‘The best time to sow green manures is late summer to early autumn – sometimes even early spring,’ says Mark. ‘This is so they can grow quickly and enrich the soil before winter arrives, helping to ...

Long before the advent of synthetic plant foods, farmers had only two ways to make their fields more fertile. One method was to spread manure from livestock, which proved a labor-intensive method that ...

In addition to providing all the other benefits of a cover crop, crimson clover supplies plants with nitrogen. (8mitsu) No one wants to think of harvest's end as the garden reaches peak, but now's the ...

Interest in developing more sustainable cropping systems has led to renewed interest in legumes as N sources for crops. We conducted a 2-year study to compare the effects of green manure, green manure ...

Outdoor cannabis gardens lie at the mercy of the elements, and risk contaminating their surrounding environment with fertilizers and herbicides. Before you use chemicals on the farm, make sure to take ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the recent past considerable attention is paid to minimize dependence on purchased inputs such as inorganic nitrogen fertilizer. Green ...

Like humans, plants can burn if they receive too much sunlight. This is an Inside Science story. Forget showing your true colors -- plants are green precisely because they don't appreciate the type of ...

From large trees in the Amazon jungle to houseplants to seaweed in the ocean, green is the color that reigns over the plant kingdom. Why green—and not blue or magenta or gray? The simple answer is ...