Dr. Steve Fransen points out that the ladino clover had pink root nodules, indicating that it was fixing nitrogen. As commercial nitrogen fertilizers become more expensive, and potentially more limited in supply, the idea of growing fertilizer in the orchard is being explored. Quincy, Washington, fruit grower Warren Morgan, who is pursuing more sustainable practices, has been growing cover crops between the rows, and then mowing and blowing the cuttings into the tree row as a mulch. After initial results proved positive, Morgan began to look for a non-grass cover crop that would last for several years. He bought a […]