green manure

[goddess]

can any grape advice on wether or not its a good idea to saw green manure in a bed reserved for sweetcorn and squashes? if so which one is the best to use?any advice welcome.g

[pigletwillie]

Green manure is best used in beds that are empty and are mainly used as a winter "crop" and are dug in before flowereing.

A Green manure would not benefit any crops grown with it as it would just be competition, reducind the available nutrients and water and inevitably reducing yield.

[Two_Sheds]

I sowed phacelia in my sweetcorn bed last (late) summer, it did a good job of keeping the weeds down, and is very easy to rip up again: green manure, phacelia - YouTube

[oldie]

^^ me too. I have also used buckwheat as it also grows very quickly.