Seamaiden
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I'm going to second the suggestion for what's a cover crop. Clover, fenugreek, anything that stays low will work well here. The goal is to mitigate water loss, which is a real trick using fabric pots (specifically why I moved away from those and to raised beds, set up hugelkulture-style with logs in the bottom, and including char). Another thing you could do is set straw bales on one or two sides of the pots, south and west-facing for example, to help mitigate water loss without the possibility of getting a dead mulch up against the stalks. I've just generally moved away from dead mulches unless I'm using wood chips for a path or driveway.