Sesame as a Cover Crop: Heat Tolerance, Nematode Control & Deep Roots
See how sesame performs as a warm-season cover crop in our test plot. Learn why farmers use it for its deep taproot, heat tolerance, and ability to suppress soybean cyst nematodes without relying on grazing.
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0:00 This is Sesame. Sesame is another warm season broad leaf, very deep tap rooted.
0:05 Grows really well in the heat unlike a lot of the other ones. This is not going.
0:10 To be one you plant for grazing cattle are not going to eat sesame very well.
0:13 But that could be a good thing. You may actually want to put some in a grazing.
0:17 Mix so that they don't eat everything that you have out there. Sesame grows.
0:21 Well in the heat I'd say The Tap Root is what we really like about it. This is.
0:26 Sesame that we had to import out of Mexico so it's a very long season we're
0:35 Getting some shorter season varieties.
0:38 Another attribute of Sesame along with
0:41 Sun hemp is that it has root exudates that are actually toxic to soybean cysts.
0:47 Nematode so if you have soybean cyst nematode issues, sesame could be a good.
0:52 Addition to some of your cover crop plants again a very nice combination of a deep main deep tap root and a lot of horizontal more fibrous root system there too that's a really nice root ball that those roots pulled up.