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Green Manure : Prior to the sowing of the crop seeds , some plants like sun hemp or guar are grown and then mulched by ploughing them into the soil . These green plants thus turn into green manure which helps in enriching the soil in nitrogen and phosphorous.
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Which plant is used for green manuring in India?
sunhemp
What is green cover?
Green cover is a term usually applied to plants grown with the intention of working them into the soil,where they will decompose and add nutrients. More commonly called,"Green manuring"
What are the steps in preparation?
ploughing levelling manuring
What are the steps in soil preparation?
ploughing levelling manuring
What are the uses of manuring?
it helps to add nutrients in the soil.
What do you mean by falloowing and green manure?
Fallowing is when a field is left to remain unploughed or sown for a week or more or even a season or two. Green manuring is when a quick growing crop is grown, not for harvesting, but to be ploughed in, adding nutrients into the ground, and improving the soil texture.
Can you grow a plant only using fertilizer?
yes can as i am a super girlFor normal plant growth manuring is also required besides the use of fertilizers. In fact if proper manuring is done, use of fertilizer is optional.
What has the author Kayuki Crammer Kaizzi written?
Kayuki Crammer Kaizzi has written: 'The potential benefit of green manures and inorganic fertilizers in cereal production on contrasting soils in eastern Uganda' -- subject(s): Corn, Fertilizers, Garten Landwirtschaft, Green manuring, Landwirtschaft, Garten, OUR Brockhaus selection, Rice, Soil productivity
What are green manure and its preparation as compost?
Crops such as clover and vetch to be uprooted and incorporated into the soil as erosion-controllers, nitrogen-fixers, soil-acidifiers, weed-suppressors are green manure whose compost is prepared underground. Compost results from the natural breakdown of carbon- and nitrogen-rich organic compounds either above-ground (through aerobic composting or anaerobic landfilling) or under-ground through green-manuring.
What are the manure that you use in green manuring?
Many different things can be used for a for green manure, chicken droppings are best but make sure that they are very fresh. Leave on the soil for 3-4 weeks before planting as the fresh droppings can burn plants.AnswerA green manure is generally considered to be a green crop (frequently a legume) that a farmer grows to a stage less than maturity, then plows down into the soil to improve fertility and soil tilth. Several different species of clovers, certain kinds of peas, and even some kinds of beans all make good green manure crops.
Why do you make worm farms?
Worms play an important role in manuring the soil and providing nutrients for the plants. Worms are also known as the friends of farmers.
What is the name of the process by which humas use decomposing plants provide nutrients for living plants?
It is called manuring. A lot of attention is being paid to this process in organic farming.
