I barely sown these seeds, I know I should’ve in sept/oct but was dealing with health issues lol. When would be a good time to eliminate the cover crop so I can get lots of bio mass before it seeds. And would adding nitrogen such as fish fertilizer help with the decomposition as well once I tarp the ground. Any advices or tips thanks!
by hubchie
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What are you trying to do? Rye grows well in the winter months, throw it down in the fall and itll grow and burn off in the late spring. Rye is aleopathic and will keep other grasses and weeds growing during this time as well. If you want a warm season turf grass, add compost and plug or sod in the spring. For a ‘green mulch’ try hairy vetch or clover (or other nitrogen fixing covercrop)
What are you going to grow there? Your soil looks very compacted. I would lime that soil in a big way to help with water infiltration
Tarp at anthesis, I would probably wait on fish fertilizer until plants are putting in their first set of true leaves