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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 1652424" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>In our part of the country Labor day is what I recommend as the cut off date for planting them....planting them after mid september is a waste of money</p><p>they winter kill when it gets down to the upper teens at night...17 18 or so....</p><p>so they have to have the degree growing days of the early fall to achieve growth.... while the big root does not go so far inot the soil they do put a good rooting system pretty deeply.....</p><p>however I have found that Dwarf Essex rape will root about as deeply and it does not winter kill and is less restrictive on seeding dates....I put it in my late cool season mixes....</p><p>generally the brassicas will not complete very well if there is a decent grass stand...but I find that to be pretty true across the cover crop spectrum....existing grass will outcompete the cover crop...</p><p>a diverse multi species cover crop is the preferred way to go to me....better chance that something will catch and achieve the desired benefit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 1652424, member: 6543"] In our part of the country Labor day is what I recommend as the cut off date for planting them....planting them after mid september is a waste of money they winter kill when it gets down to the upper teens at night...17 18 or so.... so they have to have the degree growing days of the early fall to achieve growth.... while the big root does not go so far inot the soil they do put a good rooting system pretty deeply..... however I have found that Dwarf Essex rape will root about as deeply and it does not winter kill and is less restrictive on seeding dates....I put it in my late cool season mixes.... generally the brassicas will not complete very well if there is a decent grass stand...but I find that to be pretty true across the cover crop spectrum....existing grass will outcompete the cover crop... a diverse multi species cover crop is the preferred way to go to me....better chance that something will catch and achieve the desired benefit. [/QUOTE]
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