Hairy Vetch Benefits Tomatoes

Randall Weiseman May 26, 2008 Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Hairy vetch mulch activates, in regular tomatoes, some of the same metabolic pathways and genes that are activated in biotech tomatoes and USDA Agricultural Research Service plant physiologist Autar Mattoo says it has other benefits as well.

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