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+ | ===== Oats ===== | ||
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+ | In 2018-19 I chose a mix of oats and crimson clover. I had previous experience with both a the Farm. I liked oats because they germinate better in the cool, fall weather, and getting a cover crop in the ground earlier is a real challenge when I'm still harvesting most of the garden in September. | ||
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+ | I began broadcasting oats as soon as I completed harvesting an area, which meant that the earliest sowing was in October. | ||
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+ | ==== Germination ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Winter kill ==== | ||
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+ | Oats die with freezing temperatures - below 15- which is fine with me - dealing with a lot of biomass in the spring has slowed down planting at the garden. And weeds have been slow to develop during the winter. | ||
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+ | ==== Intention ==== | ||
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+ | The aim of using oats was simply to get a cover crop in the ground with a late planting. | ||
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+ | ==== Progress ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Timing ==== | ||
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+ | It was late in the season before I sowed this cover crop, although I broadcast seeds shortly after I had completely harvested a section, hoping to accelerate the growing. This meant that I sowed multiple sections at different times, with the result that each had a different germination pattern. | ||
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+ | It appears that germination was most uneven in the earliest seeded sections. | ||
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+ | Oats that survive the winter temperatures grow a tough root system that is difficult to till in the spring. So in 2020 I decided not to do much root-tilling, | ||