Reply To: Incorporating Lucerne green manure

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Pete

Thanks for the reply. I will pass your tips on to my friends – specifically the extra detail about chopping 15cm below ground level in order to extract enough root to minimise regrowth. It does sound a bit like hard work.

Unfortunately they have broadcast sown their lucerne, and with their larger area I don’t think they will be extracting using your method. I will try and persuade them to use a permeable black plastic mulch and be patient, but fear I will be wasting my breath. They like their cultivator too much!

Still, your input has further inspired me to try using lucern again in my own garden, so thanks once again.

CP