Increasing Organic Matter with Summer Cover Crops - Practical Cover Croppers

In this video Jordan Clasen of Grade A Gardens in Earlham, IA shares an up-close look at a mix of thriving summer covers. Filmed in September 2024, see the cover cropped field before garlic planting. Jordan talks about planning, planting, varieties and how growing and turning in a cover crop before planting increases fertility and adds organic material.
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Dope Video Jordie and Practical Famers of Iowa!

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Up here in Canada, the cereal rye would be terminated middle of June to plant a cover crop like this into. The garlic isn't planted until fall giving lots of time for that warm season mix to sequester lots of carbon.

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How long before garlic planting did you plant that cover crop?