From Gardenology.org - Plant Encyclopedia and Gardening Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
No change in size
, 06:59, 9 September 2009
mLine 7: |
Line 7: |
| If used in a [[rotation]] system, check the family of plants being used. [[Red Clover]], for example, being a Legume would fit into a rotation in place of [[beans]], and would be followed by a leafy vegetable such as [[spinach]] or [[lettuce]]. | | If used in a [[rotation]] system, check the family of plants being used. [[Red Clover]], for example, being a Legume would fit into a rotation in place of [[beans]], and would be followed by a leafy vegetable such as [[spinach]] or [[lettuce]]. |
| | | |
− | ==MAIN GROWING SEASON== | + | ==Main growing season== |
| Sow a quick-growing Green manure (such as [[Mustard]], [[Buckwheat]] or [[Fenugreek]]), fitted in before sowing a second vegetable crop on that patch of ground. | | Sow a quick-growing Green manure (such as [[Mustard]], [[Buckwheat]] or [[Fenugreek]]), fitted in before sowing a second vegetable crop on that patch of ground. |
| | | |
− | ==LATE SUMMER== | + | ==Late summer== |
| Sow a Green manure that will keep the ground covered and protected over the winter (such as Red Clover, [[Field Beans]], Alfalfa, Tares, Annual Ryegrass or [[Phacelia]]) | | Sow a Green manure that will keep the ground covered and protected over the winter (such as Red Clover, [[Field Beans]], Alfalfa, Tares, Annual Ryegrass or [[Phacelia]]) |