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Sort Out Your Soil: A practical guide to green manures

{Tool} Sort Out Your Soil: A practical guide to green manures. Creator(s): Rosenfeld, Anton and Rayns, Francis. Issuing Organisation(s): Cotswold Seeds Ltd., Garden Organic.

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Document available online at: https://www.cotswoldseeds.com/files/cotswoldseeds/Sort%20Out%20Your%20Soil.pdf


Summary in the original language of the document

The booklet is a compendium of green manures species used in UK. The introduction explains the reasons why to grow green manures and the benefits they bring into the system. What follows is a guide to the choice of the species to use as green manure, with details per species (leguminous species and other species) and some comparative assessments among the species. It is focused on UK climate and farming systems but its contents can easily be used also in other temperate environments. The booklet is clear and has several photos. This tool can be used to adapt strategies for green manure to specific case.


EPrint Type:Practice tool
What problem does the tool address?:Which green manure to select
What solution does the tool offer?:Comparative assessment among the available species of green manures in UK and temperate environments.
Country:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of Practice Tool:Leaflets & guidelines
Theme:Soil quality and fertility
Keywords:arable farming, catch crop, cover crop, green manure, legumes, soil fertility
Keywords:arable farming, catch crop, cover plants, green manure, legumes, soil fertility, soil fertility
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
arable farming
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36528
English
catch crops
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29684
English
cover plants
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1936
English
green manures
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3375
English
legumes
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4255
English
soil fertility
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7170
English
soil quality
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_a9645d28
Subjects: Soil > Soil quality
Soil
Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection
Crop husbandry > Weed management
Farming Systems > Farm nutrient management
Research affiliation: European Union > Horizon 2020 > OK-Net Arable > Selected tools
European Union > Horizon 2020 > OK-Net Arable
UK > Garden Organic (HDRA)
European Union > Organic Farm Knowledge
Related Links:http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk, http://www.cotswoldseeds.com, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/30588
Project ID:ofk
Deposited By: Rasmussen, Ilse Ankjær
ID Code:30588
Deposited On:04 Jan 2017 20:28
Last Modified:02 May 2024 10:32
Document Language:English
Status:Published

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