PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bob Hawkins
TI  - Use of Living Mulches to Protect Fall-sown Crops
AID  - 10.2979/NPJ.2004.5.2.171
DP  - 2004 Sep 21
TA  - Native Plants Journal
PG  - 171--172
VI  - 5
IP  - 2
4099  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/5/2/171.short
4100  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/5/2/171.full
SO  - NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL2004 Sep 21; 5
AB  - Sowing rye seeds along with crop seeds in a bareroot nursery in fall protects the beds from erosion and predation. For large-seeded species, an additional covering of straw further discourages predation from deer and squirrels. The rye is killed in early spring and the straw mulch can easily be removed in early spring with controlled burning.