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Gardener chops self-seeded butterfly pea biomass to feed fall crops
Original: Beautiful # biomass . This jumble of butterfly pea and Jewels of Opar that propagated itself over the summer is going to
A gardener is preparing to cut down a self-seeded patch of butterfly pea and Jewels of Opar that spread over the summer, chopping and dropping the material to feed fall plantings of greens, peas, pumpkins and tomatoes. Butterfly pea is noted as a heavy nitrogen fixer, making the volunteer growth valuable free fertiliser for the autumn vegetable bed.
Why now: Home gardeners are sharing permaculture techniques for using self-seeded biomass as seasonal soil enrichment.
Evidence
- Beautiful # biomass . This jumble of butterfly pea and Jewels of Opar that propagated itself over the summer is going to get chopped and dropped to support the growth of greens, peas, pumpkins and tomatoes over the fall season. Butterfly pea is a heavy nitrogen fixer and the #… · PermaSolarPotter@mastodon.green · 24
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