7 Reasons to Try Green Manure

Describing some of the benefits of autumn sowing cover crops / catch crops / green manure and then getting stuck into sowing.
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[@Carol-oc7mx]

Good to see you out and about the in the garden. Beautiful weather we are having at the moment 😁

[@juliefowkes9796]

We grow hardy broad beans over winter and Japanese onions so we get a crop in spring and plants over winter. Grow Physelia and it is beautiful, great for the bees and self sets, we had a compost heap this year full of it!

[@ritahobbs5256]

Red clover sown… various winter cover crops used over the years… so agree that coming up and seeing green lush growth that’s feeding the soil makes my heart sing. Love the video… as always making me smile 😊

[@joj1252]

Great video JB, explained so well - natural gardening at its best with so many benefits.

[@vbrown1889]

Green manure rocks!! Had I not tried buckwheat last year, I would not have believed it.. game changer...Trying red clover this fall.. Here's to impressive veg crops next season! Great info JB. :-)

[@paulsuffolk310]

Hello JB, a really good video on an interesting topic. I must admit, I use a lot of horse manure but have used crimson clover as a cover crop as an experiment. In the end, I sowed some crimson clover on our front lawn and had the most wonderful crimson carpet which had many people admire 😊. As for the horse manure, most will dig it in whilst others cover the soil with it. There are pros and cons of either way but I do what I think is best for the crops I'm intending to plant. For example, where my root crops are going to be grown, I dig the manure in so that it encourages the root vegetables to seek out the nutrients further down. I wouldn't, for example dig the manure in for those crops with shallow root systems. So, for me, it depends on what I'm going to grow and where. I may try some mustard this winter as a cover crop in one of my beds. Thank you for such an interesting and thought provoking video. Paul

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi JB, great video on explaining with great detail about green manure. I sowed a winter variety yesterday, so fingers crossed they germinate, I have put far too many over the raised beds but, im glad I've done it now and hopefully it will be a success. 🤞thanks fir sharing and take care 😊

[@JBNat]

Hope it goes well for you! I had good germination and then the mice ate all my field beans I think 😂

[@mags9536]

So jealous of your weather. We have torrential rain and floods in Scotland 🌧️

[@JBNat]

I've seen how bad it is up there!! Was chatting to mark about it! Hope you've not had anything damaged in the floods

[@mags9536]

​@@JBNathope Mark's allotment has not flooded

[@majordog2399]

I was just going to say the same mags, torrential rain and I still have tomato's outside struggling to ripen.

[@mags9536]

@@majordog2399 had to rig up cover for my garlic bed. Rain was torrential. Bed was getting flooded I hope your tomatoes are ok 😕

[@majordog2399]

@@mags9536 I think I'm going to be rippening them inside as there's no heat or sun. There's deep puddles all over, not good. Too late now to cover my beds.

[@SoxInTheGarden]

Crumbs!!! I totally forgot about the livestream! I knew I was forgetting something. 😅 I’ve never tried using green manure, but I guess that’s because I mostly grow in containers. But maybe I use something in the side flower garden to prep it for spring? Either way, thx for all the great info. Maybe I’ll try something over on my father in law’s plot. As that one is all in-ground. 🤔 Hmm… food for thought. Thanks, JB! ❤

[@suegee1820]

PS Field beans are edible and were grown and eaten in the UK for centuries. They still eat them in the Middle East and Africa

[@Gardenofglory-l6v]

Great video

[@__Shellspace__]

great info jb , this will be my first winter trying to over winter many vegtables lol , before i only had brocali and herbs haha fingers crossed for us all , but cany be as bad as the summer we had ... can iitt?/ hahah

[@JBNat]

Hahahaha famous last words!

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

Woops need to green manure to!!

[@ericnyamu9981]

At the start of the video i would suggest you just laugh to get it out of the way 🤣😂

[@felicitywoodruffe4087]

What can you plant to help lace wings ?

[@ballysillanallotment-man5793]

JB when to put manure on the beds is controversial i don't think there is a right or wrong time my belief is applying in unto the beds as they come free late autumn/winter my thinking is if i leave it to spring all the nutrients will be near the surface and the plants roots don't have to go deep to find them then when a dry sell comes you have to do more watering to keep them growing

[@JBNat]

Yes I think it really depends exactly on the manure! How broken down it is and how soluble the nutrients become in the rain. I definitely don't have a strong opinion either way, think it's just a case of get it on the beds when you can!

[@chriseverest4380]

I've covered my back garden in shredded cardboard and that (I hope will protect the soil) & by the turn of the year that should decompose a bit and then I will put a layer of compost/manure/old tub soil/ amendments etc on top. (Or at least, that's the plan!😂)

[@Lynne-plot35b-36b]

JB you do know your stuff don’t you? Great cover crop info…just wondering…Aren’t you gonna grow anything in the poly over winter?

[@JBNat]

If I can get the tunnel ready for growing there should be a few bits in there :)

[@suegee1820]

I'm trying green manure because it's a vegan alternative to horse manure. Growing veganically means no animal products 😊

[@PreatorRaszagal]

You're running around in shorts and t-shirt. Meanwhile I had to get out the "winter gear" for my walk yesterday. It is sub 10°C during the daytime now 🥶I'm wondering though. Those tomatoes. How are you gonna handle those so you don't have a bunch of plants the same size as the ones in your greenhouse come april/may? 🤔Or is the plan to have plants that big (or thereabout) to get a *massive* head start?

[@JBNat]

They go dormant and stop growing! At least they did last year so I'm hoping they do the same thing... Otherwise we will have a problem!

[@locke6531]

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