It's interesting to watch how this over-winter cover crop is starting to grow. I wasn't sure it would grow at all. These are the Nemagon mustard seedlings. Their purpose is to reduce crop diseases, serve as a winter cover crop to prevent weed growth, and act as a green manure when turned in, in the Spring. This should help decrease dependence on bringing in materials from off site. Materials from off site can be contaminated with plant diseases and pests, and even worse, herbicide residues,
I think the mustard will continue growing through the winter, just like weeds do. I'll chop it and turn it under, when it starts to bloom in the Spring, or at least a few weeks before planting thectonato pkantsvin these beds.
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