Yellow Melilot 250 m² - Green Manure
Yellow Melilot 250 m² - Green Manure
Yellow Melilot 250 m² - Green Manure
Melilotus officinalis
Yellow sweet clover, common melilot, ribbed melilot
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This plant carries a 6 months recovery warranty
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We guarantee the quality of our plants for a full growing cycle, and will replace at our expense any plant that fails to recover under normal climatic and planting conditions.
Description
The Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis) is a biennial legume, used as green manure and known for its medicinal properties against vein problems. It is a herbaceous plant that attracts bees, offering small yellow flowers in clusters during the summer. This green manure will help to loosen the soil, limit weed growth, and combat soil leaching or rain compaction. Like all legumes, sweet clover fixes atmospheric nitrogen and enriches the soil if cut and left in place as mulch. Sowing from May to September.
The Yellow Sweet Clover belongs to the Fabaceae family (formerly legumes). It is frequently found in meadows or along roadsides and is used as green manure in vegetable gardens. It is a plant with upright stems and leaves with 3 leaflets. Sweet clover blooms throughout the summer, with numerous small yellow flowers in elongated clusters that transform into brown ovoid pods. Its root system is powerful. This plant contains flavonoids and coumarin derivatives, used in herbal medicine to treat vein disorders.
Widely used in organically cultivated gardens, green manures like sweet clover have numerous advantages. They nourish and improve the soil by providing various nutrients and stimulating soil microbial life. Their roots will loosen, break up, and aerate the soil. Additionally, the presence of a vegetative cover protects the soil from leaching (nutrient loss in sandy soil), rain compaction (formation of a crust in loamy soil), and erosion (caused by runoff in steep terrain during heavy rain). This vegetative cover also helps limit weed growth by preventing the growth of unwanted grasses. Finally, green manures are often attractive to bees and help attract pollinators.
Green manures are sown on uncultivated plots or intercalary plots, between rows of vegetables. They are either naturally destroyed by frost or cut before seed formation. Once destroyed, they can be left in place as mulch, crushed and incorporated into the top layers of the soil, or collected and added to compost.
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Botanical data
Melilotus
officinalis
Fabaceae
Yellow sweet clover, common melilot, ribbed melilot
Cultivar or hybrid
Biennial
Planting and care
Sowing is done from May to September. Melilot can be sown in all types of soil, including limestone soils.
Melilot is sown by broadcasting on loosened and cultivated soil. Cover the seeds with soil by raking, firm the soil with the back of the rake, and water with a fine spray.
Melilot does not require any specific maintenance during cultivation or watering.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.