Grass / Clover or another cover crop can be a huge camechanger. I see more and more growers changing from an artificial soil cover to a cover crop. Main reasons are:
– much better climate:
– in hot summers it can be till 6 oC cooler with an active cover crop
– higher humidity or better a humidity buffer – causing less problems with mildew
- Much better climate:
- In hot summers it can be till 6oC cooler with an active cover crop
- Higher humidity or better: a humidity buffer with smaller differences between higher and lower humidities. Causing significant less problems with mildew
- Hiding place / buffer for predators. I normally see more and more predators like:
- predatory mites
- aphidius and aphidoletes – sometimes together with some aphids
- hover flies
- and sometimes lacewings
