Terminating Cover Crops to Prepare the Garden

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Terminating Cover Crops to Prepare the Garden

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Cover Crop Termination
Host Casey Hentges shows us 6 different types of cover crops that are growing out at The Botanic Garden at OSU and some different ways to go about terminating them to get it ready for the garden.
Airdate (04/03/21) #4740
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@kathleentierney5163 Жыл бұрын

I love cover crops! Another no till termination method is to tarp for 3-4 weeks prior to planting.

@robertgulfshores4463 11 ай бұрын

I'm trying not to till anymore. I will try to manually cut them back to the ground with trimmers or a weed eater, and then cover with a tarp for a few weeks.

@anneg8319 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for mentioning legumes must be terminated to release the nitrogen. So many KZfaq gardeners don't seem to realize that.

@OklahomaGardening 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. We appreciate your feedback.

@budj13 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video with a really good explanation of the options and methods for cover crops. Your video is especially good for raised bed gardeners who need to learn how to terminate their cover crops in raised beds. Thanks.

@OklahomaGardening 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@jeffmartin693 3 жыл бұрын

Clip and cover with a light barrier is my prefered method....

@anneg8319 10 ай бұрын

Two things. 1. To terminate winter Rye (not cereal) just make sure that it's cut below the soil line. It doesn't have to be very deep because we don't want to disturb the top inches of the soil too much but that should terminate it after a few cuts. Just do that for a few weeks before planting/sowing. In addition, you can also cover the area with a tarp or something to keep it in the dark after cutting. It's okay to plant in the roots. They will decay quickly and give what you sowed a nice trail for the new roots. Use a putty knife to cut your rows/holes with minimal disturbance. 2. I just learned (cannot remember where. Sorry) that the leaves/stems of each individual kind of vegetable provides the unique nutrition for growth of that same individual kind of plant. So this year I'm going to make a separate tea from each kind of plant. Maybe a little OCD but seems like a fun experiment and sort of confirmed by your leaf mold success.

@emilyb9222 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video! It's great to learn how I can use cover crops in my home garden. Your video was very informative and accessible!

@channagirijagadish1201 Жыл бұрын

Very informative and to the point. Thanks

@polkg26 Жыл бұрын

Great info on cover crops. Thank you

@jez770 Жыл бұрын

Super useful info, thanks 🙂

@lucindaheilman7078 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for information. I planted a cover of peas & Something Else (that I can't recall) I cut it down about 5 weeks ago but the Something Else is growing back. Should I pull the roots before tilling?

@jmajick4415 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how effective a propane torch made for killing grass and weeds would be.

@cindyrae2605 Жыл бұрын

What brand and model tiller did you use at minute 3:37? Thanks!

@quintoncarroll4828 10 ай бұрын

So if i want to harvest the wheatberries then that may not work for a cover crop?

@OklahomaGardening 10 ай бұрын

Traditionally you want to terminate cover crops before they begin to bloom. If you wanted to harvest the wheat you would want to wait until it has produced seed heads and dried. However, the remaining wheat stubble and residue is still a beneficial source of organic matter for your soil.

@AJ-bf6hw 6 ай бұрын

Tilling is bad for the soil structure.

@ElizLeone 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your informative video. I've heard that some of the grasses that I'd hoped to use (rye, oats) won't be killed by merely cutting, but will have to be tilled in. Is that your experience? I'm hoping to avoid tilling, but to find cover crops that can be terminated by mowing. Thank you!

@YIO777 Жыл бұрын

From experience, annual rye can be mowed or trimmed a few times and will die especially as it gets warmer. It's not as good of an option for early spring or even mid-spring crops. You could either crimp it and tarp it to kill it or mow it early once every week and it should die. Cover crops methods are not as black and white as other plants but, unless you are surviving on your garden, you could try it. If you are using your garden for food security, just try it on part or wait to plant or transplant until May or June.

@dianak726 Жыл бұрын

@@YIO777 Is annual rye the same as winter rye? Also, I was thinking about mowing mine a couple of times and then laying cardboard over top. Maybe put some compost under the cardboard. It’s my first year doing this. I’m really trying not to till. But if I can’t kill it, I will till it.

@YIO777 Жыл бұрын

@@dianak726 It seems like winter rye is annual rye that is grown in the winter. Rye is a cereal grain and ryegrass is a perennial grass. If you grew and annual/winter rye, then you should be able to mow it a few times. Scalp it absolutely as low as you safely can. Do that once a week for a few weeks amd composting and cardboarding should keep it from coming back. Depending on how big your area is and how densely you've planted, you should turn over the top few inches as to not ruin all the good soil structure. Worms and little critters will restructure everything under your layers throughout the season.

@YIO777 Жыл бұрын

@@dianak726 to assure you, you could probably get away without tilling or digging any of the roots since it'll be smothered

@dianak726 Жыл бұрын

@@YIO777 Ok great! Thank you so much. I did two rows of it where I will plant tomatoes this year. I just wanted to experiment a little. I’m seeing very conflicting information. I want to do it the right way but I’m certainly not above tilling. I feel there is a place for that especially in the first couple of years. Thanks again! I’ll try to do it the correct way first.

@susanforet2117 2 жыл бұрын

So then, I cut my cover crop and leave it in the bed fo a couple of months so breaks down and then I put my starter plants in. Right? Thank you!

@YIO777 Жыл бұрын

You don't have to wait, but you can give it a couple of weeks and given sufficient mass, it should act as a decent mulch in which to plant seeds or transplants. Not everything is easy to direct seed into deep mulch, so transplants work better. You can always clear a spot and remulch using the cover crop residue.

@abukhalil5675 Жыл бұрын

Will running chickens through help terminate the cover crops?

@ceepark114 Жыл бұрын

I have seen videos of people doing this.

@OklahomaGardening Жыл бұрын

Running chickens through can help terminate the cover crop, but it highly depends on the cover crop and if the chickens are able to graze enough to terminate it fully.