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Re: cover crops

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Thanks for the advice.The next thing I'm going to try is crimson clover
interplanted with what I don't know yet. If anyone knows of anything
that doesn't like clover, let me know.

--- swestaway@smtplink.Coh.ORG wrote:
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>      Hi Valerie,
>      
>      I noticed you only got one reply and from zone
> 4. I am in zone 9b (So. 
>      Calif.). I have not tried rye, as other folks
> here have said it 
>      doesn't do too well if the winter is dry. I
> tried fava beans, and they 
>      grew like crazy, put back lots and lots of
> nitrogen into the soil, and 
>      didn't require much water, but they got real
> big and woody and grew 
>      straight up and were lots of trouble to turn
> under, so next time I 
>      tried Austrian field peas. I really like these,
> and they grow like 
>      crazy, keep the weeds down, add almost as much
> nitrogen as fava beans, 
>      and they fall over into a great big pile when
> they are done. Other 
>      people down here swear by clover, but I haven't
> tried it. HTH,
>      
>      Shawn
>      swestaway@coh.org
>      Claremont, CA  Sunset 19 USDA9b
> 
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> Hello everyone,
>   I'm growing black-eyed peas as a cover-crop. How
> tall do you let them
> grow before turning them into the soil? What are
> some of your favorite 
> cover crops?
>      
> Thanks in advance,
> Valerie
> z9
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