{"id":11830,"date":"2025-05-16T10:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T09:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danubagarden.hu\/?p=11830"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T09:38:40","slug":"our-masterpiece-cimere-mulch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danubagarden.hu\/en\/our-masterpiece-cimere-mulch\/","title":{"rendered":"The power and importance of cover crops!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have been taught that soil is beautiful when it is black and weed-free. However, when soil is left alone, nature begins to reclaim it. The first plants appear, many say weeds \ud83d\ude01 and after a few years the shrubs emerge and the final plant community is a wooded forest. But why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10 reasons why plants cover the soil and you should too:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. The problem is no longer the winter cold, but the summer heat. It's when we humans retreat into the shade or put on a hat or a cap. The soil should also be covered with plants to protect against the heat<\/strong><\/a>, as the temperature of a covered soil is 5-10 degrees lower and does not heat up as much. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Less and less often, but then great amount of precipitation <\/strong>is falling down these days. And if your area is even a little bit sloped. carry soil from the upper parts to the lower areas<\/strong>. This damaging \"soil migration\" can also be blocked if there is a plant on it that slows down the flow of water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. If there is a plant in our area, it must be the root from deep<\/strong> also able to pick up the nutrients<\/strong>, and those uploaded by<\/strong> to the parts above ground. When the above-ground part of the plant dies, it leaves behind nutrient-rich organic matter. This way we can reduce the amount of fertiliser we use!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. If you have plants in your area all the time, they its dead root system leaves behind tunnels, cavities<\/strong>in which water and air, as well as small animals such as worms, can move. Turbo-charge the soil \"road network\" with dead root networks!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    5. If you cover your soil with plants all year round, you will have sequestering greenhouse carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air and converting it into humus and oxygen with plants<\/strong>! Do more to make the planet a better place to live!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    6. A dead remains of cover crops<\/strong> (especially from the root) in 1-2 years humus can be formed<\/strong>! Humus is the most valuable part of the soil! Why not increase its quantity? 1 kg of humus can absorb 100 kg of water. We can also protect ourselves against drought by storing more water in the soil!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    7. If they are among the cover crops butterfly plants<\/strong>, then they are nitrogen in the air<\/strong> with the bacteria living in them concluded<\/strong>, and incorporate them into their bodies. When these butterfly plants die, they leave behind nitrogen-rich soil. So no nitrogen fertiliser needs to be applied! In Danuba 10M, the butterfly ratio is above 60% \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Purple clover in the 10M mulch<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    8. Ha a wide variety of cover crops <\/strong>we use, then increase the<\/strong> Soil<\/strong>diversity, and thus its vitality<\/strong>. The more variety you have in your area, the healthier it will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    9. If you are very intense rain<\/strong>, then the capable of destroying the soil with large \"punches\"<\/strong>structure. Our soil is being eroded. If we cover it with plants, it will slow down the intense rain, tame it, so that only the positive water-replenishing effect can take place.
    Where plants with a strong fragrance<\/strong> are also used for ground cover, they can repel insects<\/strong>, protecting our plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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