Crops on the site of winter rye as crop rotation component, it was applied still by peasants in Russia. Winter rye always joined in crops that the earth has had a rest, has got healthier and it was ready to new harvests.
Time to sow winter rye
Without exaggeration, it is possible to call rye the hospital attendant of the soil. This culture clears the earth of weeds, harmful microorganisms and napityvat it useful substances. The fertility of the soil after crops of winter rye significantly increases. This real green fertilizer which is much better and more effective than any chemistry. That the rye as the siderat has brought the greatest effect, it is necessary to sow it in time as after the rye grows, it is necessary to do number of operations with it.
Usually winter rye is sowed from the middle of August. If the harvest of the previous culture on the site intended to ozdoravlivaniye is not removed yet, it is allowed to seed rye at the beginning of September, but by no means not later. This culture grows not quickly, and it needs time that before arrival of frosts to raskustitsya. Than to the north the area, those need to sow rye earlier. Prior to the beginning of steady frosts culture has to grow at least 20 centimeters high. If you seed rye late and she will not manage to raskustitsya, winter it will leave weakened, and the advantage of it will not be in the spring. Therefore as soon as room from the previous culture is made, it is necessary to start crops urgently.
Crops and cleaning
Bed on which it is harvested and the remains of tops of vegetable are collected, it is necessary to prorykhlit, level and scatter carefully on it seeds evenly. In small squares to sow culture ranks there is no sense though on fields the rye is sowed in such a way through 20 centimeters. At crops continuous dispersion you will have less weeds, than at crops by ranks. Crops need to be harrowed rake so that has covered seeds with five-centimetric layer of the friable soil. Crops are recommended to be covered with film from birds. In about ten days the film can be removed. Norm of seeds on hundred part - about two kg. In the spring rye, having had a rest under snow, begins to gather green material actively. But not only what grows on surface this is valuable siderat. Underground the rye has the mass of roots which get from depth of the soil of compound of nutrients. All these connections also contain in green material. It needs only to be mown in the spring and to dig to the soil. On one m² about 3 kg of green material are necessary. It is equivalent of average norm of manure which needs to be brought for increase in fertility of the soil. It is necessary to mow and dig in winter rye in the spring in two weeks prior to crops of seeds of the main cultures as the siderat needs time partially to decay, and the soil – partially to settle. Dig in mowed rye superficially, on 5 centimeters. If weather without rains, the bed needs to be watered after that that process of decomposition of green material has gone quicker.