261. Meeting the nitrogen needs for processing tomatoes through winter cover cropping

• Authors:
  • Shennan, C.
  • Stivers, L. J.
• Source: Journal of Production Agriculture
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 3
• Year: 1991
• Summary: Results from the first 2 years of the experiment are used to compare the productivity of several legume green manures and to determine if they can provide adequate available soil N to support yields of a subsequent crop of processing tomatoes (Lycopersicon lycopersicum L. Karsten var. lycopersicum) typical for this area. Lana woolly-pod vetch (Vicia dasycarpa Ten.), bell beans (Vicia faba L.), berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.), Austrian winter peas (Pisum arvense L.), oats (Avena sativa L.), and an oats and vetch mixture, planted in October and disked under in April, were compared with various levels of ammonium sulfate fertilizer.