What is this?

[john9159]

I am about to clear a vacant plot at my allotments and found the previous tenant sowed some seeds in rows of this which grows to about 2ft, can anyobne identify it please?

[Lesley Jay]

Hi John, it looks like it might be a green manure Phacelia Tanacetifolia. There is a photo on Nickys Nursery:-

Vegetable Endive, Green Manure, Huckleberry to Leek seeds Manures

[john9159]

Thank you for the information, just last week I was discussing phacelia as green manure but have never seen it.
Regards