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companions for my cabbages
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:37 pm
by cabbage head
hello,
Has anyone used red or white clover sown between cabbage rows to add nitrogen and to cover bear ground to subpress weeds .
Red Cabbage .
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:59 am
by Chantal
The trouble I have getting clover out from where it's not wanted on my plot convinces me that I certainly wouldn't plant it deliberately.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:13 pm
by richard p
its a pretty flower and fixes N so why not allow it to spread as groundcover to suppress other weeds and just remove it where its in the way of planting something? perhaps ill try it on a couple of beds and see what happens
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:39 pm
by vivie veg
I intend to use clover as ground cover between plants this year and have bought 3 different ones from CHASE Organics to try out and see which is best.
I will leave the clover to grow all year round and close mow it before planting out brassicas and other large plants (courgettes, sweetcorn etc).
I'll report later in the year!