Hello. If your aim is to add nitrogen to the soil that wasn't there to start, you'll need to grow a legume (vetch, pea, bean, clover, etc). Rye won't do that alone. Try growing a legume instead or a legume/rye combo and then cut it down when mature to either lie in place as a dead mulch, till it into the soil, or add to your compost pile to later add the compost back to the garden bed. This will put nitrogen into your bed that wasn't there initially.
rake the soil over the seed for faster germination and less bird predation
rubberbeartoe 2 years ago
Hello. If your aim is to add nitrogen to the soil that wasn't there to start, you'll need to grow a legume (vetch, pea, bean, clover, etc). Rye won't do that alone. Try growing a legume instead or a legume/rye combo and then cut it down when mature to either lie in place as a dead mulch, till it into the soil, or add to your compost pile to later add the compost back to the garden bed. This will put nitrogen into your bed that wasn't there initially.
palui 2 years ago