Wheat hay for mulch

[PaulF]

Oh. I always thought rye was to be tilled under while it was still green to get the benefit of the fertilizer effect. Green manure?

[clkeiper]

rye is very hard to till or turn under and use as green manure but it acts as a weed suppressant or pre emergent as a killed and tilled crop. The neighbor who farms helps with some of the things we don't have time for ( he has a dairy farm). we grow sweet corn on a couple acres he can't fit his large equipment on in between a couple houses.

[PaulF]

Thanks. We learn every day.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by JosephineRose

Never said it wasn't weedy.


I said it was easy to pull out by hand - unlike say, the vicious thorny Canadian thisles and dandelions that plague my yard, for example.


I also have no illusions about my wheat baling skills. I am certain some seed heads dropped and will be buried in the mulch.

I was simply agreeing with you and extrapolating on it.