Cover crops. Posted January 29, 2004: In no-till cover crop systems, the known benefits of cover crops are maximized by allowing them to grow until shortly before planting the vegetable or other cash crop, and by managing the cover crop without tillage.
The best cover crops for this purpose have the following characteristics: They produce a lot of biomass, at least 3 tons above-ground dry matter per acre. Marc Bonfils. Fukuoka_farming : Fukuoka Farming.