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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
We are away for a weekend in Lancaster County, PA to celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary and my birthday. Everywhere I see fields of what used to be corn, you can see the stubble in the fields, but they have planted something that is growing up in these fields now about 2 to 3 inches high and it’s green, from the road it looks like grass but I’m sure it’s not, what could this be? Another crop? Something to help replenish the soil? | ||
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Winter wheat to hold the soil "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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Not sure what plant seed they planted but when you lime the fields in the fall it is common practice to mix in a winter cover crop seed like ryegrass, wheat, clover, etc to protect against erosion. It also provides feed for wildlife and helps aerate and enriches the soil a bit when tilled in for next year's crop. CMSGT USAF (Retired) Chief of Police (Retired) | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven! |
I think it may have been clover? | |||
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Some cover crops (eg clover and winter peas) are nitrogen fixing meaning that they store nitrogen in their roots and release it when they die. You get the erosion prevention plus your soil is better prepared for heavy nitrogen users like corn. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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Clover is a broadleaf plant so if it looks like grass I doubt it is clover. In my area I would say it is volunteer corn that sprouted from kernels lost during combining. In PA it might be too cold for the corn to germinate this time of year so maybe not. If deliberately planted I would guess a winter cover crop like wheat, oats, rye, etc. as others have mentioned. "I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared." Thomas Jefferson | |||
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Yep, winter wheat. They they will harvest it off and plant no till beans in mid spring. | |||
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