Clover under cabbage reduces harvest — rye mulch keeps yields

Clover under your cabbage sounds like a perfect organic win — soil cover, free nitrogen, fewer weeds. However a new temperate-climate field trial says pause before planting: clover living mulch reduced cabbage and celeriac yields by about 17–25%, while row beds with freshly cut, wilted rye mulch kept yields on a par with bare soil.

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