Backyard Garden Cover Crop

Backyard Garden Cover Crop. Cover crops take advantage of the light and water available during the off-season. That's why many folks call cover crops by another name - "green manure.".

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The use of cover crops (green manure) is an excellent management practice for the home vegetable gardener. The next method of sowing red clover seed is to till up your garden area. Most cover crops are planted through seed broadcasting.

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Cover crops can help smother weeds, therefore eliminate the need to weed the garden bed off season. In areas where frost is uncommon, plant a cover crop after your fruit-yielding crops have ceased producing. Lightly cover the seeds and wait approximately two weeks for germination.