Uses Seed Cover Crops For Sale In Tulsa

Plant early spring to fall at 2-3 pounds per 1000 square feet; 75-125 pounds per acre. Some brassicas have a large taproot that can break through plow or rototiller pans, thus aerating the soil.

Recommended seeding rate: 1 pound per 1000 square feet; 25-40 pounds per acre. Some brassicas have a large taproot that can break through plow or rototiller pans, thus aerating the soil.

This process is called nutrient cycling. Winter wheat is an exceptional, inexpensive and fast growing cover crop that suppresses weeds and disease with its allelopathic effect. Legume cover crops are an essential component of good soil management.

If you wish to harvest the beans, let them fully mature and dry in the pod. Legume cover crops are an essential component of good soil management. These cover crops are nature's great nutrient recyclers.

Underground its branching taproots can penetrate up to 18 inches in a mere 45 days to break up hard clay and greatly improve drainage. Legume cover crops are an essential component of good soil management.

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 the soil which improves the soil's tilth.

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 the soil which improves the soil's tilth.

Cereal grains and grasses grow very quickly and provide quick ground cover. This process is called nutrient cycling. Thrives in well-drained soils with a pH above 6.0. In gardens, prepare as you would a lawn with a fine and firm seed bed.

The hairy vetch and winter rye will regrow in the spring to provide nutrients for crops to utilize. The peas, clover, and ryegrass will winter kill to provide organic matter and soil cover.

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 the soil which improves the soil's tilth.

Ideally suited for grazing and it is common to obtain 4-6 tons of dry matter per acre of this high-energy feed. Barkant turnips are an improved, early maturing, diploid turnip with a large purple tankard shaped bulb.

Soil-dwelling fungi and bacteria work to break down organic matter. Upon turning under the crop, nitrogen and other elements are released or recycled back just underneath the soil surface so the next crop can utilize the nitrogen that once was beyond...

Austrian winter pea is a low-growing, viny legume which has been shown to fix over 200 pounds of nitrogen per acre per year. Deer will graze oats all year round. Showy crimson blooms in late spring are an excellent source of nectar for bees.

Great for livestock forage, but should be grazed only when mature and never after a frost as it turns toxic. Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression

Prevents erosion and builds organic matter in the soil! Plant early to late fall; in mild climates fall through early spring. The best choice for fast, cool-season germination. Captures soil nutrients in the fall to release in spring when worked into...

Sideoats Grama is a warm-season bunchgrass that is native throughout much of North America. The ornamental and distinctive seed spikes hang from only one side of the stalk, and these make good fresh or dried cuttings.

Cereal grains and grasses grow very quickly and provide quick ground cover. This process is called nutrient cycling. The resilient plants tolerate partial shade and both wet and drought conditions.

Uses: Chicken Forage, Deer Attractant, Forage, Green Manure, Nitrogen Fixation, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression Packer forage pea is a legume for cover crops, wildlife and winter grazing! Sometimes called “Canadian field pea” is...

Jackhammer radish is a fast growing daikon radish that is a great scavenger. Starts germinating immediately and very easy to grow. Winter kills and turns into great biomass. Radish (Brassica): Cool Season, broadleaf, Annual, Upright and spreading habit,...

Egyptian Wheat is well suited for game birds, especially quail. Use: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Fixation, No Till, Weed Suppresion Can grow up to 10 feet tall. Seed will mature approximately 110 days after emergence.

A multipurpose cover crop blend that is sowed in spring! A cover crop blend is great for nitrogen fixation, adding organic matter and weed suppression. This mix will quickly improve soil to maximize the benefits of cover crops for your garden.

Texas Cream is very similarly to ‘Sadandy' but the peas are slightly larger. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. A “cream pea” type variety, they are generally used at the fresh shelling stage.

Packet will cover 300 to 400 square feet. This organic cover crop will be very successful in warmer climates, containing 70% winter grain rye and 30% field (Austrian) winter pea. The mix is a balance of rapidly growing winter rye for erosion control and...

Sunn Hemp is a fast-growing legume that produces significant quantities of biomass and fixes nitrogen into the soil witha short rotation of 60 days under optimum conditions. Excellent for Nitrogen fixation and nematode resistance.

Referred to as a “Knuckle Hull” because of the big, plump peas. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. Cowpeas are great for drying and canning. Bush type cowpea producing heavy yields of purple pods.

Use: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Weed Suppression Cool wheat grain is quick to germinate and cold tolerant! Adaptable to a wide range of soils, Winter Wheat is sown in late summer for erosion control and tilled under in...