How I Use Cover Crops In The Market Garden

In this week episode, JM Fortier explains the importance and benefits of using cover crops and presents the methods to incorporate the organic matter from these crops into the soil using the flail mower from BCS.

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Dans l'épisode de cette semaine, Jean-Martin Fortier explique l'importance et les avantages des engrais verts et présente les méthodes d'incorporation de la matière organique de ces cultures dans le sol à l'aide d'une faucheuse à fléaux.

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[gingerhaven]

You got my attention with cover crops and sealed me as a subscriber with why you don't use a "tractor" and showed the flail mower underneath and explained why it worked so well! Thanks!

[jenniferspring]

Love the many uses of vetch, including culinary. Very important to be open to all the benefits Nature offers. I will be adding to my salad! Great video.

[andrewfinnegan]

Mix of Sunflowers and vetch and oats and buck wheat and clover as a mix works so well awsome video thanks

[ChasHof]

Thanks for your videos your Book and Vieos are our guidelines for our owne little bussiness, as we are switching into this area you helpd us alot !! and where allready able to harvest more then 300 kg this year.

[happyhillsfarm]

Loving all that you're doing! Keep it up JM and crew!

[robertling]

Thanks JM for sharing your knowledge and beautiful video's.

[jenniferspring]

How did farmers in older time start cycling the long cover crops? Graze and then put manure on field?

[poorboy]

Good day my friend. Your video is very good, Thanks for helping me relax after a tiring day at work.

[billherrick]

Excellent video. I use a heavy duty brush cutter to lay down cover crop on about a 1000 sq ft block and it works well.

[tachyonimpulse]

Really loved your video! I'm curious what legumes you are using?

[saraskamnes]

Its not the presence of the nodes that tell you if your fixing nitrogen or not. You must split open the node with your finger nail and verify that it is red inside the node. If it is red then you have the bacteria present and they are actively fixing nitrogen. If it is white then no nitrogen is currently being fixed. Nodes tend to graduate in color over their cycle of the plants life and should end up red. If not then the right association of bacteria that fix the nitrogen for that plant is not present. Just fyi. Love that your showing how to use cover crops. Thank you.

[danphillips]

Cover crops, no till great, I do same. Now, how to get rid of weeds, like nut sedge, other than dig out the nuts one by one?? Thx

[LongleyOrganicFarm]

I was explaining this exact process this week to a new grower at my farm. I have always cover cropped after allium crops (20% of my beds per year) as part of a 5 year rotation to stop white mould in the garlic (bad in Tasmania) Perhaps we could benefit more if I aimed for 5% more beds per year as a minimum eg, 4 year for full green manuring cycle of bed blocks

[MarketMessage]

Can I use a rotary mower( what I have for now) until I get to the point ($$) of using the flail? Then shallow roto-till into soil

[chrisshepherd]

Are you using animals in the termination are cover crops? And if so can you give some insight as to the pros and cons?

[honeydew]

Thank you for this great video. This video has encouraged me to subscribe! I've wondered about the pros and cons of no till/vs till. I can understand the theory behind no till, but I have this instinct that it's good to break up the shallow soil before planting. Thanks for explaining this a bit more. Thanks for your channel.

[Green_Shepherd]

What is the green machine with yellow wheels in the barn? Just wondering if anyone knows

[rocknrolla]

Could I mow the vetch, and then put a thick layer of well decomposed horse manure if I don't have time to tarp it? Thank you

[notflexing]

"Green manure salad"

Definitely don't call it that when its served.

[spacemanspiffy]

Hey how much do you think the bcs with bush mower weighs?