2020 cover crop

decherdt · September 25, 2020

I thought I saw you kicking the tires on a Mantis or some such tiller. Did you retire your S&J fork?
I went with a winter killed Sudex cover last Fall and this Spring the worms loved it. I did have to time my Spring planting before or well after any rains.
Previous years, with live rye cover as mulch, it soaked up so much of any rain it got, it left the soil workable most days.
Of course dealing with rye live through the Spring is extra work and I have traded in my grass shears for a propane weed burner to tame it.
Burning it is easier, but trickier

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September 25, 2020	#2
decherdt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 329	I thought I saw you kicking the tires on a Mantis or some such tiller. Did you retire your S&J fork? I went with a winter killed Sudex cover last Fall and this Spring the worms loved it. I did have to time my Spring planting before or well after any rains. Previous years, with live rye cover as mulch, it soaked up so much of any rain it got, it left the soil workable most days. Of course dealing with rye live through the Spring is extra work and I have traded in my grass shears for a propane weed burner to tame it. Burning it is easier, but trickier http://tomatoville.com/album.php?u=6756 __________________ 500 sq ft of raised rows zone 8a Last edited by decherdt; September 25, 2020 at 06:55 PM.