Questions and Answers for Using Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) as a Green Manure Cover Crop

Thioro Fall, Ariel Freidenreich, Stacy Swartz, Christopher Vincent, Yuncong Li, and Zachary Brym

Release Date: 9/30/2020

Reviewed At: 6/25/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ag443-2020

Agriculture

Abstract

This document synthesizes information about the warm-season cover crop, sunn hemp. It addresses frequently asked questions for growers and summarizes the expanding body of sunn hemp research. The information is provided so growers in Florida can learn about up-to-date cultivation and management options as well as better understand sunn hemp's practical uses. This document is a follow-up to EDIS publications SL 306 (https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/tr003) and ENY-717 (https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ng043).

About this Publication

This document is SS-AGR-444, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2020. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Thioro Fall, Ph.D. student, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center; Ariel Freidenreich, Ph.D. candidate, graduate teaching assistant, Florida International University; Stacy Swartz, Master's student, ECHO Global Farm; Christopher Vincent, assistant professor, Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center; Yuncong Li, professor, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, UF/IFAS TREC; and Zachary Brym, assistant professor, Agronomy Department, UF/IFAS TREC; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Fall, T., Freidenreich, A., Swartz, S., Vincent, C., Li, Y., & Brym, Z. (2020). Questions and Answers for Using Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) as a Green Manure Cover Crop. EDIS, 2020(5), 4. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ag443-2020