First winter growing vetch. Looking forward to doing a chop and drop. Sean thank you for making these seeds available and educating us on how to grow them. Much appreciated.

Collecting vetch pods from the wild around me to cover crop my garden, and then I want to do a clover mixture yard for even more cover crop greens. Plus the color and bees.

@LivingseedsFarm

2 ай бұрын

Great stuff.

Wow.. Awesome... Definitely a must next winter... Can even help to boost my compost bin.... 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

This is good. Will be doing this next winter 🥰

Thanks Sean

Love the termination method !

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, if its planted correctly it's so much easier.

Brilliant! Thankyou so much…

@LivingseedsFarm

5 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

Very well putt… thanks from niagara

@LivingseedsFarm

5 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Planted clover as a cover crop in my potato bed last fall, terminated this spring with solarization. I am in zone 5a, would vetch survive our winter? If so, I could use vetch over clover this year and instead of relying on good weather for solarization, just cut below the soil. Stay Well!!!

LOL@ broke the machine!

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Some tests were so strained that they had to use compost and germination soil as the baseline test parameters for the soil in our fields.

Are there species of vetch that are more difficult to remove, or do u just need to terminate before seeds come?

What is the name of this plant specifically, because I searched for its seed a lot. Give me its name in detail, please, and I hope for a response.

@LivingseedsFarm

5 ай бұрын

The scientific name for vetch is Vicia sativa. Hope this helps you.

@user-il4xe5rv7g

5 ай бұрын

@@LivingseedsFarm Helped me a lot, thank you

How long does it take to grow like this? I'm not sure when I would need to sow it, so I can plan what bed it can go on.

@LivingseedsFarm

11 ай бұрын

That’s about 3 months growth.

Clearly cut my Vetch too soon and wrongly, I chopped and worked it in, we live and learn. Question: The way you explain it, the dead mulch is now going to be lying on my planting line, do you just stick your tomatoes etc in between that mulch when September comes around?

@ninaventer7461

Жыл бұрын

Would really love your reply Sean. Tx

@theurbanthirdhomestead

22 күн бұрын

That's how I've seen people do it. Just plant between the mulch.

How thickly do you sow the vetch in the tomato rows? Are you distributing by hand or using a push seeder? This is what we would call Hairy vetch in the US or some other variety. Thnx in advance.

@LivingseedsFarm

4 ай бұрын

Yes hairy vetch is the same. We just make a single drill down the line and seed at about 10-15mm spacing. Cover and turn the drip on.

Thanks for showing how to do a hairy vetch termination & mulching the right way. Any other tool that can be used from a standing position? I can get a youngster to flip over the mulch once cut at the soil line. Anybody? Any ideas?...This bending over crap must stop.

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

Just use the spade standing up. Flip the first side. Sever the roots standing up with a spade. Flip again so the roots are facing up. Job done. Get a youngster to do the lot. It’s not heavy labour.

@flatsville1

Жыл бұрын

@@LivingseedsFarm I was hopind for a recommendation re: one of the long handled Japanese weeding hoes that could handle the root tangle mass.

@marymcandrew7667

11 ай бұрын

Mabe a long handled law tool? I have one and used it to pull long grass off new daffs coming up in spring.

Do you know of anyone who has used livestock to clear vetch from the field, and what the results were like?

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

Vetch is a livestock food so if you do it intensely I’m sure it would work.

Can vetch being used as animal or chicken feed? Thank you

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

Great question. Yes. Absolutely. That is most often what it is used for.

Can I know the size of pipe used for vetch drip irrigation?

@LivingseedsFarm

5 ай бұрын

The actual dropper is a 16mm drop tape. livingseeds.co.za/garden-supplies/drip-irrigation

do you terminte the cover in the tunnel all by hand, and how much work is it?

@LivingseedsFarm

8 ай бұрын

Yes. It’s done by hand with a spade. Its work, but not digging a hole work.

Around what date do you guys plant the seeds

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

We start planting vetch in Feb. We find the best yields come from Feb and March sown seed.

Wonderful! Is it Common Vetch?

@LivingseedsFarm

11 ай бұрын

Yes.

What is the preferred spacing between vetch when planting it?

@LivingseedsFarm

5 ай бұрын

Row centre to row centre about 1m.

@farm.3287

5 ай бұрын

@@LivingseedsFarm What about spacing in the same row?

@ASpinnerASpinner

3 ай бұрын

@@farm.3287 he said 10-15mm seed spacing in another comment.

Any suggestions for poor draining and clay-heavy soils?

@basiamcwhorter2694

Жыл бұрын

I would like to know as well..

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

Clay soils are difficult to improve. My advice is to ignore the clay and create a bed onto of the clay. Plant in that bed. Mulching in particular is important with clay soils. Hi carbon mulching with untreated wood chips is probably the fastest way to improve clay soil.

@barberton3695

Жыл бұрын

@@LivingseedsFarm thank you for that advice 👍

I want to know more about the green house which you is in the video. I went through the your website, not able to buy the course!..

@LivingseedsFarm

9 ай бұрын

I'll look at doing a video on them, when we need to repair or make a new one.

@allamaprabhu6188

8 ай бұрын

​@@LivingseedsFarmthank you I was waiting for your reply. Please do a full video so it would help lot for many❤

Can I plant them in the same line at a 9-inch spacing?

@LivingseedsFarm

5 ай бұрын

Yes. Planting in a line ensures easy termination. Your spacing should be 10-15mm or half an inch-ish.

What is the intra-row spacing used?

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

2-5 cm

Do you work vetch into the soil once it has dried?

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

Nope not at all, it breaks down remarkably quickly.

what veriety of vetch do you use?

@LivingseedsFarm

2 ай бұрын

Grazing vetch.

powerful. where do I get the fetch seed?

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

You can get it here. livingseeds.co.za/inoculated-vetch.html

@zaferuzun7339

Жыл бұрын

I assure you from Turkey

@zaferuzun7339

Жыл бұрын

when do you have a request

Is that common or hairy vetch?

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

Common.

Is vetch frost resistant? I live in the Eastern Freestate, and our winters van be quite harsh. Is this a viable cover crop for this area? If not, what would you suggest?

@LivingseedsFarm

Жыл бұрын

Yes vetch is very frost resistant once established. We typically plant at least 6 to 8 weeks before the first frost.