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Carrollton, Ga.

Hello,
We have lost several of our plants this summer and may lose the rest. Maybe I can use the rest of this summer to grow a cover crop. What is the best cover crop I can plant to grow a lot of organic matter for me. My soil is very low OM.
Thanks alot,
Doug Adams
Jn 3:16

8/12/2006 3:34:22 PM

wisconsin rapids WI

I planted rye last year when I lost a fruit to a split I had a good crop by fall

8/12/2006 3:38:31 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Doug seeing as you have a mild winter. I would go with winter peas, or another hardy legume.

8/12/2006 5:44:12 PM

SF Bay Area, California

Try a mix of buckwheat, rye and crimsom clover. Buckwheat helps with K, clover fixes nitrogen and the rye adds OM

8/12/2006 8:33:45 PM

Beach Park, IL.

Where the heck you find this stuff? I am having a hard time finding cover crop anywhere.

8/13/2006 12:46:46 AM

Sloughhouse, CA

I have ordered seeds from this company before.
Territorial Seed Company P.O. Box 158 Cottage Grove, OR 97424-0061 has 2 pgs of Cover Crops Both Summer and Fall Sown.
www. territorialseed.com

8/13/2006 1:03:51 AM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

peaceful valley farm supply....for more cover crops than you will ever be able to plant.

8/13/2006 11:25:24 AM

Ray, North Dakota

Try and find a small town grain elevator. They would give you a bucket of rye for free I am sure.

8/13/2006 1:12:44 PM

Eau Claire, WI

http://www.groworganic.com/item_SCM150_SummerSoilBuilderMixRawLb.html

Peaceful Farms "summer soil building mix" (buchwheat + cowpeas) is very good. I have gotten a new crop about every 6 weeks to till in.

8/13/2006 3:36:44 PM

Mocksville, NC

www.outsidepride.com has a great covercrop

8/13/2006 4:55:04 PM

caro mi.

rye works pretty good for a cover crop ......and it can double for a good bait pile come buck season too.....

8/13/2006 9:12:41 PM

Montoursville, PA

Hey there Georgia man! I like the legume suggestion, for you. If you use a legume also use innoculation usually sold, by those who sell legume seed. I would consider a vetch and a following crop that will hold up alive and well, in your milder winters. My goal is to have something growing in and on the soil over winter. In the Northeast a lot, of us just use winter rye.

8/14/2006 10:46:57 AM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Does Doug get cold enough in the winter for Rye???? It needs to see some cool temperatures with a certain time below 20 degrees.

8/14/2006 12:23:26 PM

Deer Park WA

I think the rye plants need to be exposed to below freezing temps for about a month to vernicate.

8/14/2006 1:32:03 PM

Beach Park, IL.

I guess what I would be looking for wouldn't be that grass seed in the bags at stores like Ace and Menards and such? They have like different mixtures and tell you what's in them and have their special names for them, but I don't think there is a pure seed that I have seen there.

8/14/2006 4:03:15 PM

Carrollton, Ga.

WE get in the teens alot of years and the single digits sometimes. Our record low is minus eight.

Jn 3:16

8/14/2006 8:26:48 PM