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Summer Cover Crop Trial Feb 2014 Week 2
Summer Cover Crop Trial Feb 2014 Week 2 After week 1 the weather was cooler, not many days over 30C. These tropical plants still grew noticeably. It made me wonder if I had, again, missed the boat for a real … Continue reading
Posted in Method, Seed, Summer broadleaf spp, Summer grass spp, Summer legume spp, Uncategorized
Tagged African marigold, Amaranth, amaranth cover crop, azuki bean, burgundy beans, butterfly pea, chia, cover crop species, cover crop trial, cover cropping, cowpea, fox millet, French white millet, guar, kenaf, lab lab, mung bean, panorama fox millet, pearl millet, red panicum fox millet, rice bean, semi arid cover cropping, summer cover crop cocktail, summer cover crop mix, sunflower, tillage radish
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Summer Cover Crop Trial Feb 2014 Week 1
Summer Cover Crop Trial Feb 2014 Week 1 What a difference a good soaking and hot soil will do, after 7 days. These pics are the plants so far, which have germinated, size being relative to the icypole sticks. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Method, Seed, Summer broadleaf spp, Summer grass spp, Summer legume spp, Trials, Weeds, Winter cc spp
Tagged African marigold, Amaranth, amaranth cover crop, azuki bean, burgundy beans, butterfly pea, chia, cover crop species, cover crop trial, cover cropping, cowpea, French white millet, guar, kenaf, lab lab, mung bean, pearl millet, rice bean, semi arid cover cropping, summer cover crop cocktail, summer cover crop mix, sunflower, tillage radish
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Hello world! A blog about Arid Zone Summer Cover Cropping
Welcome to my first ever blog post. The intention is to share ideas and seek advice re summer cover cropping in my area. You see, in some circles the idea of growing a non-cash crop, to be brown or green … Continue reading
