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Killing Austrian Winter Peas without herbicide? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by IMALlama to c/gardening
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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!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

maybe just dig them up and toss them?

[–] IMALlama 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

you can compost it and add it back later