I’m loving ur videos! Thank you! I have a 18 month system and need to now plant a cover crop between rows but second guessing the seed mix now as it has lab lab etc. I’ll keep this mix for the edge of the rows for mowing onto the trees and then down middle find an alternative mix that dies off easier once cut. Thanks for the tips loving your content! And also just realize I was buying ur organic food at the markets for years! 🦋🦋🦋
I’m in QLD and started our food forest 11 months ago . We are taking a little different approach. As we don’t have a tractor. We have planted hundreds of QLD arrowroot and pigeon peas. Perennials for abundant chop and drop, around our bananas and a lot of fruit trees. We have been planting thousands of bush beans, garden peas and sunflowers for cover crops. Tractor does look easy work.
All of those plants your using are great. I plant cow pea / sorgham / pidgeon pea around my trees in summer and vetch / oats in winter to get nitrogen happening around the banana bases and fruit trees. I figure as long as your system in bio active with almost any plants putting carbohydrates into the soil you'll have a win. Beans, peanuts, wattles, acacia mangums, any legume N fixer is a winner just boils to how they go in different seasons. I'm curiose about the arrow root how does that go for you?
Goodonya FJ. Always enjoy your vids. This system makes so much sense. I was fully expecting you to suggest pouring some water down the funnel with the seed
Depends on your context. We started out with 3 meters between rows and allowed for two veggie rows in between. But found they shaded out within 16months. We now do 5 meters between and allow for 3 veggie rows as awe are still market gardening. spaces between trees generally 500mm spacings but good if you can even fill in those gaps.
Awesome, thanks for sharing 👍
I like that seeding system. Definitely save my bad back.
Great cover crop video, looking to cover and enrich "sugar sand" in central Florida. Thank you!
I’m loving ur videos! Thank you!
I have a 18 month system and need to now plant a cover crop between rows but second guessing the seed mix now as it has lab lab etc. I’ll keep this mix for the edge of the rows for mowing onto the trees and then down middle find an alternative mix that dies off easier once cut. Thanks for the tips loving your content! And also just realize I was buying ur organic food at the markets for years! 🦋🦋🦋
haha that's great Holly, See you at the markets.
I’m in QLD and started our food forest 11 months ago . We are taking a little different approach. As we don’t have a tractor. We have planted hundreds of QLD arrowroot and pigeon peas. Perennials for abundant chop and drop, around our bananas and a lot of fruit trees. We have been planting thousands of bush beans, garden peas and sunflowers for cover crops. Tractor does look easy work.
All of those plants your using are great. I plant cow pea / sorgham / pidgeon pea around my trees in summer and vetch / oats in winter to get nitrogen happening around the banana bases and fruit trees. I figure as long as your system in bio active with almost any plants putting carbohydrates into the soil you'll have a win. Beans, peanuts, wattles, acacia mangums, any legume N fixer is a winner just boils to how they go in different seasons. I'm curiose about the arrow root how does that go for you?
Thanks for another informative video , watching with interest from central Portugal .
Goodonya FJ. Always enjoy your vids. This system makes so much sense. I was fully expecting you to suggest pouring some water down the funnel with the seed
hah yes not a bad idea. I have seen some seeders that drop Fert pellets with the seed. Now there's an idea?
What spacing do you plant your fruit trees at in the rows and what’s your preferred spacing in between rows?
Depends on your context. We started out with 3 meters between rows and allowed for two veggie rows in between. But found they shaded out within 16months. We now do 5 meters between and allow for 3 veggie rows as awe are still market gardening. spaces between trees generally
500mm spacings but good if you can even fill in those gaps.
What is on the end of the planting pole that is going into the ground ?
I think it is just cut diagonal, like a needle.