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Dig in mustard (green manure) now or later?

RubyRossRubyRoss Posts: 124
in Fruit & veg
I set mustard seeds in September and they have started to flower.

Should I dig it in now or can I wait until Spring? I'd rather have the ground covered until Spring but will dig it in if that's more beneficial.  


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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited November 2018
    The RHS advises that green manures should be dug in in spring so that they hold the soil together over winter - https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=373 

    The Belgian farmers with arable fields around our last home would plant mustard immediately after harvesting their winter wheat or barley in July/August and then plough it in just before sowing sugar beet or chicory or planting potatoes or sweetcorn the following spring.  
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  • RubyRossRubyRoss Posts: 124
    Just what I wanted to hear! Thank you
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    Totally agree with Obelixx the field next to me had barley this year and is right now covered in white mustard in flower. it'll be ploughed under when they want to sow again in the spring.
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