Read and watch Ryan Spence and Isabelle Spence-Legault’s farmer-led research trial where they tested whether a crimped cover crop of rye and hairy vetch reduced tillage, cultivation and irrigation for their fall broccoli crop in northern Ontario.
Growing cover crops so that they provide enough residue to suppress weeds for organic vegetable production requires planning!
Growing cover crops so that they provide enough residue to suppress weeds for organic vegetable production requires planning!
For the no-till garlic demonstration that is part of EFAO’s No-Till Vegetable Trials, Ken Laing planted garlic on November 1, 2019 into a frost-killed cover crop of sorghum-sudangrass.
As part of EFAO’s No-Till Vegetable Trials, Ken Laing is looking at four treatments to compare different methods for rapid regeneration of soil health for vegetable production.