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Leafmould and green manure
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 |
Leafmould and green manure
wrote in message oups.com... 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? What is 'green manure'? Alan |
Leafmould and green manure
Alan Holmes writes
wrote in message roups.com... 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? What is 'green manure'? Plants that you seed and let grow thickly when you don't want to grow anything else there, and then dig in to the soil when you want to grow something else. 'Manure' because you're digging the goodness in the plants into the soil. -- Kay |
Leafmould and green manure
"K" wrote in message ... Alan Holmes writes wrote in message groups.com... 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? What is 'green manure'? Plants that you seed and let grow thickly when you don't want to grow anything else there, and then dig in to the soil when you want to grow something else. 'Manure' because you're digging the goodness in the plants into the soil. Thanks, should have known that, but the senile decay is getting worse! Could you give an example of what to use? Alan -- Kay |
Leafmould and green manure
"Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "K" wrote in message ... Alan Holmes writes wrote in message egroups.com... 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? What is 'green manure'? Plants that you seed and let grow thickly when you don't want to grow anything else there, and then dig in to the soil when you want to grow something else. 'Manure' because you're digging the goodness in the plants into the soil. Thanks, should have known that, but the senile decay is getting worse! Could you give an example of what to use? Alan -- Kay Poor soul.The decay must be bad if you have forgotten about Google. Here is a good link which is easy reading:-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basic...enmanure.shtml |
Leafmould and green manure
wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
Leafmould and green manure
Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote:
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. I also suspect that the decay process /requires/ nitrogen, thus removing a small amount of existing nutrition until it is complete. I suspect that adding urine might help, and may have accompanied animal husbandry when this was used commercially. |
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