Editing Green manure (section)

== Method of application ==
Farmers apply green manure by blending available plant discards into the soil.<ref name="Fageria-2007">{{Cite journal |last=Fageria |first=N. K. |date=2007-05-07 |title=Green Manuring in Crop Production |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/01904160701289529 |journal=Journal of Plant Nutrition |volume=30 |issue=5 |pages=691–719 |doi=10.1080/01904160701289529 |bibcode=2007JPlaN..30..691F |s2cid=93807349 |issn=0190-4167|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Farmers begin the process of green manuring by growing legumes or collecting tree/shrub clippings.   Harvesters gather the green manure crops and mix the plant material into the soil. The un-decomposed plants prepare the ground for cash crops by slowly releasing nutrients like nitrogen into the soil.<ref name="Fageria-2007" />  

Farmers may decide to add the green manure into the soil before or after cash crop planting.  This variety in planting schedules can be seen in rice farming.<ref name="Becker-1995">{{Cite journal |last1=Becker |first1=M. |last2=Ladha |first2=J. K. |last3=Ali |first3=M. |date=1995-07-01 |title=Green manure technology: Potential, usage, and limitations. A case study for lowland rice |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00032246 |journal=Plant and Soil |language=en |volume=174 |issue=1 |pages=181–194 |doi=10.1007/BF00032246 |bibcode=1995PlSoi.174..181B |s2cid=28306230 |issn=1573-5036|url-access=subscription }}</ref>