re: Planted summer plots today

El Tigre, I’m not sure I understand exactly what you are asking. Also, there’s some other good experience in this thread that might know better.

But, if you mean you have killed your summer plots with herbicide in the fall, I’d guess you were doing a slightly different program than what I’m trying to do. My goal is to plant into the existing summer crop while it is living.

Herbicide seems to be necessary sometimes, especially before you get the cereal rye mat established thick enough to choke weeds. But, I’ve read that herbicide does have a couple of negative effects.

First, I understand it can make soil slightly more acidic, or makes salts in the soil. I’m not sure about that but it can change soil some. Also, I’m trying to keep a living root in the ground for the micorrhizal fungi and desirable bugs to live on. I’m trying not to let what I’ve started die out.

With that said, I’m probably going to burn with herbicide a day or two after I plant this fall.

Is that what you were asking about? Sorry if I missed the point.