John Harrison shows you how to grow green manure and takes you thought the processes and benefits of using it. video provided by: www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/
Good video. This sort of thing is what Gabe Brown speaks of in "treating the farm as an eco system" for larger scale ops. I do this with exactly black mustard and lucern (and some other lugumes and roots for breaking my clay) and I can agree with the video, it does the job well, stores, fixes and gives you great soil armour
You should take into consideration eating the mustard too. The tender leafs are very fine in mixed salads or as spinach (only some onions in a little olive oil and let it simmer for a while). Very healthy for one's guts too. One other aspect is control of fungus in the soil and loosening compacted soil.
If you chop up caliente mustard it loses it's biofumigant properties very rapidly (In as little as 20 minutes I've heard!) so ideally you need to "Chop a bit and dig a bit, chop a bit and dig a bit" . That's why in a field situation it's quite common to see a flail mower on the front of a tractor and the plough on the back of the same tractor.
I've just got a plot,in complete disrepair on a heavy clay soil.I'm thinking of raised beds to start off with to combat the problem,but do you think it would be a good idea for the first year to just concentrate on improving the soil and green manure 1/2 the beds?
+Simon Wallis Raised beds are always a good idea. I'd build a few raised beds for crops this year AND start to double dig and improve the soil structure in the other areas.
In four weeks there will be enough growth to dig in Ceili. The flowering plants that the presenter is chopping down though around two and a half minutes into the video is probably six to ten weeks old. Save until it flowers if you want to attract beneficial pollinators- otherwise dig into the soil after four to six weeks.
n four weeks there will be enough growth to dig in Ceili. The flowering plants that the presenter is chopping down though around two and a half minutes into the video is probably six to ten weeks old. Save until it flowers if you want to attract beneficial pollinators- otherwise dig into the soil after four to six weeks.
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Red clover is my favorite green manure. It`s amazing for Nitrogen and grows a lot of foliage to dig in.
Good video. This sort of thing is what Gabe Brown speaks of in "treating the farm as an eco system" for larger scale ops. I do this with exactly black mustard and lucern (and some other lugumes and roots for breaking my clay) and I can agree with the video, it does the job well, stores, fixes and gives you great soil armour
Very informative and well presented, Thanks!
Just been digging in my Hungarian Rye sown last October, its now mid-March. Its hard work.
This was great.Thank you
Thank you. ✌ from Denver CO. USA.
This is my first year growing green manure/cover crop. I got a mixture of seeds: rye, hay, (2)peas, and (3)legumes.
You should take into consideration eating the mustard too. The tender leafs are very fine in mixed salads or as spinach (only some onions in a little olive oil and let it simmer for a while). Very healthy for one's guts too. One other aspect is control of fungus in the soil and loosening compacted soil.
How long from digging in to sowing crops?
If you chop up caliente mustard it loses it's biofumigant properties very rapidly (In as little as 20 minutes I've heard!) so ideally you need to "Chop a bit and dig a bit, chop a bit and dig a bit" . That's why in a field situation it's quite common to see a flail mower on the front of a tractor and the plough on the back of the same tractor.
I've just got a plot,in complete disrepair on a heavy clay soil.I'm thinking of raised beds to start off with to combat the problem,but do you think it would be a good idea for the first year to just concentrate on improving the soil and green manure 1/2 the beds?
+Simon Wallis Raised beds are always a good idea. I'd build a few raised beds for crops this year AND start to double dig and improve the soil structure in the other areas.
check out elbon rye it takes care of nematodes
In four weeks there will be enough growth to dig in Ceili. The flowering plants that the presenter is chopping down though around two and a half minutes into the video is probably six to ten weeks old. Save until it flowers if you want to attract beneficial pollinators- otherwise dig into the soil after four to six weeks.
The idea is kill it off before it sets seed otherwise you never get rid of it!
That's a lot of growth for a few weeks
n four weeks there will be enough growth to dig in Ceili. The flowering plants that the presenter is chopping down though around two and a half minutes into the video is probably six to ten weeks old. Save until it flowers if you want to attract beneficial pollinators- otherwise dig into the soil after four to six weeks.
probably half my lawn is already clover and vetch lol
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@@matthewb192 My remarks are directed to Marshalls who didnt supply me with the items I ordered and would `nt give me my money back I had to take them to court to get my money They also got fined by trading Standards