Planting Out Sweet Potato Slips

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Tips for Starting Your Sweet Potato Slips, Easy-to-follow Recommendations from Our Field Trials...

Farm Seed: An Essential Component of Every Sustainable Farm

Farm seed is a strategic investment in the land that pays long-term dividends in the form of greater productivity and sustainability. Rich with potential for diverse applications, farm seed and cover crops control erosion, add organic matter, conserve moisture, and support soil and watershed ecology.

Johnny's offers a range of select cover crops and farm seed for every practical application. Of the many ways to incorporate farm seed into your operation, below are some of the top uses:

Green Manure
Nitrogen Fixation
Weed Suppression
Pest Management
Biomass (Organic Matter)
Erosion Control (Cover Crop)
Compaction Control
Grains
Beneficial Insect Planting
Forage

You can see all of our Recommended Farm Seed Uses at Johnnyseeds.com >>>

 

To further clarify which Farm Seed would work best for your operation, you can refer to the chart below:

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Customer photos: Mulch

Rick Kelley, a self-described “pepper-head” from Greenfield MA recently wrote in to tell us about his experience using Johnny's mulch. 

Rick says, "I planted about sixty chiles, eggplants and tomatoes into ground covered by it on Monday of last week, then covered it with a low hoophouse, and the plants have been loving it."

"I started the seed in early February indoors under lights so they got a good start, but they needed to go into the ground, and your product made that possible."

May 2011 Product Spotlight: Mulches

Mulches

Solar Mulch

In the warm, protected conditions under row cover, plants thrive and get an early start on the season. Unfortunately, weeds do well, too, and it can be difficult to keep the crop weeded when you have to remove the row covers to do it. Mulch is the solution, as it prevents weeds, conserves moisture, and warms the soil. Johnny's offers a full range of mulches in numerous sizes.
Solar Mulch increases average soil temperature by 8-10, helping heat-loving plants to grow faster and produce earlier. Visible light is blocked to suppress weeds while still allowing infrared light to pass through to warm the soil.
Biodegradable Mulch is made of a corn starch-based material which allows microorganisms in the soil to break down the mulch over 4-6 months. That eliminates the need for cleanup at the end of the season.
Planters Paper Mulch is also biodegradable. It is used like poly mulch and provides the same weed control but with 2F/1C less soil warming. Also, it starts to decompose in 6-10 weeks.
In addition to these mulches for heat-loving crops, Johnny's offers several other types including SRM Red Mulch, Metallic Silver Mulch, White-on-Black Mulch, and Pro 5 Weed Barrier Landscape Fabric.