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Hi,

I'm still new to allotment gardening, and on my travels around the
internet, I came across this:
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/todo...g_gard_now.php
A little before half way down the page, there's a picture of three beds
treated in different ways. It seems that the one which has been
leafmoulded (if that's the word) is doing brilliantly, but the one on
which green manure has been used seems to be doing even worse than the
one left to its own devices. Could that really be the case? If so, why
use green manure?

Any ideas would be welcome
Nir


The idea of green manures is to lock up nutrients, from both the air and
soil, in the plant. The plant is then dug in and after decaying it releases
its goodies to the soil.
The decaying process takes time and consequently if veg/plants are sown too
soon then they will in effect be growing in depleted soil.
This explanation might fit the poor results you commented on.