Cover Crops for Vegetable Growers
Newsletter articles
Early summer
Mid and
late summer
Late summer
legumes
Early fall
Fall
Early spring
Cover crop information
Buckwheat
Annual
ryegrass
Oats
Wheat (includes
spelt, triticale)
Rye
Sudangrass
Reed Canarygrass
Arugula
Mustard, spring
Mustard, fall
Forage Radish
Forage Turnips
Red
clover
Hairy Vetch
Field Peas
White
Clover
Deciding which cover crop to use
This is an online tool to help you quickly narrow the choices of cover crop for your situation. In a few seconds, you will have growing instructions for the cover crop that will do the job you need.
This tool is based on 1) the reason you need a cover crop; 2) when you have a chance to plant; and 3) how long it can stay in the field until you need to plant your next crop.
Choose one or more criteria, and click Submit. The database will return the cover crops that might fit, along with considerations that will let you quickly eliminate those that don't fit your situation. Click on the name of the cover crop to get precise growing instructions.
If you get no hits, then there is not a good cover crop for the combination you selected. Try different criteria.
This tool is designed for the soil, climate, cropping practices and seed market in New York. It is probably useful in adjacent states and provinces as well. However, even slightly different timing of cash crop sowing or harvest can change the opportunity to use particular cover crops.
