QUESTIONS OF NUTRITION – GREEN MANURE
For years now I have no longer simply dug or turned over the garden or a field and spread the manure over the soil, in other words, applied a top-dressing. Rather, I cover the manured soil with grass, carrot tops or other vegetable waste, so that the organic manure, such as compost, cannot be dried out by the sun. I plant seedlings with a dipper, then spread freshly cut grass around them, about 1 cm (about Vi inch) thick. This top-dressing, or cover, is renewed after about three months when the soil is still moist, the bacteria have multiplied and the plants have grown much faster than when treated the usual way. This method has also given good results with berry bushes and shrubs. However, you must take care that the grass or weeds used are still young; do not use them when they contain ripe seeds.
This green manure will make hoeing unnecessary. And since any-germinating seeds under the green cover will suffocate and die, weeds will not be able to grow.
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