Deer Attractant Seed Cover Crops For Sale In California

Hulls are purple, cowpeas are green with pinkeyes when freshly picked turning cream with dark maroon when dry. Produce pods that are six to seven inches long and purple. One of the most popular varieties preferred by Southerners.

Growing grains as a cover crop provides other options such as forage for animals or food for people. In harsher climates, cover crops can be grown in rows between the crops or as a component of rotation in your garden.

Hairy Vetch has rapid growth that makes it a good weed suppressant. Sow with or without grain, grass or field peas! When sown late summer, spring regrowth is vigorous and nitrogen-producing, for tilling in before planting the spring garden crops.

Growing grains as a cover crop provides other options such as forage for animals or food for people. In harsher climates, cover crops can be grown in rows between the crops or as a component of rotation in your garden.

A fast growing clover that can be sowed in spring, summer or fall! Mammoth Red is a popular biennial clover used for Nitrogen addition and hay crops. Large plant with big leaves makes it an ideal grazing crop.

Adapted to hot humid climates. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. Easy to grow and shell. If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant. Does well in most climates.

Exceptional for honey bees and creating green manure! Sweet clover can grow nearly anywhere under most conditions. Our favorite clover because it is more versatile than other clovers at nitrogen fixating, erosion control and attracting beneficial insects.

Mulch with clean straw or leaves to 4 inches. Plant mid-September through mid-October. Hulless" varieties can easily be cleaned by hand-threshing; other varieties may require dancing and winnowing, flailing, or mechanical threshing.

A great all purpose crop that works three ways. And if left to flower, brassicas are especially popular with beneficial insects. Growing legumes and incorporating them back into the soil increases the organic carbon content, and improves the soil fertility...

A fast growing clover that can be sowed in spring, summer or fall! Medium Red Clover is fast to establish and can be grown in most soil types. Works well for hay or silage. Can be used as a cover crop between rows of vegetable crops if mowed to maintain...

Cover crops choke out weeds by restricting sunlight to the soil, stabilize the soil surface, and through their deep-reaching roots, help to break up hardpan and bring nutrients to the surface for other plants to utilize.

A great all purpose crop that works three ways. And if left to flower, brassicas are especially popular with beneficial insects. Growing legumes and incorporating them back into the soil increases the organic carbon content, and improves the soil fertility...

Radish (Brassica): Cool Season, broadleaf, Annual, Upright and spreading habit, Root Crop Uses: Nitrogen Scavenger, Green Manure, Forage, Organic Matter, Weed Suppression Winter kills and turns into great biomass.

Heavy yielding Southern pea great for fresh shelling. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. A “cream pea” type variety, they are generally used at the fresh shelling stage. If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant.

* Securigera varia , commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch , is a low-growing legume vine. It is native to Africa , Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control , roadside planting and...

The bush-type plants are prolific and thrive in hotter, Southern weather. A “cream pea” type variety, they are generally used at the fresh shelling stage. Heavy yielding Southern pea great for fresh shelling.

Extremely productive, it is an excellent forage as well as a green manure. Green manures can be grown in the same year as a vegetable crop, such as a cover crop of white clover planted around a cole crop.

The grass is often confused with Johnson grass . The seeds are also oily, leading to its other common name, "greasegrass". It reproduces by seed and tillers. * Tall redtop or Purple-top is a 2 1/2-7 ft.

Uses: Chicken Forage, Deer Attractant, Forage, Green Manure, Nitrogen Fixation, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression In more northern climes, an early spring plant will give high dry matter yields of excellent forage.

They can also be grown as a perennial in orchards and vineyards. Recommended seeding rate: 3-4 pounds per 1000 square feet; 70-150 pounds per acre. Glycine max This edible legume is a great nitrogen fixer during the hot summer growing season, making up...

Packet will cover from 100 to 200 square feet. Prevents erosion and helps in breaking up subsoil while providing aesthetic value to the empty garden during the winter months. Winter rye is the most popular winter cover crop.

They can also be grown as a perennial in orchards and vineyards. Recommended seeding rate: 3-4 pounds per 1000 square feet; 70-150 pounds per acre. This newly released clover is a next-level cover crop.

Cover crops choke out weeds by restricting sunlight to the soil, stabilize the soil surface, and through their deep-reaching roots, help to break up hardpan and bring nutrients to the surface for other plants to utilize.

Cereal grains and grasses grow very quickly and provide quick ground cover. A terrific green manure as it fixes up to 170 pounds of nitrogen per acre and attracts beneficial insects.

Can reach up to 5 feet! Cereal Rye (Secale cereale L.): Cool season, grass, Annual or perennial, Upright plant growth, Crude protein: straw 4%, grain 14%, C:N ratio: 40-48, Self pollinator (wind) Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger,...

In mild climates (zones 6 and above), cover crops can be fall planted and tilled in the following spring just before planting. They can also be grown as a perennial in orchards and vineyards.