also, to my understanding you had mentioned that you were going to show us how to harvest the cover crop, getting them up just below the surface, but I didn't see you do that and am still wondering how you do it, especially in a large area. I can't imagine you go to each plant and hand cut them… And why exactly do you do it that way?
I'm at the 1 0:58 mark . You are about to talk about soil compaction. Your fiberglass rod can go down 2 feet in your soil this compaction along a fence line beneath 4 inches id broken down wood chips is not clay but harden tough enough to require i slam a Mattox to loosen it, dig it out. What do you think about planting a cover crop into the hard pan below the rich 3 year old wood chip dirt . Scrap the rich dirt away and plant a cover crop.
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This was row cropped for decades till the ground wouldn't grow anything. Severely compacted clay. Tried some different seeds but "weeds" was all that would grow. Their roots go deeper. Your rye/clover worked and a few spots of real soil have been built! Thank you. If the room is available would you leave some "weeds"? They make wonderful pollinators and harbor beneficial insects.