Weeders Awake

[Dave2002]

Interesting tip for using phacelia as a green manure.

Are there any other good recommendations for this purpose?

This one has the merit of being colourful - even if that does go counter to the use in the compost bin.

[oddoneout]

Interesting tip for using phacelia as a green manure.

Are there any other good recommendations for this purpose?

This one has the merit of being colourful - even if that does go counter to the use in the compost bin.

There is plenty of info online, but basically what you use depends on soil, weather, and time of year. Some green manures need to accord with rotation constraints as well - mustard for instance is same group as garden brassica crops. Here is a start https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/faq...getable-garden and https://www.growveg.co.uk/guides/cat...green-manures/
The traditional advice to dig in green manures should in my view be revised, for most of them it just isn't necessary I reckon and has downsides. One for which it probably has to be done is rye, although the year I grew that on the allotment and couldn't dig it in - the roots were impenetrable - I found my chickens did a grand job. I cut the stems right down and the chooks were penned on the stubble. In fairly short order I had no rye roots in the ground and doubtless far fewer grubs in the ground as well.

[Serial_Apologist]

There is plenty of info online, but basically what you use depends on soil, weather, and time of year. Some green manures need to accord with rotation constraints as well - mustard for instance is same group as garden brassica crops. Here is a start https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/faq...getable-garden and https://www.growveg.co.uk/guides/cat...green-manures/
The traditional advice to dig in green manures should in my view be revised, for most of them it just isn't necessary I reckon and has downsides. One for which it probably has to be done is rye, although the year I grew that on the allotment and couldn't dig it in - the roots were impenetrable - I found my chickens did a grand job. I cut the stems right down and the chooks were penned on the stubble. In fairly short order I had no rye roots in the ground and doubtless far fewer grubs in the ground as well.

And I wouldn't have thought of use of phacelia as a substitute for maintaining of compost heaps.