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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
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Richmond Dave
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Richmond, BC
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If anyone wants to amend their soil for next year a good/best way to do it is by sowing a cover crop. In Richmond BC fall rye is about the only crop that will survive our winter. Adding to the cold weather is the fact that pumpkin growers usually harvest their kins pretty late in the season and so are unable to sow their fall rye early enough.
One way of getting the best germination is covering the seeds with Remay cloth. In the pic you can see that the left half was covered by the Remay. The right half was not. The percentage germination and size of the rye is amazingly obvious! The rye was sown 9 days ago and between 3-4 inches tall.
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