{"id":1317,"date":"2022-01-12T18:41:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T14:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2022-01-12T18:41:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T14:41:34","slug":"why-do-green-manures-turn-white-explanations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/gardening\/organic-garden\/why-do-green-manures-turn-white-explanations\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do green manures turn white? Explanations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sown in the summer, green manures suffer in winter, but for a good cause, the onslaught of frost.&nbsp;More than a ground cover, some help in the work with their powerful roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frost on green manures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similar, at best to the state of a cooked salad or at worst of a frozen bean, the&nbsp;<strong>green manures<\/strong>&nbsp;of the moment are very useful.<br>Installed in summer and fall, they will be ready to be buried as soon as the thaw occurs.&nbsp;The plots enriched and structured thanks to the powerful roots of certain fertilizers, can receive after this work, the spring crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prune green manure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You have to chop the fertilizers.&nbsp;Opposite in the photo, in a greenhouse, the&nbsp;green manures&nbsp;which improve the soil are pruned at the end of winter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After a harsh winter, they will be soft, it&#8217;s easy, they will decompose.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phacelia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;In summer and when they are in full vegetation, they can be mowed or pulled up and left as mulch on the ground.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In March, spotlight on the&nbsp;phacelia&nbsp;, a beautiful&nbsp;<strong>honey flower<\/strong>&nbsp;.&nbsp;If it occupies the land for more than two months, it is always possible to pull part of it to cultivate its vegetables in May.&nbsp;Leave the rest in place.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rustica.fr\/jardin-bio\/engrais-verts-autres-familles-phacelie-sarrasin,2986.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sow green manures as soon as a square empties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alfalfa should be sown sparingly as it is very difficult to remove.&nbsp;It should be installed in plots left to rest for at least three years and mown to feed rabbits for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The smartest will have benefited from the benefits of&nbsp;<strong>winter spinach<\/strong>&nbsp;at a rate of 50 g \/ 10 m2, it enriches the soil with nitrogen.&nbsp;Start between two crops, and let the earthworms bury the cut leaves.&nbsp;It will always be possible to take some leaves for personal consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For late gardeners, settled in October,&nbsp;<strong>rye has a fasciculate root system<\/strong>(without main root), but with multiple rootlets which improve the structure of the soil.&nbsp;In addition, its intense vegetation suffocates weeds.&nbsp;Associated with the vetch (150 g \/ 10 m2), with the rapid growth, it cleans the ground of the weeds.&nbsp;Vetch is, moreover, a Fabaceae which fixes nitrogen from the air in the soil and which thrives in clay soil.<br><br><strong>In season, you can play with mixtures<\/strong>&nbsp;of crimson clover, mustard, buckwheat, wheat.&nbsp;<br>If the ideal is to cut these fertilizers just before flowering, but it is so pretty that sometimes you can let<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sown in the summer, green manures suffer in winter, but for a good cause, the onslaught of frost.&nbsp;More than a ground cover, some help in the work with their powerful roots. 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