Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat

Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: bedwell on February 20, 2013, 22:22

Title: rotavating
Post by: bedwell on February 20, 2013, 22:22

New to this forum! Hello

I sowed green manure in the autumn.Most has come up with a fair bit of couch grass too. When should I rotavate?
And...is it better to make raised beds....I feel it looks abit artificial! When I had my own veg garden,I never did that.....

Title: Re: rotavating
Post by: Sparkyrog on February 20, 2013, 22:26

Do Not Rotavate if you have couch grass or you will have a lot more of it !

Title: Re: rotavating
Post by: jezza on February 20, 2013, 23:24

dont rotavate if its couch grass  you dont say what type of green manure you used RYE grass looks like couch grass if its ryegrass trim down then rotavate a couple of inches deep to get akill then rotavate to 6inches to bury green manure   jezza