Fall Cover Crop Seed Mix
$3.00 – $6.00
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Cover crops are a simple, inexpensive and highly effective way to improve the quality of your soil. By planting cover crops, you can increase soil fertility and tilth, prevent soil erosion, suppress weeds and attract pollinating insects. All that, for a penny or two per square foot!
Broadcast seed in September or October on prepared soil. Lightly cover or rake in, and water well. Seeds will germinate and grow in the fall, and continue to grow more slowly thru the winter. In the spring, before planting vegetable crops, the cover crops can be turned into the soil, or removed and composted or used as mulch.
Our 3 seed mix contains Austrian winter peas, winter rye, and crimson clover. The 5 seed mix also includes mustard greens for its soil-cleansing properties and daikon radish for loosening heavy clay soil. I have seen our heavy clay soil transformed into loose, loamy soil simply by planting and incorporating cover crops every fall over a period of several years – it’s made me a true believer!
Small packet for $3, covers 100 sq. ft
Large packet for $6, covers 500 sq. ft.
Give back to your soil, and your soil will give back to you!