Green manures are ideal whenever a patch of land is going to be free of crops for six weeks or more, and they are particularly useful to vegetable gardeners and allotment holders. Although many ...

All veggie producers interviewed use green manures extensively. They selected different crops depending on their needs: To cover the soil & capture nutrients: rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, spring ...

The best plants, however, to benefit your garden soil are cover crops, also called green manure. Planted as soon as the summer crops have been pulled, cover crop seeds germinate quickly and grow ...

Soil needs, timing, crop needs, and application methods and rates can all impact how manure should be used as a fertilizer.

In a recent paper in the Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2010) 90: 257-266, they showed that combining phosphate rock (PR) with the green manure crop buckwheat didn’t produce agronomically ...

Do plants have feelings? When should I plant green manure? Why do leaves drop more in autumn? Kathy and the GQT team return to Birmingham to answer these and more! Show more Do plants have feelings?

Brassicas like daikon radish that push their roots deeper into soil to break up and aerate it. Deep rooted cover crops improve soil structure, water absorption and nutrient-holding capacity as well as ...