For many gardeners, fall and winter months at the end of the gardening seasons. However the Rodale Institute has outlined the benefits of planting off season cover crops to help maintain gardens throughout the year. From taking advantage of bugs natural cycles to keeping weeds and other wild life from reclaiming your garden, cover crops are a great way to control pests and diseases. Join us on this information packed topic on the next #plantchat!
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Join @CoronaTools and #plantchat co-partner, Aaron Kinsman of Rodale Institute tweeting as @RodaleInstitute hosts the Benefits of Cover Crops. The live chat begins Monday, October 12, 2015 at 11 a.m. PST / 2 p.m. EST, were we come together with green industry experts and fellow horticultural tweeps each week to discuss all things related to plants and horticulture, since 2014.
Discussion Overview
The discussion highlights include:
- Protect crops by interplanting with herbs, flowers, or even other crops
- Take advantage of bugs’ natural cycles so that crops grow when the bugs are not around
- Select resistant varieties
- Keep weeds and wildlife from reclaiming the garden
- Using biological controls – without toxic chemicals
Join the Conversation
Don’t miss out on this exciting topic and join the conversation via Twitter. Just sign into #plantchat with your Twitter ID and you can follow the conversation and share with the community. Be sure to add the hashtag to all your tweets or join us in the plantchat room on Tweetchat. They will automatically add it for you and it's easy to watch the conversation as it happens!
If you do miss the live event, you can still access the Storify recap, accessible 24/7 that will be posted following the live chat. The transcript includes all the information and links shared during the discussion.
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photos courtesy of Rodale Institute
