Show Orchard Cover Crop Cron Is Such as Winter Vetch An orchard cover crop is one such as winter vetch or rye which lives over winter and starts growth very early in the spring Cover crops make some growth in the fall faIl and even in the winter and may be of great value in sections where low temperatures occur and the ground is free from snow for much of the winter The seeding of cover crops is usually usually ally aUy done in the summer or early fall to secure a fairly good growth before winter according to T. T J. J Talbert Missouri College of Agri Agri- culture The crop is then turned under under under un un- un- un der early in the spring and the land given clean cultivation Then an in interval interval interval in- in of about four to six sL weeks occurs in most sections during which the soil is bare or free of a cover crop after which the soil is usually seeded to another crop It is true that the growing cover crops may compete with the fruit trees for soil moisture and nutrients nutrients nutrients during the late summer and early fall faU But this effect is usually desired because it tends to slow up or check the growth of the fruit plants and cause them to harden their tissues for winter conditions Annual cover crops are not as a arule arule arule rule rooted deep-rooted and so may not influence rooted deep-rooted tree fruits |