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    Experience with Alfalfa overwinter in clay soil?

    Hello

    Has any got any experience with growing alfalfa overwinter in clay soil? I see from the green manure websites it doesn't like "wet soil". I would like to grow it for the amount of compost I could create from it and supress any couch grass. The other half of the plot (100 sqm) would halved between winter tares and forage pea.
    Last edited by zazen999; 02-05-2009, 05:59 AM.
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    I've never grown Alfalfa on my clay soil, but winter Tares don't do well on it. Field beans - basically a broad bean - do better, fix nitrogen and make a massive amount, of top growth though
    Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.

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      Alfalfa does well on my sandy soil.
      However, like most green manures I've tried, it;s really slow growing over autumn and winter (when you want it to be covering the ground) but takes off like a rocket in April.

      I now grow limnanthes as my green manure - it overwinters well, supresses weeds and is easy to hoe off for composting.
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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