This database describes the cover cropping strategies, detailed practices, benefits, and challenges of experienced cover crop growers in orchards and vineyards in the southern Sacramento Valley (including the Capay Valley) and the North Coast viticulture region.
Cover crops have many potential benefits, but there are also important challenges and management implications to consider when deciding whether to use cover crops and which crop or mixture of crops to choose.
Medic and clover mix. Photo by Chuck Ingels. The timing of establishment, termination and incorporation of a cover crop can affect the potential benefits provided by the cover crop and the performance of the cash crop.
Farmer profiles feature different farmers discussing their nutrient management efforts around their farm to feature innovative, creative, and high quality practices.
Cover crops can be broadly defined as any non-cash crop grown in addition to the primary cash crop. They have the potential to increase soil organic matter (SOM), protect the soil from erosion, improve soil structure and water infiltration, increase soil fertility, and break pest and disease cycles.
We have compiled information on California native plants in this database for growers to learn about the attributes of various native species for use as possible cover crops.
Cover crops have many benefits. They have the potential to increase soil organic matter, protect the soil from erosion, improve soil structure and water infiltration, increase soil fertility, and break pest and disease cycles.
Cover crops have many potential benefits, but there are also important challenges and management implications to consider when deciding whether to use cover crops.
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