With nylon mesh bags, the decomposition and nutrients release characteristics of two kinds of green manure crops, February orchid （Orychophragmus violaceus） and Hair Vetch （Vicia villosa Roth）, were investigated in this study. The results showed that these two kinds of green manure crops were decomposed rapidly in the first 14 days, and then decomposed slowly. After 80 days of incubation, the decomposition rates of February orchid and Hair Vetch were 66.92% and 63.12%, respectively. Different nutrients had different release rates from the green manures. Nitrogen （N） and potassium （K） were released rapidly in the initial 7 days, and phosphorus （P） was released steadily in the 80 days of incubation. In the two kinds of green manures, the release rates all ranked as K＇s〉N＇s〉P＇s. The release rates of nutrients, especially P （P〈0.05）, of February orchid were higher than those of Hair Vetch.
