Wayne36 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:09 pm
What is all the green stuff around ypir plant ? Does it serve a purpose ? @DIY.Rik
Well yes it does serve a purpose mate:
Nitrogen is necessary for all plant growth. Legumes have the ability to “fix” nitrogen from the air and store it in nodules in their roots. This nitrogen can be released or use by subsequent crops.
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Cover crops as nitrogen source.
Cover Crop Lb./A *
Cowpea 100-150
Crimson Clover 70-130
Field Pea 90-150
Hairy Vetch 90-200
The hairy vetch highlighted above is in the list I use:
https://www.greenhandorganic.com/buy-no ... cover-crop
I used a ted too much

It's the 1st time I have used it.
Cover crops will also help retain moisture in the upper soil levels too which helps retain the microbes we have in living soil.
Also if you have heard of Michorazae fungi (has loads of different spellings now so I just guess

) that fungi will have a place to hunker down with the cover crops. If and when they get too crazy and overtake I will just turn them in. Farmers use cover crops to eradicate soil erosion I think it would be.
Here is a good videoI am only half way through myself about living soil:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntJouJhLM48&t=1755s