Thanks Mike, what I should have said is that I'd like to try red clover with an inoculant, so the sites will be very useful.
Cheers Teresa >From: Mike Bosko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: covers >Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:34:48 -0700 > >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 >> _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
