Re: Cult - Medicago Sativa... was...alfalfa as a cover crop
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- Subject: Re: Cult - Medicago Sativa... was...alfalfa as a cover crop
- From: D* B* <d*@llano.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 18:55:03 -0700 (MST)
> Not so soon! My Encyclopedia on gardening states that Medicago Sativa
> (alfalfa) is of value for feeding stock, AND is a valuable soil-builder
> and is sometimes used as a green manure crop. In England and some other
> countries this plant is called Lucerne.
Ok, not to beat a dead horse but...down here we grow a lot of alfalfa.
To my knowledge all of it is grown as a perrenial crop. Even the dry
land farmers who use no irrigation can count on a decent crop of
alfalfa. I fight it year after year where it has blown in off the
highway and been left behind by the horses. It is hard to get rid of
and would be far from the top of my list as a green cover crop. A nice
annual rye would be much better, in my neck of the woods.
--
Dana Brown, Lubbock, Texas Zone 7 Usda, Zone 10 Sunset
Where we are 3,241 ft above sea level, with an average rainfall of
17.76". Our average wind speed is 12.5 mph and we have an average
of 164 days of clear weather, 96 of which dip below freezing.
