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Originally Posted by HonestChieffan
Got 20 Tomatoes planted in my garden area that I bedded in fall and overseeded to cereal rye as a cover crop. Rye got 6 feet tall and I cut it all down with weedwacker. Tomatoes went in with no tillage...so far, other than the damn deer eating 5 plants..i replaced, it looks like a winner way to reduce labor, grow your own weed mulch and build organic matter because Rye has such a huge root system.
And for giggles Im doing ten plants planted into rotting straw bales....deer got 2 of those as well....Electric fence is now up.
Will harvest first Cabbage today...Potatoes look super....Garden could use a week of dry out time.
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I tried a cover crop once. I couldn't get anything to beat kochia out of the ground. Mone was a train wreck.
If I were you I'd roundup it at pollination. It should lay down for you. Your cover will last longer and it is less work.
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Originally Posted by Buzz
What length are you guys mowing your grass at, I just jumped from 3" to 3.5", next week going to 4". The heat will be coming soon, I want to choke out any remaining weeds and let the lawn shade itself as much as possible. As a plus, I love the look of the taller grass after edging.
On a side note, just pulled poison ivy out of a bush wearing gloves, still managed to brush some across my arms. Washed them twice, hope I don't break out, I hate that crap.
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TALL. I live in the desert.