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Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
... to activate that nematode population. After preparing the soil, cover it with sturdy clear plastic film during the warmest six weeks of summer. High temperatures (above 130°F) must be maintained ... bush. The cowpea curculio is common pest. Tiny white grub infests seeds in pods. Good summer cover crop. `California No. 5 Blackeye' resistant to root-knot nematodes. Peppers Sweet:Early Calwonder, Yolo ...
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OSU Extension Service and Agricultural Research Station News
... . Buckwheat is good summer cover crop for home gardens Buckwheat is a fast-growing, warm-season, succulent, broad-leafed annual plant that makes a good summer cover crop in Oregon. ... summer cover crop Farmers and home gardeners are finding buckwheat to be a good cover crop or "green manure" during the summer. Winter cover crop helps garden soil Improve garden soils by planting a winter cover crop ...
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OSU Extension Service and Agricultural Research Station News
... Verticillium and mint. Buckwheat is good summer cover crop for home gardens Buckwheat is a fast-growing, warm-season, succulent, broad-leafed annual plant that makes a good summer cover crop in Oregon. It can ... . In colder, drier areas of Oregon, cold and desiccating wind combined with sparse snow cover can damage plant root systems. Landscape plants including woody shrubs and perennials in central ...
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Explore Cornell - Home Gardening - Vegetable Growing Basics - Preventing Problems
... crop (or members of the same crop family) in the same place year after year. This can lead to a build up of pests and diseases. Plant winter cover crops such as rye in fall to protect and build soil overwinter. If you harvest an early crop and don't plant another one in its place, keep the soil covered with a summer cover crop, such as buckwheat ...
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Explore Cornell - Home Gardening - Vegetable Growing Basics
... crop (or members of the same crop family) in the same place year after year. This can lead to a build up of pests and diseases. Plant winter cover crops such as rye in fall to protect and build soil overwinter. If you harvest an early crop and don't plant another one in its place, keep the soil covered with a summer cover crop, such as buckwheat ...
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Making the Transition from Conventional to Organic Farming Using Conservation Tillage in Florida
... hence kill the crop by breaking the stem near the ground), planning for frost to kill the cover crop or choosing a cover crop that will mature prior to planting the cash crop. Croplands can be ... spring (late March) for a thick ground cover which will help control weeds and holds moisture for a spring crop (cole crops or other summer crops). Choose crops carefully for planting during a ...
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California Backyard Orchard - Irrigation
... cover crop), will closely estimate the actual ET for your own trees or orchard. For most deciduous fruits (not nuts which are higher), mid summer percentage of reference ET is 86% (110% with cover crop). Since the summer days in California are predictably sunny and warm, the ...
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Protect your land — use cover crops
... Cover Crop Bulk A patchy cover crop will protect your soil almost as well as a bulky crop. To benefit from a cover crop ... crop may be a problem, incorporate the cover crop earlier - for example 4-6 weeks before planting - or apply a nitrogen fertiliser to speed-up breakdown of the cover crop. Summary Vegetable growers often use cover ... for best results. * Spring and summer-growing crops need high soil ...
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Purdue University Yard and Garden News-Summer
... (2 September 2004) Feed Garden Soil With Cover Crops (18 August 2004) Pawpaw: The Midwestern Banana? (5 August 2004) Just Have to Transplant in Summer? (15 July 2004) Revive Annual Flowers (1 ... , Propagate Raspberries For Tidy Garden, Better Crop (21 August 1997) Tomato Troubles Don't Bother Most Gardeners (7 August 1997) Supplement Garden With Fertilizer This Summer (17 July 1997) Time to Renovate ...
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Summer Gardening Calendar
... summer produce more spider mites, fungus diseases and nematodes than fruit. Plant a new crop in late July. Peppers, okra, and southern peas are the only vegetables that fare well through the summer ... summer (so that weed cover ...
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