Marcus Lopez, Bryan Brown, and Abby Seaman   On Monday 9/20/21, coincidentally, the same day as the 2021 Harvest Moon, we collected the last round of our squash harvest data. Here are our yield ...
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Marcus Lopez, Bryan Brown, and Abby Seaman Treatments on 6/29/21 From top to bottom:  Straw Mulch transplants, Black Plastic Mulch transplants, Rolled Rye transplants, Cultivation plot direct seeded.       Treatments on 7/30/21. ...
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Marcus Lopez, Bryan Brown, Abby Seaman Spreading straw mulch is a great way for small scale farmers to manage weeds, but the presence of wheat or oat seeds presents a unique challenge. To encourage ...
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Marcus Lopez, Bryan Brown, Abby Seaman Black plastic mulch is commonly used in vegetable production. Let’s talk about some of the pros and cons. Firstly, black plastic is an extremely effective way to manage ...
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Bryan Brown, Marcus Lopez, Abby Seaman   A lot. But looking at our stand of rye in April 2021, we were worried by how unimpressive it was. In New York, cereal rye biomass at ...
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Marcus Lopez, Bryan Brown, Abby Seaman One of our weed management systems will rely on a vigorous cover crop of rye that will be rolled down for mulch. When roller-crimping rye for mulch, timing ...
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by Bryan Brown, Marcus Lopez, and Abby Seaman   What’s the best way to manage weeds in organic winter squash? Many farmers use black plastic mulch. Others cultivate. And small-scale farms may spread straw ...
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