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Dry Season Cover Crop

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To find a cover crop that can be sown with two month old corn plants and live to survive the dry winter on the Central Mexican Volcanic Plateau.

Challenge Guidelines

Minimal or no reduction of corn yield. Value (other than green manure)

What this challenge offers to the winner

Two weeks free room & board at our home in Puebla!

Challenge start and stop dates

From April 25 2011 to April 25 2013

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Richard Halpern: Gracias por acompañarnos EcoApprentice! Our first EcoChallenge from Mexico!

Posted about 1 year ago

Caitlin Hale: Perhaps use winter rye and/or hairy vetches? More information by both: http://www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/factsheets/winterrye.html http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/vetch.html Hope this was of help!

Posted 11 months ago

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