tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post6577852845493382215..comments2018-11-29T21:54:37.049-06:00Comments on Watch Out For The Bull: Planting a Cover Crop Cocktail Test Plot Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-55178050035212527872014-06-05T17:08:11.431-05:002014-06-05T17:08:11.431-05:00I was thinking that I could grind it into a flour ...I was thinking that I could grind it into a flour and bake a super-duper-multi-grain loaf of bread.<br /><br />Of course, you'd probably want to leave off the seed treatments that some of the seed has, and you might want to shell the sunflowers (sunflowers shells have a little too much fiber to produce a tasty loaf of bread). Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-75863148520570079472014-06-05T17:04:46.519-05:002014-06-05T17:04:46.519-05:00There's a much better explanation about how br...There's a much better explanation about how brassicas "work" in a blog post at:<br /><br />http://farmingsweetbay.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/acids-and-exudates-plant-diversity-improves-soil/<br /><br />Supposedly, brassicas also attract or are beneficial to earthworms. <br /><br />It would be nice if I could figure out how to grow and harvest canola, for both the money-making possibilities and the rotational benefits. But it might be worth as much to just grow it or a combination of different brassicas as a cover crop. I'm hoping I can figure something out with these types of small experiments. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-73501604237484932102014-06-05T16:36:53.079-05:002014-06-05T16:36:53.079-05:00It sounds like an interesting experiment, and I wo...It sounds like an interesting experiment, and I would certainly find it interesting to see all of those plants growing at the same time. <br /><br />I did not know that about brassicas being able to get at nutrients other plants cannot. That makes them interesting from a cover crop/rotation perspective.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630929746033282061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-29617853244510044282014-06-05T15:01:00.657-05:002014-06-05T15:01:00.657-05:00Your seed mix looks like some trial mix I've b...Your seed mix looks like some trial mix I've bought and eaten. I bet I paid a much higher price per pound than yours!Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.com