Monday, December 7, 2015

Take Cover - It's the Winter Cover Crop

I found this scene at the beginning of November this year up on the escarpment.  I was driving around looking for good bronze fall foliage landscape scenes.  Such an interesting contrast to see the end of autumn paired with spring.  I looked this up and think it is a canola cover crop.

Its benefit:  "Grows fast; adds huge amount of humus".

"Comments: Excellent catch crop after an early harvest. This cabbage relative sprouts and grows fast, produces large, nitrogen-rich leaves which crowd out weeds. Deep roots loosen tough clay soil. Matures in 8 to 10 weeks; large vegetative mass decays fast, makes a wealth of humus when turned under. Cover crops should be turned under several weeks before the area is planted with crops in order to allow sufficient decomposition."

 

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