Anne and Eric Nordell have been planting garlic directly into a cover crop of live oats for over 25 years. This practice has provided consistent yields of large bulbs without irrigation at their location in north-central Pennsylvania.
The video covers their low-tech approach to no-till planting, cut-and-carry cover crop mulching, rapid bulb curing, and fallow year weed management. More details can be found in their article about āNo-Till Garlicā posted at Cover Crops Incorporated.
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Anne and Eric used the numbers from their 2022 crop of garlic to illustrate five different metrics for estimating crop profitability. āThe Economics of No-Till Garlicā can be downloaded for free from Growing For Market magazine.
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