Green Manure Mix

We recommend our Green Manure Mix, a blend of oats, faba beans and vetch grown to be mulched back into the soil. It adds nitrogen, returns nutrients and improves soil structure and water retention. It suits sandy to heavy soils in 350mm+ rainfall areas and grows for roughly 6 to 8 weeks before mulching.

Our Green Manure Mix is designed for exactly this. It is a fast-growing crop of about 6 to 8 weeks before mulching, and the faba beans and vetch fix nitrogen while the oats add bulk. Sow at 50 to 75 kg/ha in areas with 350mm+ rainfall, then dig it in to feed the following crop.

A legume break helps, and our Green Manure Mix includes faba beans, which can effectively break the lifecycle of cereal root diseases like take-all and crown rot. Vetch in the mix also benefits following cereal and oilseed crops. Keep in mind the oats in the blend are a cereal, so talk to us if a pure legume break is required.

We recommend our Green Manure Mix. The oats are good at overcrowding weeds that germinate, and the dense canopy with faba beans and vetch covers bare soil. Once mulched, the residue continues to protect the surface. It suits sand through to heavy soils with 350mm+ rainfall and tolerates waterlogging.

Our Green Manure Mix is rated tolerant of waterlogging, so it suits paddocks that get wet over winter. It grows on sandy through to heavy soils in 350mm+ rainfall areas. The oats' fibrous roots help open up the soil, and the legumes add nitrogen once the crop is mulched in.

For our Green Manure Mix we recommend 50 to 75 kg/ha. It needs 350mm+ rainfall and suits sandy to heavy soils. Inoculate the legume components with the correct rhizobia so the faba beans and vetch fix nitrogen, and aim to mulch or dig it in at around 6 to 8 weeks of growth.

You can. Our Green Manure Mix can be grazed for extra feed before it is mulched back in. Keep grazing light so you still leave plenty of bulk to incorporate, because the biomass is what feeds the soil. The oats, faba beans and vetch give reasonable early feed while building soil nitrogen.

Green Manure Mix flowers at roughly July to August. The mix is designed as a fast crop of approximately 6 to 8 weeks before mulching, which is usually when it has good bulk and plenty of green leaf. Incorporating before the plants get fibrous helps the residue break down quicker and release nutrients.

Green Manure Mix is a simple three-species blend of oats, faba beans and vetch, grown quickly and dug back in to feed the soil. Cover Crop Plus Winter is a more diverse multi-species blend aimed at biodiversity, soil cover, grazing and mulching. Choose Green Manure Mix for a fast nutrient boost before a following crop.

Yes, Green Manure Mix works on small areas as well as paddocks, because the goal is the same: grow the crop, then dig it back in to improve soil structure and nutrients. It suits sandy to heavy soils and tolerates waterlogging. Rainfall or watering equal to 350mm+ over the growing period is needed.