Green Manure

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    After potatoes came out this year, dug in a load of compost and then sowed a green manure crop.
    This is now about 300mm (12") high ..

    What is best approach ... thought I would simply try and dig it in with a spade turning it over so all the crop is buried under the soil ... then leave for a couple of weeks - then run tiller over the lot. ?
     
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    What green manure crop is it? Whether you leave it til spring or dig it under now depends if its something that produces millions of seeds or not.
     
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    No personal experience, but, this article from the Guardian is interesting (here's a snippet):
     
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    Thanks ... well had the first frosts for sure. As s0on as dry enough to use tiller ... think I'll run strimmer over it first, then turn over with a spade to buy in ... leave it a week or so then run tiller over it and plant in the onions & shallots a couple of days later.
     
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