Green Manures To Sow Now
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- Опубликовано: 26 окт 2022
- Green manures are a fantastic, affordable and simple way to increase fertility and soil health in your garden. Find out which cover crops you can sow now in your autumn garden, to protect the soil through fall, winter and into next spring.
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Thank you Stephanie, great explanation. I took a few notes! Last winter, I felt terrible every time I looked out at our half empty garden, bare soil I knew should be growing something on, but I wasn't sure how. This autumn I'm going to be prepared!
It really does help protect the soil when the weather is wild
Thank you for explaining green manure so well.
Thank you Pamela
Brilliantly in depth and informative unlike any other RUclipsr I've watched, thank you so much for your knowledge 😁🌱☀️
Thank you so much, that is really kind of you
thank you for info , very helpful !
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I’ve never tried growing things through green manure….great idea, I’ll give it a try
It works well. I recently visited a market garden where everything was grown through a green manure mulch. Not entirely practical for smaller scale gardens but inspirational nevertheless
Great ideas Stephanie, thankyou for your explanation of green manure crops.
Thank you, Jenny
Always interesting, thank you.
Thank you Penny
Very interesting and informative advice thankyouxx
thank you so much
We use winter oats, but last year the gardening centres were sold out completely. I’m going to try others this coming season, including phacelia which I got as a free packet. If I can get winter oats I’ll use those too. Grow, cut off, leave on the ground. Love this video. Sensible. Keep smiling!
Thank you Frances. Hope you find some oats
@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading - didn’t for this year, but I’ll start the search a bit earlier next year, and I should be okay.
Fantastic information Steph, after watching this I’m definitely going to sow some. You have provided many options. Same here not having enough compost! Should we weed the beds clear before sowing green manure?
Excellent question Deb and one I should have mentioned in the video. Yes, weed first - I am hoeing them off before sowing. Here the weed of the moment is germinating willow herb.
Great video, the huge amount of rain we get here in the west of Ireland I’m not sure what the best green manure to sow, any tips ? Thank you
At this time of year, it's basically just the ones I mention in the video (days getting shorter, cooler, etc). There's a lot of rain here, the lane is a river this morning
Thank you.
Same in the PNW of the US. I watch many gardening videos from the UK and Ireland because we share both hardiness zone(s) AND rainy season climate (unlike most other zone 8 locations in the US).
Hello, do you green manure, plant peas or beans into your compost piles?
A slightly different question do you grow just for you compost pile, if I had space it would be comfrey, yarrow and lupins all beautiful flowers in there own right but is there a crop and crop again plant which is great for compost.
I don't plant green manure into the compost piles. I do grow things for composting & making compost teas etc, such as comfrey in the wild areas of the garden.
I have sown buckwheat and rye - should i get rid of the rye sooner while its young so not to have a difficult time getting it out? Is buckwheat also difficult to get rid of? I was thinking of sowing some onions on the rye bed anyway just for a experiment.
Buckwheat is easier to get rid of than rye. I'd certainly try to remove the rye before it gets too vigorous, but if you're planing an onion experiment then leave in situ