A resource has been made available outlining advantages and drawbacks of ground cover use, tillage and residual herbicides.

As part of a case study on a Bathurst pumpkin farm, grey pumpkins (var. Sampson) were planted the week of 4 November 2019, following strip tillage of terminated ryecorn and conventional tillage (rotary hoe) of terminated oats and vetch cover crop areas respectively.

Read this case study to find out more about the trial design and results.

This resource has been produced by the Hort Innovation-funded Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection project – jointly delivered by RM Consulting Group and Applied Horticultural Research.