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Rhys
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Pete

Do you have any experience of whether any green manure causes subsequent crops to grow better/slower etc?

My very limited use of phacaelia in spring (March – end May) just as a cover crop prior to planting things out in late May (no incorporation of foliage into soil when cut) suggests some things grow a bit slower afterwards, but it may just be bad luck.

I’ve put in a few field beans as a cover this autumn (all germinated well) where salads will grow next spring and am putting some more in now to take out late January before sowing peas for shoots and the like.

Any evidence that this will slow subsequent growth or is it all good?

Cheers

Rhys

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