when to cut down phacelia green manure

yoweeyahoo2 · November 2016

Afternoon everyone

I have a patch of Phacelia green manure growing in 1 of my allotment beds now.

I live in brighton so its doing ok at the moment.

Should I leave it as it is or cut it down and dig it in.

How long does it take to rot down?, its been in since July so his fairly well developed and has flowered

Im planning to cover it with a permeable membrane once ive cut it down to let the worms do their work.

Any advice gratefully received

thanks in advance

Dovefromabove · November 2016

I would have dug it in before flowering - now that it's flowered you are likely to have a lot of self-sown seedlings appear all over the bed in the spring.

I have found that phacelia is best just grown for a few weeks in the summer. Then before it flowers, you cut it down and use the top growth in the compost heap and dig the roots in.

Alternatively you can sow in September and it should over-winter without flowering, then dig it in in the spring before it flowers.

yoweeyahoo2 · November 2016

ok thanks that's really useful

so would you cutr the heads off & dig in now?

Dovefromabove · November 2016

I think so.

What do others think? Anyone?

when to cut down phacelia green manure

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