I planted a cover crop Radish plot over Memorial Day Weekend (5/29) in my garden plot. I have 5 varieties in the plot from around the world. My goal is to see what differences there are in the different Radishes being sold in the USA for cover crops. I replicated the plots so that each […]
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Oats are one of the more versatile cover crops as they can be planted various times of the season and used as an excellent cover and an excellent forage crop. Oats work well alone, but especially well in mixes with oilseed radishes, turnips, Berseem and Crimson Clovers, and Austrian Winter Peas, etc… Oats work well
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The cover crop radishes and forage turnips that I accidentally planted in my wife’s wildflower garden just over 4 weeks ago lets me make some observations about the differences between the radish and turnip roots. The radishes have a fairly “hairless” root that has very quickly reached 7 ” deep. On the other hand, the
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