RE: Water Pumps

Dan,
      I have already cut my cover crop twice. I used rye grass. I will keep 
it cut close to the ground until about three to four weeks before I turn 
the ground over. I will only chip the top layer to let the roots decompose. 
That takes about one week or so.  That gives me the last week or so to 
finish tilling them in the ground. This worked for me last year and I will 
do it again. Good Luck.

Loren, Pam, Napa




-----Original Message-----
From:	Dan Shapiro [SMTP:dgs@leland.stanford.edu]
Sent:	Friday, March 19, 1999 12:23 PM
To:	pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject:	Re: Water Pumps

Can anyone tell me when to terminate a cover crop?  I have fava, rye, and
clover out there, and the fava is beginning to flower.  This makes me think
it is time to nuke the beans, but the ground is still  too wet for tilling.
Is my move to  cythe the beans, and let the rest grow a few more weeks
until it is dry enough to plow?

	thanks for the help,

	Dan Shapiro

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