Green Manuring Crops
A range of green cover crop varieties and mixtures that may be categorised as spring sown for summer usage, autumn sown for over-winter usage, intercropping and longer term fertility improvement.
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White mustard has extensive root development and an impressive yield of dry matter. If not incorporated, surviving plants are usually killed by winter frosts.
- Fast and easy to establish providing rapid ground cover and weed suppression
- Rapid breakdown of organic material after incorporation releases nutrients
- Extensive root development protects soil from errosion and breaks compaction
- Cost effective solution for using with crop rotations
- Sowing rate: 15kg / ha
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Very popular for use in potato rotations to control soil borne pests and can be incorporated into moist soil to maximise biofumigation.
- Green manure crop with biofumigant properties
- Winter-hardy, easy to establish, cost effective
- Reduces wireworm and PCN populations and their effect on potatoes
- Suppresses Verticillium wilt and Sclerotinia in potato production
- Sowing Rate: 5kg / ha
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This fastest growing rye, POWERGREEN is a high yielding variety which can grow at the lower temperatures, making it ideal for late sowing or early harvests.
- Fast initial development, high tillering and high output
- Good growth in cold conditions, excellent winter hardiness
- High nitrogen uptake throughout autumn
- Sow in autumn for incorporation and use in the spring
- Sowing rate: 150kg / ha
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Green cover crops can significantly improve the output of agricultural rotations by improving the health of the soil. Certain green cover crops can also be used to help in the fight against weeds and pests, such as black-grass and beet cyst nematode.
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