Rye is a cereal that can reach 1.40m high and is very resistant to cold. These cereals have a beneficial effect on the soil by fertilizing it, improving its structure, increasing microbial life and controlling weeds.
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Rye is a cereal that can reach 1.40m high and is very resistant to cold. These cereals have a beneficial effect on the soil by fertilizing it, improving its structure, increasing microbial life and controlling weeds.
Family : Poaceae (Grasses)
Latin name : Secale cereale L.
Genus type : reproducible seeds
Weight : 75 g
Sowing and harvesting schedule :
Soil maintenance: very good ground cover, suitable for poor and heavy soils but will appreciate a decompacted soil.
Exposure: sunny.
Sowing : 2 cm deep, in a row, with one seed every 5 cm.
Emergence rapid development.
Watering: water until emergence
Use: growing rye as a green manure will improve the structure of your soil thanks to its large and powerful root development and will limit the growth of weeds.
Its very high stems can reach 1,60m, they constitute an excellent ground cover, rich in carbon.
Origin: grass native to Asia, used since the Middle Ages in Europe for its bread-making grains.