Hi Teresa, I get my inoculants, here in the States, by several suppliers. Two of my the common that I use are Irish Eyes (http://www.irish-eyes.com/index.php) and Filaree Farm (http://www.filareefarm.com/). I believe both ship outside the US.
Didn't sound like you were looking for a supplier yourself, but thought I'd add the links in case you were. Mike At 08:45 PM 9/22/2002 +0000, you wrote: >>From: Dave Robison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: covers >>Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:52:22 -0700 >> >>At 12:03 PM 9/19/2002 -0400, Teresa wrote: >>>Could anyone suggest a cover crop to shelter this ground and hold it >>>together over the winter? Something to establish quick, or have I left >>>it too late? Will rye germinate this late? >> >>I lie rye/vetch because the grass sets a huge amount of root hairs, >>adding OM to the soil. Make sure it's annual, not perennial rye, so that >>it doesn't get established. Rye grain is ok. My other favorites are >>crimson clover (beautiful flower) and fava bean -- both are digested >>fairly easily by the soil when you turn them in. And for a cover you can >>eat, my favorite salad green is maches (corn salad). Makes a huge amount >>of root fiber too. >> >> >>==================== >>David Robison > > >Great, thanks Dave. Corn salad grows OK here, so does trefoil, but crimson >clover never came up when I planted it earlier. I searched the web for >clover inoculants but couldn't find any in UK except Microbio. I've >certainly never seen any for sale. Are these more common in the States? >Though since trefoil establishes so well, I'm not really stuck for cover >crops, I do like crimson clover. Tried it once before I remember and it >was really slow to establish. > >Cheers >Teresa > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com >
