Cover cropping and green manuring are good gardening practices for - TopicsExpress



          

Cover cropping and green manuring are good gardening practices for a number of reasons: they improve soil structure and fertility, increase organic matter, loosen compacted soils, reduce weeds, control erosion, and attract pollinating insects. Although the two terms are often used interchangeably, generally speaking, green manures are tilled into the soil while they are still green and growing, while cover crops are planted for ground cover, erosion prevention and nutrient retention (holding nutrients in the soil that may otherwise be leached away).
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:40:56 +0000

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