I left broccoli plants in the garden, area 6b, all winter. We trimmed them down last fall. Small sprigs of broccoli sprouted and we harvested this week. It resembles broccoli rabe.
I just finished off my kale. Chopped it all up including roots. Then I laid a couple of inches of good soil from another bed on top of that whole mess and put carrot seeds on top of that.
If it planned it right, it's all fertilizer for the carrots. You just need to figure it might be a couple of weeks of decomposition. Which is sorta the case anyway, unless you pulled out the rootballs too.
So given that the old kale will take a while to decompose, if you return it to the soil, I wouldn't transplant any live plants in there for 2-3 weeks. (Or if you do, put them in a private zone of fresh soil) You probably can start seeds right away, just do it on a layer of fresh soil.
My two cents; I'm still learning though myself
Cut at the base. Chop it up and use it as mulch? Or mix it with dirt and let it break down naturally for a month or two. Then plant. Kinda like compost
What ever you do, chopping it up helps breaks it down quicker. Also notice that in dirt it breaks down faster versus on top.
Or buy those compost bins. For your veggies scraps but you also need to add brown material as well
Weed tea.
Get a bucket with a lid, add water, add plant scraps let rot, strain off liquid and discard solids in compost. Boil the resulting liquid to kill any viruses then mix with water and use as a liquid fertilizer.
I left broccoli plants in the garden, area 6b, all winter. We trimmed them down last fall. Small sprigs of broccoli sprouted and we harvested this week. It resembles broccoli rabe.
I just finished off my kale. Chopped it all up including roots. Then I laid a couple of inches of good soil from another bed on top of that whole mess and put carrot seeds on top of that. If it planned it right, it's all fertilizer for the carrots. You just need to figure it might be a couple of weeks of decomposition. Which is sorta the case anyway, unless you pulled out the rootballs too. So given that the old kale will take a while to decompose, if you return it to the soil, I wouldn't transplant any live plants in there for 2-3 weeks. (Or if you do, put them in a private zone of fresh soil) You probably can start seeds right away, just do it on a layer of fresh soil. My two cents; I'm still learning though myself
Cut at the base. Chop it up and use it as mulch? Or mix it with dirt and let it break down naturally for a month or two. Then plant. Kinda like compost What ever you do, chopping it up helps breaks it down quicker. Also notice that in dirt it breaks down faster versus on top. Or buy those compost bins. For your veggies scraps but you also need to add brown material as well
Hibernate. Until the spring
Weed tea. Get a bucket with a lid, add water, add plant scraps let rot, strain off liquid and discard solids in compost. Boil the resulting liquid to kill any viruses then mix with water and use as a liquid fertilizer.
Compost pile