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Getting some great rain on the homestead. Just in time for the new cover crops to sprout. Yeah, a little late but better than not. Going to experiment with frost tolerance. One half of sprouts will be covered when we get sub 20°F next week. The other half will be forced to survive w/o protection.

Cover crop includes red clover, daikon radish, winter pea, winter rye

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phenixfalconer 2y ago

Rye is nearly unstoppable. It will sprout at just above freezing.

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Jacob (Organix Farms) 2y ago

Nice, first time trying it as a cover. I hear termination needs to be at a specific time or it keeps growing

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phenixfalconer 2y ago

I find it pretty difficult to evenly terminate. I've been leaning more on growing as a harvestable crop. Thats why i have wide rows. Very small scale.

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Jacob (Organix Farms) 2y ago

Hmm well worst case our summer heat should do it and if not then I’ll just keep chop/drop. Good luck with your harvest.