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Re: Winter rye question
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05/13/20 06:50 PM
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Re: Winter rye question
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05/13/20 06:55 PM
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It depends on what you are trying to do. If you are following up as soon as you can with another crop you need to figure that it will take about 3-4 weeks for all that fresh green manure to break down sufficiently. For us grain rye can reach 6-8' by mid May and as it starts to form grain heads is when we would knock it down. But that is a lot of material to break down so you won't be ready to plant the next crop for a while.
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Re: Winter rye question
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05/13/20 08:07 PM
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Yep, that would work since most of the biomass is not incorporated in the soil and locking up plant nutrients.
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Re: Winter rye question
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05/13/20 08:23 PM
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It depends on what you are trying to do. If you are following up as soon as you can with another crop you need to figure that it will take about 3-4 weeks for all that fresh green manure to break down sufficiently. For us grain rye can reach 6-8' by mid May and as it starts to form grain heads is when we would knock it down. But that is a lot of material to break down so you won't be ready to plant the next crop for a while. Surely you mean 6-8 inches not feet?
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Re: Winter rye question
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05/13/20 08:32 PM
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The USDA has been doing a multi year soil improvement study on the farm where I work. They’ve used rye and crimson clover as cover crop and rotate corn and soybeans each year. They roll it down and no till directly into it. I haven’t seen any of the soil data, but you can visually see the improvement in crop Health stand and yields Try to see what the earthworm counts, I know some no-till farmers and their earthworm counts are off the chart.
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