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Is no-till vegetable production possible?

April 26, 2017no-till possible production vegetable

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Is no-till vegetable production possible?

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Yes, you can transplant or direct seed right into a rolled-down cover crop. Our experience here at The Rodale Institute is currently limited to direct seeding pumpkins, corn and soybeans into hairy vetch, a mixture of vetch and oats, and rye. But others around the country have been working with other vegetable-crop/cover-crop combinations in organic no-till systems (see our no till research updates in the December 2006 issue of New Farm for some examples).