Two thoughts: 1) Add some annual ryegrass into the mixture. 2) Put out a no-till plot. Decide what size plot you want to work with. Seed your cover crop mixture using No-till (or Direct seeding, as some call it). Use it to compare to where you do your tillage. I think the roots in your cover crops will help to loosen your soils, especially roots of the radish and annual ryegrass. Also, I think your cover crop biomass overall will help to loosen your soils. I would not spread seed and then rip. I would be concerned about getting seed too deep. |