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| + | * I always use green fertilizers in my gardens. One principle is that the soil should never be naked or uncovered. In nature you don't find bare soils unless the land became a desert. Insects and bacteria that are useful for the soil don't like bare soils. | ||
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| + | In late summer and autumn two green fertilizers that can still be applied are mustard and winter rye. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Gardening courses]] | * [[Gardening courses]] | ||
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| + | == External links == | ||
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_fertilizer Green fertilizer] Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 05:52, 25 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)
Chunks of information
- I always use green fertilizers in my gardens. One principle is that the soil should never be naked or uncovered. In nature you don't find bare soils unless the land became a desert. Insects and bacteria that are useful for the soil don't like bare soils.
In late summer and autumn two green fertilizers that can still be applied are mustard and winter rye.
Gallery
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
See also
External links
- Green fertilizer Wikipedia
