On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:08:33 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-07-29 17:03:25 +0100, Derek Turner said:

The jersey royals are being harvested and the leeks are ready to follow
them in. I thought of putting a green manure between the leeks to act
as ground cover and be dug in next spring. Any suggestions? I'm
thinking trifolium or clover?

Ah but you're late with your mids you by cri'. ;-)) I know almost
zero about veg. growing but wouldn't the green manure compete with the
leeks for nourishment from the soil? Eh?

The royals have been a bit of a disaster, to be honest. I'm trying to
avoid leaving bare earth between the leeks so as to avoid compaction/
washing out of nutrients. Trifolium and clover are both legumes and have
nodules in their roots which fix atmospheric nitrogen so that will help
the N but possibly at the expense of P and K?