Re: Cover Crop
I think you should remove everything and dispose before tilling. Just as a
precaution to keep diseases down. You never know if there is one lurking in
your plant. Just my opinion :-)
Sincerely,
Karri
In a message dated 9/2/2003 9:50:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
matt@wickless.com writes:
> I'm preparing to hopefully graduate from newbie school soon. I've read
> that some people plant their cover crop in September. I obviously don't
> want to do anything to my patch until I can get my pumpkins weighed.
> Once I cut the pumpkins off the vine, is that the time to immediately
> till it under and apply soil prep and cover crop for next year. I have a
> pumpkin that I found had rotted out today. No big deal, was going to
> cull it anyways. Should I let decompose in the patch and then till it in
> when I till everything else under, or should I remove it?
>
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