6 Review (s)

  1. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    The unfortunate weeds are excellent seeders.
    Common nettle in terms of nutrient content has no equal. Mulching from it not only increases productivity, but also repels slugs and snails. But nettle does not get along with onions and garlic.

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  2. T.R. GOLENISHCHEV. Penza

    Green manure is a strong fertilizer, so it is important not to overdo it. If there is too much green mass, do not plow all, leave it on the mulch. I always lay out the grass on the beds, and in a thick layer - about 10 centimeters. It will help preserve the soil, crush the weeds, and enrich the soil with humus, because earthworms breed in the mulch. Notice the slugs, don't worry: they feed on withered grass and do not touch the main plant.

    And it happens that after plowing, and after the mulch, the greens remain. She has a direct road to compost.
    I also want to advise those who first purchased a garden. Of course, I really want to eat my vegetables as soon as possible, but you better be patient for a year.
    First, plant the entire garden with green manure.
    They are like medicine, like food for the earth, it will only become healthier. You will lose a year, but on the second you will thank me for the advice - all the neighbors will envy your harvest.
    The optimal rate of green manure per 1 hundred square meters: winter rye - 1,3 kg; hairy vetch - 0,7 kg; oil radish - 200 g, white mustard -120 g.

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  3. GN. SAMOILOV. Blagoveshchensk

    A strange term - green manure. From the Latin word sidera, which means stars. Or maybe it’s not for nothing that this type of fertilizer was called that, their power is really magical. We all know that there is nothing better than manure for the soil. And go ahead and buy it now, but bring the car to the site ... The way out is to sow the vacated beds with greenery and then patch it into the soil. The result is not worse, I checked it on my own experience.
    What exactly to plant is an individual question. Of course, these should be annual crops, but which ones - it depends on what you want to enrich your land with, what it lacks.
    I read that legumes give the most nitrogen - peas, beans, soybeans, lentils, beans. But I prefer grasses, I plant alfalfa and clover. Also suitable vetch, mouse peas, annual lupine. All of them are cold-resistant, so they are perfect for winter sowing. And vetch can also be planted in early spring - for example, on the beds, where later there will be late cabbage.

    Plant lupins either now, at the end of summer, or just before winter. If now, then after 8 weeks, until the buds are colored, they already need to be buried. In order not to have problems with potatoes, plant vetch on these beds in the second half of August, and rye a few days later. Next year, an excellent harvest is guaranteed to you.

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  4. Valentina Savelyeva

    Siderites: is there any harm?
    I read that green manure absorb minerals from the ground (phosphorus, potassium). And after embedding their green mass into the soil, they return only organic substances (primarily nitrogen-containing ones). Is it so? Is it true that after growing green manure, the soil should be enriched with phosphorus and potassium?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - I've never heard of this. If all the green mass that has grown over a specific period is embedded in the ground, then there is simply no question of any depletion of the soil.

      In fact, green manures are grown exclusively to restore soil fertility. And, for example, legumes are able to accumulate nitrogen at the soil surface. Siderata have a powerful root system, due to which they pull substances such as potassium and phosphorus from deeper layers of the soil into layers accessible to plants. Moreover, these elements are available in a form accessible to plants.
      Of course, if you want to enrich the soil as much as possible, then along with the use of green manure, you can apply mineral fertilizers.

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  5. Oksana ZAYARNYUK

    In order to saturate the soil with organic matter, to improve its structure, in the first half of October I sow green manures on the empty flower beds.

    Approximate rates of seed consumption per 1 sq. m:
    - winter rapeseed - 2-4 g;
    - winter rye - 10-15 g;
    - vetch-oat mixture - 10-12g;
    - lupine - 20-22 g;
    - phacelia - 2-3 g;
    - mustard - 3-4 g.
    When shoots appear, I mow them and embed them in the ground. Decaying, the green mass will enrich the earth with the necessary nutrients.

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