Beneficial Ground Cover Crop for Florida Winters!

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4 жыл бұрын

Florida Winters are truly unpredictable! Some of the cover crops we grow here at Sandhill Farm are sensitive to frost and decline over the cool season. Ryegrass is an excellent solution and substitute for anyone looking to grow a Winter cover crop and is even beneficial!
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@habeebaljazzaf7825 4 жыл бұрын

Those overstory oaks are something else, priceless!!

@milkweeddreams8828 4 жыл бұрын

3rd year for my mimosa ground cover and I'm totally loving it...but I'm still recovering from my new neighbor spraying the fence line, my fence, with herbicide, it's drift killed banana, Mexican sunflower, papaya, fern, jasmine and plumbego bushes...I was planning to plant passion fruit on the fence this spring...he's a snowbird, so it's not like I can confront him right now, he even sprayed the lake edge...I hope he likes the pink paint I just painted my shed that is totally visible from his kitchen/Livingroom and the flock of plastic flamingo that wander my native grasses...wait till he sees the mural I'm planning...give a hoot, don't pollute…!

@mwnemo 4 жыл бұрын

Milkweed Dreams do you know what he sprayed? May be good to plant a buffer zone with plants/grasses that will survive the sprays and protect your property.

@guineverependragon9804 3 жыл бұрын

LOL sorry for your losses though, that's pretty extensive.

@theropesofrenovation9352 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure he didn't mean to harm your plants

@Megatron995 3 жыл бұрын

It's been a year now - hopefully you have changed that fence into a nice, solid, overspray-proof PRIVACY fence!

@BushImports 4 жыл бұрын

Your place looks great Pete, I hope you have a great growing season.

@davidwelty9763 4 жыл бұрын

I live in the Ocala Horse Country. All of the farms cover crop with perennial rye grass. It is great for grazing and it keeps the pastures green.

@cecileb.2207 4 жыл бұрын

Always so much to learn. Thanks!

@raynatha4450 3 жыл бұрын

I have land and house to have my own garden and safe shelter. amen. *my affirmation and visualization everyday

@Rebecca.Robbins 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! 💗

@krazymuthafukka 4 жыл бұрын

ur place always looks great

@c.j.rogers2422 4 жыл бұрын

Seed at Halloween, mow at Thanksgiving. Rye will start to die out when temps stay up in the 80s, later in the shade. The spring/summer equivalent here in FL is brown top millet. Just like rye, if it touches dirt of any kind and water, it WILL grow. BTM dies out with 1st frost, just in time to start over again with Rye. Keep the BTM mowed so it doesn't set seed...unless you want that for dove!

@boringopr4369 4 жыл бұрын

The rye grass looks great Pete so so green I wonder if it would survive Honduras climate It would definitely look good in my front yard thanks for the info I always can learn something new 🌺✌peace✌🌺

@Alaytheia 4 жыл бұрын

Wow awesome video and perfect timing for me lol i live in St. Pete and was just looking up ground covers today! Think the Perennial Peanut works best for me 💖✌️😁

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Definitely sunshine mimosa or perennial peanut in St Pete. We have a new Chico variety of peanut I’m really excited about.

@1voluntaryist 4 жыл бұрын

I first began to consider winter cover crops when I saw a doc on Masanobu Fukuoka in '83. He used rye grass (I think). Originally he had red cray that was unworkable. He had to learn how to create a fertile top soil. He killed off his inherited orchard. That would have stopped many from becoming farmers. Not him. He kept going until one day he had a "revelation" after a nap. He awoke and suddenly he "knew". He had to very carefully observe nature first, discovering what was happening, and then act. He called this "do nothing growing", i.e., taking no destructive actions, staying out of nature's way. This did not come easily to him because he was a scientist, a specialist, a Dr. of microbiology. Seeing the big picture required a new way of thinking. He pioneered the next step, beyond organic, into a natural way of farming.

@1voluntaryist 4 жыл бұрын

@Templar How do you know the execution was correct, his philosophy was understood, where it supposedly failed? Sixty years ago eating/growing organic was called a hoax. People who touted it were referred to my mainstream doctors as "health nuts". In the '50s I had trouble growing organically but it was my fault. I was learning. If I was like many I might have testified that I tried "organic gardening" and it didn't work.

@Becca-Becca-Becca 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely 🤜

@katehart8420 4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@gb8518 4 жыл бұрын

Pounder cocchi 👊your house is nice. Spring looks beautiful in FL. No reptiles around ?

@saltykyle5603 4 жыл бұрын

I didnt know rye grass was a nitrogen fixer. Nice.

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

Not a nitrogen fixer but adds natural nitrogen to the soil.

@saltykyle5603 4 жыл бұрын

Okay that makes sense

@TOMMYSURIA 4 жыл бұрын

Muy bueno✌🏻

@Itz_Mi999 4 жыл бұрын

Will this rye grass grow in the summer if it’s in full shade?

@nancyfahey7518 4 жыл бұрын

Always plant the winter rye. Just seeing the green every day keeps the winter blues away. Then it dies off and aerates and feeds the soil. Win, win, win situation.

@farrodread1 4 жыл бұрын

Last year I had snakes using the rye grass for cover, otherwise an excellent winter grass.

@autumnmeadows4079 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Pete, Can you plant sweet potato as a cover crop? I am new to potato growing, so am not sure. And think of the sweet potatoes. I love these. Nice video, thank you

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

Shhh yes that video is coming soon 😊

@c.j.rogers2422 4 жыл бұрын

SP is great in summer, not winter. Plant now.

@mylesadams1662 4 жыл бұрын

cool, been a weird autumn here in australia 1 hour north of sydney nothing has gone dormant(leaves dropped) nor has it gotten really cold either very strange like from summer into a cooler but not cold spring temps...

@rebellionpointfarms6140 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Pete. Rye is the go to around here for winter lawns as well. I remember you mentioning in a video about some Mexican variety of avocado that was extremely cold hardy. I can not ind the said video to get the name. Do you remember which it was? or the variety?

@manfrazdude 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic is a very cold hardy variety

@49testsamiam49 4 жыл бұрын

this video is from March? cant wait to see what's fruitin on

@jin8339 3 жыл бұрын

Pete what else can I use as cover crops for a small backyard garden . I prefer with flowers and not super huge . 😊 ❤️ Orlando, FL I bought a huge bag of clovers but it never grew 😭

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve had decent success with vetch and clover. Timing and water is critical for establishing.

@jnthnwllmn6499 4 жыл бұрын

what is the name of those trees and bushes seen at 7:49 ?

@toddkeith 4 жыл бұрын

Check out Hancock seed over my way in Trillby. Have bought from them for years.

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’ve been to Hancock a few times, I always forgot they’re around the corner.

@anvilcollective2600 4 жыл бұрын

Wait........ Can you juice rye grass?

@masonbaylorbears 4 жыл бұрын

Haha sounds like normal Texas weather

@HankMcGurk 4 жыл бұрын

Why do all my young avocados seem to get about 9 or 10" tall and then instantly die? It's like a fire blight. There's no significant change in the weather. It's always at about that same height, doesn't seem to be seasonally dependent. It's like they leap to life and then right before I expect to see some real strength, they turn like leaves in a Northern Fall.

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

Good question man. No weevil injection points? They like shade the first few years. Also need lots of water in the dry season.

@HankMcGurk 4 жыл бұрын

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL I'll redouble my lookout on those pointers. Maybe could have used a little more shade. The only thing to do is try again. Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated.

@gagelapierre5911 4 жыл бұрын

Ryegrass allelopathic

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I’ve noticed the bahia didn’t recover as well. Thanks for sharing

@ChefDwight 4 жыл бұрын

" What's growing on "

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

👊

@theropesofrenovation9352 3 жыл бұрын

All the neighbors B^*&(h about rye grass that invades their yards. My Dad planted it every year.

@GatorLife57 4 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about Pete ? Rye grass is a FLORIDA TRADITION......LOL

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@kemosabikeemanart 4 жыл бұрын

Other then Dirt Let's Pound It.

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

👊

@hannahlaursen9979 3 жыл бұрын

This guy looks so much like my dad it’s scary.🤨

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 3 жыл бұрын

😳

@christianrogers4339 4 жыл бұрын

Chickens LOVE ryegrass. 1 chicken will eat that entire yard in a day😂

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

No way! I need to get this going for them next year 😊

@christianrogers4339 4 жыл бұрын

Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL Yeah it’s great. Grows fast too. In a way I’m homeless rn, but I mean I’m doing good, living out of Airbnb’s. What do you think about growing some produce in the woods? Think I could do it?