Red Clover Cover Crop

Most garden soils can be maintained at their highest level of productivity by sound soil management practices that involve a combination of soil tillage, crop rotation, and most importantly, the addition of organic matter through green manures.

Most garden soils can be maintained at their highest level of productivity by sound soil management practices that involve a combination of soil tillage, crop rotation, and most importantly, the addition of organic matter through green manures.

Sow spring to late summer. 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. When these soil microorganisms eat organic matter, nutrients are released back into the soil in...

They can also be grown as a perennial in orchards and vineyards. Winter wheat is an exceptional, inexpensive and fast growing cover crop that suppresses weeds and disease with its allelopathic effect.

They can also be grown as a perennial in orchards and vineyards. Winter wheat is an exceptional, inexpensive and fast growing cover crop that suppresses weeds and disease with its allelopathic effect.

Growing grains as a cover crop provides other options such as forage for animals or food for people. This exceptionally resilient variety is tolerant of drought, heat, cold, shade, acidic soils, and wet soil (including short durations of flooding).

For maximum nitrogen yields, legumes should be incorporated into the soil at peak bloom. Other brassica species release chemical compounds that may be toxic to soil borne pathogens and pests such as nematodes, symphylans, and even some weeds.

Growing grains as a cover crop provides other options such as forage for animals or food for people. Sow 1/4-1/2 inch deep spring, summer, or fall. Spring arrival brings re-growth that can be turned under 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. In harsher climates, cover crops can be grown in rows between the crops or as a component of rotation in your garden.

Sow spring to summer. 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. When these soil microorganisms eat organic matter, nutrients are released back into the soil in a form...

For maximum nitrogen yields, legumes should be incorporated into the soil at peak bloom. Organic matter is the food component of soil. Winter wheat is an exceptional, inexpensive and fast growing cover crop that suppresses weeds and disease with its allelopathic...

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. In harsher climates, cover crops can be grown in rows between the crops or as a component of rotation in your garden.

Vetches, both Hairy and Common, have a hard seed coat, so turn the crop under at or before flowering to avoid establishing another crop. Green manures can be grown in the same year as a vegetable crop, such as a cover crop of white clover planted around...

We strive to offer varieties that give gardeners flexibility on how to best utilize the crop: for food, forage, or green manure. Once planted in late summer, the radishes are not harvested or turned under, but left to die off in the winter and decay to...

Growing grains as a cover crop provides other options such as forage for animals or food for people. Sow spring to summer. Spring arrival brings re-growth that can be turned under as a green manure.

For maximum nitrogen yields, legumes should be incorporated into the soil at peak bloom. Other brassica species release chemical compounds that may be toxic to soil borne pathogens and pests such as nematodes, symphylans, and even some weeds.

For maximum nitrogen yields, legumes should be incorporated into the soil at peak bloom. Organic matter is the food component of soil. Winter wheat is an exceptional, inexpensive and fast growing cover crop that suppresses weeds and disease with its allelopathic...

Growing grains as a cover crop provides other options such as forage for animals or food for people. It tolerates light mowing or grazing. Spring arrival brings re-growth that can be turned under as a green manure.

For maximum nitrogen yields, legumes should be incorporated into the soil at peak bloom. Other brassica species release chemical compounds that may be toxic to soil borne pathogens and pests such as nematodes, symphylans, and even some weeds.

Most garden soils can be maintained at their highest level of productivity by sound soil management practices that involve a combination of soil tillage, crop rotation, and most importantly, the addition of organic matter through green manures.

Store in airtight containers in a cool, dry location. Timing the harvest to ensure optimal moisture level reduces loss to shatter or grain resprouting—seed heads should be dry and resist denting by fingernail (ideal moisture content is 13% or less).

Hairy Vetch works well for nitrogen fixation while Rye adds organic matter and protects the less hardy vetch from winter damage. Cut right after it flowers and spring and till into soil.

They can also be grown as a perennial in orchards and vineyards. Winter wheat is an exceptional, inexpensive and fast growing cover crop that suppresses weeds and disease with its allelopathic effect.

Most garden soils can be maintained at their highest level of productivity by sound soil management practices that involve a combination of soil tillage, crop rotation, and most importantly, the addition of organic matter through green manures.

Spring arrival brings re-growth that can be turned under as a green manure. They can provide a tremendous amount of biomass that not only smothers weeds and prevents soil erosion, but also puts huge amounts of green matter, or green manure, back into...

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. In harsher climates, cover crops can be grown in rows between the crops or as a component of rotation in your garden.

They can also be grown as a perennial in orchards and vineyards. Winter wheat is an exceptional, inexpensive and fast growing cover crop that suppresses weeds and disease with its allelopathic effect.