I think this is really two questions in one.

First, would you expect Austrian Winter Pea to be winter killed in Zone 6? Maybe I chose a bad cover crop.

Second, now that these things weren’t winter killed, what should I do to kill them? I did cut some off at ground level, but it looks like they have leaves all the way down so I’m wary that they will grow back.

Thanks!

  • @lurch
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    33 months ago

    maybe just dig them up and toss them?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      23 months ago

      Doesn’t that defeat the point of a cover crop? I thought the idea was to build up biomass to ultimately be a soil amendment.

      • @lurch
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        33 months ago

        you can compost it and add it back later