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If you mix white clover and the vegetable seeds; it will act as a living mulch, enriching the soil, keeping the ground moist and well aerated and hold back even the strong weeds as bijvoet - Artemisia vulgaris. As with the vegetables, it is important to choose the right time to sow the clover seed. (Late summer or fall sowing is the best, the roots develop during the cold months, giving the clover a jump on the annual spring grasses. Or you can also sow early in spring. Once the clover takes hold, you do not need to sow it again or 5 or 6 years. | If you mix white clover and the vegetable seeds; it will act as a living mulch, enriching the soil, keeping the ground moist and well aerated and hold back even the strong weeds as bijvoet - Artemisia vulgaris. As with the vegetables, it is important to choose the right time to sow the clover seed. (Late summer or fall sowing is the best, the roots develop during the cold months, giving the clover a jump on the annual spring grasses. Or you can also sow early in spring. Once the clover takes hold, you do not need to sow it again or 5 or 6 years. | ||
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***White Mustard** - Gele mosterd – White Mustard -Sinapis alba (L.): Annual, have extensive roots that punch through hard subsoil, aerating the earth and adding humus as the roots die, attracts insects | ***White Mustard** - Gele mosterd – White Mustard -Sinapis alba (L.): Annual, have extensive roots that punch through hard subsoil, aerating the earth and adding humus as the roots die, attracts insects | ||
- | ***Mustard** – Mosterd - Brassica spp – | + | ***Mustard** – Mosterd - Brassica spp- : (annual) |
***Green radish** - Bladrammanas (radijs) - Raphanus sativus | ***Green radish** - Bladrammanas (radijs) - Raphanus sativus | ||
***Radish** - Radijs, Ramenas – Raphanus radius. Radished and daikon grow well in heavy soil; let them flower, and then snap them off at ground level. Each daikon will break up the clay and then rot, leaving quite an amount of organic matter in the soil | ***Radish** - Radijs, Ramenas – Raphanus radius. Radished and daikon grow well in heavy soil; let them flower, and then snap them off at ground level. Each daikon will break up the clay and then rot, leaving quite an amount of organic matter in the soil | ||
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+ | === Groundcovers acting as living mulch ==== | ||
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+ | Quick spreading plants will make a continuous living mulch: everytime you chop them down and leave the residu at its place: it will feed the ground. | ||
+ | ***Wild strawberrie ** - Bosaardbei | ||
+ | ***Comfrey** - Smeerwortel - comfries (symphytum spp):the leaves are edible, the roots are nutriënt hounds, and they produce much biomass. (they can be hacked down 5 times a year), provide trace minerals, | ||
+ | ***Carpet weed** - Zenegroen (kruipend) - Ajuga reptans L. | ||
+ | ***Lungwort** - Longkruid - Pulmonaria is de beste bodembedekker voor vochtige schaduw. | ||
+ | ***Ground Ivy** - Hondsdraf | ||
+ | ***Mints** - Munt - Mentha (L.) | ||
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=== Other green manures === | === Other green manures === | ||
- | ***Phacelia** - Phacelia - Phacelia (Juss.); is met geen ander ras verwant daarom heel geschikt – voor alle gronden geschikt – | + | ***Phacelia** - Phacelia - Phacelia (Juss.); is met geen ander ras verwant daarom heel geschikt – voor alle gronden geschikt – vorstgevoelig- trekt bijen aan – levert zeer goede humus, en is tevens een bodemonstsmetter. |
- | vorstgevoelig- trekt bijen aan – levert zeer goede humus, en is tevens een bodemonstsmetter. | + | |
***Spurreys** - Spurrie | ***Spurreys** - Spurrie | ||
***Borage (tailworth)** - Berganie - Borago officinalis | ***Borage (tailworth)** - Berganie - Borago officinalis | ||
- | ***Wild radish** - Knopherik – Raphanus raphanistrum or sativius -wilde radijs (heeft Flora) | ||
***Sunflower** - Zonnebloem - Helianthus annuus: goede combi met Boekweit | ***Sunflower** - Zonnebloem - Helianthus annuus: goede combi met Boekweit | ||
- | ***Chicory** - Wilde Chirochei - Chicorium intimus: | + | ***Chicory** - (Wilde Chirochei) - Chicorium intimus: |
***Common Chervil** - Kervel echte - Anthriscus cerefolium | ***Common Chervil** - Kervel echte - Anthriscus cerefolium | ||
- | ***Rape** - Knolraap -Brassica napus (L.) | + | |
- | -mosterdzaad | + | |
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- | Quick spreading plants will make a continuous living mulch. | ||
- | ***Wild strawberrie ** - Bosaardbei | ||
- | ***Comfrey** - Smeerwortel - comfries (symphytum spp):the leaves are edible, the roots are nutriënt hounds, and they produce much biomass. (they can be hacked down 5 times a year), provide trace minerals, | ||
- | ***Carpet weed** - Zenegroen (kruipend) - Ajuga reptans L. | ||
- | ***Lungwort** - Longkruid - Pulmonaria is de beste bodembedekker voor vochtige schaduw. | ||
- | ***Ground Ivy** - Hondsdraf | ||
- | ***Mints** - Munt - Mentha (L.) | ||
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