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Banner Fava Cover Crop
Prices start at : 6.95 USD / 1 lb

Some brassicas have a large taproot that can break through plow or rototiller pans, thus aerating the soil. When these soil microorganisms eat organic matter, nutrients are released back into the soil in a form that is usable by plants.
  • ✓ Annual
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Polar Winter Triticale Cover Crop
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / Sold Out

Growing legumes and incorporating them back into the soil increases the organic carbon content, and improves the soil fertility and water holding capacity of the soil. Upon turning under the crop, nitrogen and other elements are released or recycled back...
  • Annual: Yes
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Cover Crop, Warm Climate
★★★★★
Prices start at : 4.99 USD / 1 Pkt. (1/4 lb.)

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 weed suppression plus Austrian winter pea...
  • Spread: 10-12 inches
  • Sun: Full Sun
  • Life Cycle: Annual
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Deer Attractant Food Plot, Blends
Prices start at : 5.00 USD / Austrian Winter Pea

Barkant turnips have a high leaf to stem ratio and and provide very high contentrations of protein, sugar content and leaf yields. Barkant Turnips are ideally suited for wildlife. Austrian winter pea is a low-growing, viny legume which has been shown...
  • Size: Austrian Winter Pea
  • Broadcast Rate per Acre: 50-100 lbs.
  • Form: Seed
  • Days To Maturity: 35
  • Sub Type: Blend
  • Life Cycle: Annual
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Hairy Vetch Cover Crop Conventional & Organic
Prices start at : 9.05 USD / 1 lb

We strive to offer varieties that give gardeners flexibility on how to best utilize the crop: for food, forage, or green manure. Spring arrival brings re-growth that can be turned under as a green manure.
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
  • ✓ Annual
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Buckwheat
★★★★★
Prices start at : 3.45 USD

A fast growing, short season annual, Buckwheat ( Fagopyrum esculentum ) is used as a warm-season cover crop. Use to add valuable organic matter to the soil, prevent erosion, discourage weeds, attract beneficial insects — ladybugs, parasitic wasps and...
  • brand: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
FIXatioN Balansa Clover Cover Crop
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 lb

The addition of organic matter builds soil structure, which increases water absorption and nutrient-holding capacity, buffers the soil pH, and improves aeration. One of the easiest and most economical ways to improve your soil is to plant green manures,...
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
  • ✓ Annual
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Austrian Field Peas Cover Crop Conventional & Organic
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 lb

Some brassicas have a large taproot that can break through plow or rototiller pans, thus aerating the soil. When these soil microorganisms eat organic matter, nutrients are released back into the soil in a form that is usable by plants.
  • ✓ Annual
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Peas and Oats Mix - Organic Cover Crop Seed
Prices start at : 5.85 USD / 1 Pound

Mixed to meet our farm manager's preferred percentages of 70% peas and 30% oats. Both will winter kill in northern areas if oats are not allowed to re-seed. An easy choice for home gardeners.
  • Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
  • Organic Seeds, Plants, and Supplies: Yes
  • Life Cycle ID: Annual
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Winter Wheat Cover Crop
Prices start at : 5.55 USD / 1 lb

A great all purpose crop that works three ways. Legume cover crops are an essential component of good soil management. Cereal grains and grasses grow very quickly and provide quick ground cover.
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
  • ✓ Annual
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Piper Sudangrass, Grasses
Prices start at : 200.00 USD / 100 Pounds

Produces heavy amounts of organic matter and suppresses weeds. Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression Great for livestock forage, but should be grazed only when mature and never after...
  • Sub Type: Sudangrass
  • Broadcast Rate per Acre: 30-40 lbs.
  • categories: Cover Crop
  • Seeds Per Gram: 100
  • Botanical Name: Sorghum bicolor ssp. Drummondii
  • Form: Seed
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Soybean Cover Crop Conventional & Organic
Prices start at : 6.45 USD / 1 lb

The addition of organic matter builds soil structure, which increases water absorption and nutrient-holding capacity, buffers the soil pH, and improves aeration. One of the easiest and most economical ways to improve your soil is to plant green manures,...
  • ✓ Annual
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Secada Forage Pea, Legumes
Prices start at : 135.00 USD / 100 Pounds

In more northern climes, an early spring plant will give high dry matter yields of excellent forage. A relatively new forage pea that has a wide range of applications! Secada forage pea is highly palatable, self-climbing, with high dry matter yields.
  • Sub Type: Field Peas
  • Botanical Name: Pisum sativum
  • Seeds Per Gram: 7
  • Dimensions: N/A
  • Days To Maturity: 50-70
  • Best Time to Sow: March-April, September-October
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Berseem Clover Cover Crop
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 lb

Recommended seeding rate: 3-4 pounds per 1000 square feet; 70-150 pounds per acre. In harsher climates, cover crops can be grown in rows between the crops or as a component of rotation in your garden.
  • ✓ Annual
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Canada Wildrye, Grain Seed
Prices start at : 128.00 USD / 5 Pounds

It tends to be short-lived but provides quick stabilization for erosion control seedings, and it makes a good, early successional component of prairie mixtures. This cool-season bunchgrass can be found throughout Canada and the U.S. except in the southeastern...
  • categories: Cover Crop
  • Sow Depth: 1/4"
  • Seeds Per Ounce: 7125
  • Size: 5 Pounds
  • Breed: Open-pollinated
  • Form: Seed
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Yamhill Soft White Winter Wheat Cover Crop
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 lb

Recommended seeding rate: 3-4 pounds per 1000 square feet; 70-150 pounds per acre. Plant mid-September through mid-October. For the smaller-scale grower, broadcast the seed over the surface of the soil and rake in to ensure good soil contact.
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
  • ✓ Annual
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Creeping Red Fescue, Red Fescue Festuca rubra
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Festuca rubra is a species of grass known by the common name red fescue . Shade tolerant and sod forming. * A herbaceous, perennial grass, very winter hardy, provides wildlife habitat, erosion control and ground cover.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Botanical Name: Festuca rubra
  • Germination: 94%
  • Collection Locale: China
  • Genus: Festuca
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 870
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Miniclover Cover Crop
Prices start at : 21.95 USD / Sold Out

Growing legumes and incorporating them back into the soil increases the organic carbon content, and improves the soil fertility and water holding capacity of the soil. Upon turning under the crop, nitrogen and other elements are released or recycled back...
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
  • ✓ Perennial
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mammoth Red Clover Cover Crop Organic
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 lb Organic

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. Pre-inoculated. These cover crops are nature's great nutrient recyclers.
  • ✓ Biennial
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Lady, Cowpea Seeds
Prices start at : 8.00 USD / 1/2 Pound

The smallest and most tender Southern pea on the market. Lady cowpea is a popular and hard to find southern pea. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. This cowpea is excellent freshly cooked and very tender.

Cowpeas

    • Zones: 3
    • Sub Type: Cowpeas
    • categories: Cowpeas
    • Form: Seed
    • Packet: 1 Ounce
    • Size: 1/2 Pound
    Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia
    Pinkeye Purple Hull, Cowpea Seeds
    Prices start at : 8.00 USD / 1/2 Pound

    One of the most popular varieties preferred by Southerners. If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant. Produce pods that are six to seven inches long and purple.
    • Days To Maturity: 70
    • Broadcast Rate per Acre: 70-120 lbs.
    • Germination: 3
    • Seeds Per Gram: 5
    • Form: Seed
    • Seeds Per Pound: 2400
    Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia
    Zipper Cream, Cowpea Seeds
    Prices start at : 8.00 USD / 1/2 Pound

    • Botanical Name: Vigna unguiculata L.
    • Seeds Per Gram: 8
    • Best Time to Sow: May-August
    • Seeds Per Pound: 3600
    • Germination: 3
    • Packet: 1 Ounce
    Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia
    Nutra Blend Cover Crop
    Prices start at : 7.75 USD / 1 lb

    For soil improving, it provides nearly 30 wet tons per acre of heavy organic matter for the soil while fixing nitrogen. Cover crops choke out weeds by restricting sunlight to the soil, stabilize the soil surface, and through their deep-reaching roots,...
    • ✓ Open Pollinated
    • ✓ Annual
    Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia
    Lacy Phacelia
    Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 oz

    Will readily re-seed if not dead-headed, and winter kills at 20°F. At our farm, we have found that this crop conditions the top few inches of soil better than almost any other cover crop we've grown.
    • ✓ Open Pollinated
    • ✓ Annual
    Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia
    Sideoats Grama, Grains
    Prices start at : 120.00 USD / 5 Pounds

    It is easy to grow and prefers full sun and moderate to dry soils. Sideoats Grama is a warm-season bunchgrass that is native throughout much of North America. Recommended for meadow and prairie plantings, beds & borders, and as a component of forage mixes...
    • categories: Cover Crop
    • Life Cycle: Annual
    • Days To Maturity: 100
    • Sub Type: Oats
    • Sow Depth: 1/8"
    • Seeds Per Ounce: 9950
    Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia
    Cover Crop, Winter Rye Organic
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 4.99 USD / 1 Pkt. (1/4 lb.)

    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. Packet will cover from 100 to 200 square feet.
    • Life Cycle: Annual
    • Spread: 10-12 inches
    • Height: 48-60 inches
    Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia
    Egyptian Wheat, Grains
    Price : CALL

    A tall growing wheat that is great cover for game birds! Egyptian Wheat is a tall growing wheat that bears loose seed heads containing an abundance of seed. Egyptian Wheat is well suited for game birds, especially quail.
    • Form: Seed
    • Days To Maturity: 80
    • Breed: Open-pollinated
    • Seeds Per Gram: 35
    • Seeds Per Ounce: 994
    • Sub Type: Wheat
    Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia
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