View Full Version : I planted some winter rye last year... now what?
It is in the veggie garden so I can't mow it down. When to best turn it over and how to do this?
I turn it over when the soil is dry enough to work, and before it really starts growing again. I find it takes a while to decompose. I use a pitchfork and turn it under, but I usually have to do this twice, a few weeks apart. A tiller would work too, if you have one. You just want to break up the roots from the soil enough so the plant dies and decomposes.
yes as green manure best soon as easier and will break down faster. A big help in our clay soils as a season start, plus kept first off the mark weeds down... a good idea you had last fall. :)
goldensmom
3-18-11, 9:31pm
We plant rye or buckwheat as green manure. Turn under as soon as possible so it doesn't get too tall and stringy. We till our garden with a 6' rotary tiller on the back of a tractor but any way to turn the soil will work.
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