How to Use cover crop in a Sentence
cover crop
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Choose the cover crop — like legumes, clover, etc. — to meet the soil’s needs.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2020
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Some share costs, such as for the purchase of cover crop seed.
—Meg Wilcox, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2021
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No gas vehicles — sheep trim the cover crop in the spring.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
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The cover crop had been mowed, for one thing, so there wasn’t much brush between the vine rows to catch fire.
—Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018
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The areas with high cover crop — prime food for fire — fared much worse.
—Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 4 Sep. 2020
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Scully, 57, works with her husband and one of their sons to raise corn, soy and hay as a cover crop.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2023
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Cut cover crop plants at the base so roots decompose in place.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
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The cover crop can be a winter-hardy grain, a legume or a combination of the two.
—oregonlive.com, 13 July 2019
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Here is a resource on cover crops for gardens west of the Cascades.
—oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2023
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Then after that will add more leaf mulch, fungi and a final green cover crop in the fall.
—oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2023
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Buy seeds for cover crops to plant in your vegetable garden next month.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2019
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Next, some folks have planted a fall cover crop to improve soil.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News, 29 Sep. 2017
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One thing Wing envisions is helping harvest the cover crops from the field over the next two years and use them in recipes.
—Kelsey Ryan, kansascity, 10 May 2018
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Just over 90 percent of cropland in the state still goes without cover crops.
—Emily Hopkins, Cincinnati.com, 4 July 2018
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Plant this year’s tomato bed with a green manure or cover crop.
—oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2021
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Chop down the cover crop into small pieces and work into the soil three to six weeks before planting.
—Dan Vierria, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
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This will supply some attractive greens and also act as a cover crop through to the next spring.
—Adam Lewis, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2023
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Farmers plant cover crops; athletes cross-train; actors—even the most A-list—brand.
—Sheila Marikar, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2020
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Bible manages 3,000 acres across his farms near Lafayette, on which he plants cover crops or practices no-tillage.
—Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2017
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For soil health enhancement, whether to use cover crops.
—Steven Savage, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
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But there's no one driving the electric tractor, which mows the cover crop between vine rows.
—Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2022
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For the past 10 years, he's been planting about half of those acres with cover crops in between growing seasons.
—Adam Brewster, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2019
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Farmers around the world plant red clover in their fields, using it as a cover crop to help improve soil health and as food for livestock.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022
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This year the family planted it all with corn for their cattle, along with a cover crop of rye and other grains.
—Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
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Dee uses a mixture of plants such as radishes, turnips, clover, winter peas and oats as cover crops for her 4,000 acres of row crops.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 1 Dec. 2019
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Second, cover crops add nutrients to the soil and improve tilths.
—Roxanne Washington, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2019
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For home gardeners, this can be achieved by using cover crops or mulch.
—oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023
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Keeping part of the garden in a summer cover crop can help reduce weed problems for the next season.
—oregonlive.com, 13 July 2019
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Next to me, members of the tribe's white corn co-op chatted with a PhD student who's been working with them to test different cover crops on the field, which are designed to protect the soil underneath.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2024
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This year, temperatures overall have been mild enough that these cover crop radishes were faring well even into February.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
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