Re: Summary: Cover Crops for Hot Weather

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• Subject: Re: Summary: Cover Crops for Hot Weather
• From: B* D* <T*@theimagemill.com>
• Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 07:38:23 -0400
• In-Reply-To: <000201bdc808$b0167fc0$7674400c@netzone.netzone.com>

At 09:52 PM 8/14/98 -0700, you wrote:
>and I might try Doreen's sweet
>potato suggestion 

	I just wanted to chime in on this. I still have some Sweet Potatoes
growing, even though I didn't water them during our drought! After reading
the suggestion to use them for a summer cover crop, I went out and really
looked at them. They are growing great! But the area under them is -very
dry- even though we have had frequent heavy rain. I suspect that they are
hugh water hogs when they get the chance.
	By very dry I mean completely dry, I couldn't get any soil to clump. In
other beds I still have earth worms in moist soil,  like under the peppers
and my few remaining Cherry tomatoes. But I imagine that the worms under
the Sweet Potatoes are long gone.
	As a cover crop, I don't know if this is a good feature... I also worry
about ever getting every little peice out of the bed, since I find that the
smallest piece of broken root grows vigorously.

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  • Summary: Cover Crops for Hot Weather
    • From: "Olin" <millero@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>

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