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Re: Green crops

Hi Ian

For information on Green manure crops have a look at The Green Manure Page
located at:-

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/close/xpz05/

Click on the "Green Manure Page" Link.

Last season and through this winter I have tried:-

Vicia Fava (Field beans)  over winter, a nitrogen fixer, cut down in spring
and left on surface to form a mulch.
Secale cereale (Grazing rye) also over winter, but tough to dig in.
Phacelia tanacetifolia (Phacelia) over winter, digs in fairly easily.
Vicia sative (Winter Tares) over winter, a nitrogen fixer. Dug in a few
weeks ago. Digs in with some effort.
Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fenugreek) Up to first hard frost. Digs in
easily.
Sinapsis alba (White mustard), dig in while young, else it gets tough and
stringy. It's a brassica. so if you have club root problems, beware.

This season I am going to try:-
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)
Fagopyrum esculentum(Buckwheat)

There are other  green manures listed on the Web Page with some cultural
details.

Regards
Stephen

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Stephen Griffiths
Barfield Allotment Association
Whetstone, London. England.
stephen.griffiths@dial.pipex.com.
 http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/close/xpz05/
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 > Hi guys.... I wonder if group members would be prepared to share their
 > experiences growing winter green crops? I'm in a good position this
> year to begin this practice but I'm at a loss as to what would be best -
> alfalfa,  mustard or lupins.
> 
> Regards  Ian Gill
>                          Westland   New Zealand
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