Dried pea as green manure?

[powerspade]

I going to try sowing a box or two of dried peas as a green manure has anyone had any success with this idea?

[powerspade]

[w00dy]

Never tried, but its a good idea it it works, very inexpensive, you will have to et us know how you get on :)

[PurpleHeather]

Why stop as manure?

There is nothing wrong with the peas you get off them.

However, you may well find that mice will eat them before they grow.

[Digeroo]

There is nothing wrong with the peas you get off them

But if you let them get too old, they will be rather difficult to dig in, and presme you want the space for the next crop.    But a great idea I have some space with nothing in it.

I managed to grow a row of peas with a row of brocolli and then removed the peas when they finished then let the broccoli grow bigger.

[manicscousers]

we grew some of the dried peas a few years ago, make good soup  ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

But if you let them get too old, they will be rather difficult to dig in, and presme you want the space for the next crop.    

You don't need to dig them in if you don't want to. Chop off the topgrowth, which leaves the fixed nitrogen in the soil, along with the roots. Compost the tops, and use it wherever you like. You need to leave it a while if you want to get the maximum benefit from the extra nitrogen, so there's no harm in getting a crop of peas while you're about it.

[powerspade]

What I intend to do is to let the peaas run to seed. Save the seed for another cover crop, compost the tops and leave the roots in the ground. After a general tidy up I then will plant brassicas so the they can feed off the nitrogen traped by the pea roots

[Clayhithe]

We use broad beans as green manure.
As soon as a crop is taken out I plant broad beans.
At any time I cut off the tops and compost them,  leaving the roots in the ground (which is what Robert said)
and replace them with a new crop.
Or I let them grow on and eat the beans.

But always leave the roots in the ground.