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File:Rye 1.jpg|Rye is a green manure plant. | File:Rye 1.jpg|Rye is a green manure plant. | ||
File:Rye 2.jpg|Rye grows through winter frost. It is a useful green manure plant to sow on fields that are empty during the winter. | File:Rye 2.jpg|Rye grows through winter frost. It is a useful green manure plant to sow on fields that are empty during the winter. | ||
| + | File:Linseed flower.jpg|Linseed flower | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Gardening courses]] | * [[Gardening courses]] | ||
Revision as of 18:56, 22 December 2011
This page is to prepare and collect information for one or more chapters in the course. --John Eagles 09:34, 22 December 2011 (PST)
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Phacelia can be used as a green manure. I sow it on fields that are empty for some time. Phacelia quickly makes big plants and fits well in a plan of rotation of crops as it isn't related to most vegetables. The field is buzzing with bees and bumblebees.
Mustard can be used as a green manure plant. It grows very fast.
Rye is a green manure plant.
Rye grows through winter frost. It is a useful green manure plant to sow on fields that are empty during the winter.
Linseed flower
