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Hairy Vetch Cover Crop Conventional & Organic
Prices start at : 9.05 USD / 1 lb

Vetches, both Hairy and Common, have a hard seed coat, so turn the crop under at or before flowering to avoid establishing another crop. Hardy down to 10°F if planted early so that it is well established before winter sets in.
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
  • ✓ Annual
Georgia
Atlanta
Miniclover Cover Crop
Prices start at : 21.95 USD / Sold Out

Deep roots break up clay and reach farther for water, keeping it green when more shallow-rooted plants suffer. As part of a long-term rotation plan, cover crops can provide a stable habitat within your garden for beneficial insects and microorganisms.
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
  • ✓ Perennial
Georgia
Atlanta
Verdant Winter Barley Cover Crop
Prices start at : 5.55 USD / Sold Out

Animals will eat lots of barley with a high sugar content and good digestibility. The winter barley we offer is the forage type, bred for the green manure benefit, animal feed and fodder—not for grain for edible consumption.
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
  • ✓ Annual
Georgia
Atlanta
Fall Green Manure Mix - Cover Crop Seed
Prices start at : 4.80 USD / 1/4 Pound

Sow at 50 lb./acre or 1 1/2 lb./1,000 sq.ft.http://www.johnnyseeds.com/farm-seed/cover-crop-mixes/fall-green-manure/fall-green-manure-mix-cover-crop-seed-2613.30.htmlThis item's size, weight, or shape may require an additional shipping surcharge based...
  • Life Cycle ID: Annual
  • Days To Maturity: Varies
  • Attracts Beneficial Insects: Yes
Georgia
Atlanta
Austrian Field Peas Cover Crop Conventional & Organic
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 lb

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.
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
  • ✓ Annual
Georgia
Atlanta
Polar Winter Triticale Cover Crop
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / Sold Out

This cold hardy, fall planted variety has a particularly huge and extensive root system, better for mining nutrients during winter, and supports a somewhat smaller top growth habit, which seems to help its cold hardiness.
  • Annual: Yes
Georgia
Atlanta
Canada Wildrye, Grain Seed
Prices start at : 128.00 USD / 5 Pounds

Provides quality forage for livestock and wildlife. 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.
  • Life Cycle: Annual
  • Form: Seed
  • Seeds Per Pound: 114,000
  • Sub Type: Rye
  • Best Time to Sow: March-October
  • Weight: N/A
Georgia
Atlanta
Peas and Oats Mix - Organic Cover Crop Seed
Prices start at : 5.85 USD / 1 Pound

Sow at 5 lb./1,000 sq.ft., or about 120-200 lb./acre. Mixed to meet our farm manager's preferred percentages of 70% peas and 30% oats. An easy choice for home gardeners. Specialized equipment, which is often needed for terminating (mowing and incorporating)...
  • Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
  • Latin Name: Varies
  • Organic Seeds, Plants, and Supplies: Yes
Georgia
Atlanta
Field Peas and Oats Blend, Blends
Prices start at : 200.00 USD / 100 Pounds

Should be sown from early spring to late summer. Cold hardy enough to grow long into the fall leaving behind a great mulch for soil protection. (75% peas / 25% oats by weight) Seed Coverage: – 5 lbs covers 2,000-4,000 sqaure feet – 100 lbs covers...
  • Sub Type: Blend
  • Breed: Open-pollinated
  • Weight: N/A
  • Size: 100 Pounds
  • Sow Depth: 1/2"
  • categories: Cover Crop
Georgia
Atlanta
Common Vetch Cover Crop
Prices start at : 5.95 USD / 1 lb

The plant's extensive root system pulls nitrogen and other minerals from deep within the soil, and stores these elements within its roots and leaf structure. Seed early in the fall or spring/summer.
  • ✓ Annual
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
Georgia
Atlanta
Piper Sudangrass, Grasses
Prices start at : 200.00 USD / 100 Pounds

Piper Sudan grass is a great catch crop for excess nitrogen. 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...
  • Seeds Per Gram: 100
  • Seeds Per Ounce: 2813
  • Botanical Name: Sorghum bicolor ssp. Drummondii
  • Weight: N/A
  • Sub Type: Sudangrass
  • Best Time to Sow: April-June
Georgia
Atlanta
Winter Rye, Grains
Prices start at : 60.00 USD / 100 Pounds

Can reach up to 5 feet! Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed suppression Captures soil nutrients in the fall to release in spring when worked into the soil.
  • Sub Type: Rye
  • Seeds Per Pound: 17200
  • Sow Depth: 1"
  • Form: Seed
  • Weight: N/A
  • Best Time to Sow: March-October
Georgia
Atlanta
Fridge™ Triticale Cover Crop
Prices start at : 5.95 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. If left to grow, winter wheat makes good forage for livestock; or if allowed to mature it can be harvested mid-summer.
  • ✓ Annual
  • ✓ Hybrid Variety
Georgia
Atlanta
FIXatioN Balansa Clover Cover Crop
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 lb

The plant's extensive root system pulls nitrogen and other minerals from deep within the soil, and stores these elements within its roots and leaf structure. Recommended seeding rate: 58 pounds per acre.
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
  • ✓ Annual
Georgia
Atlanta
Sideoats Grama, Grains
Prices start at : 120.00 USD / 5 Pounds

Recommended for meadow and prairie plantings, beds & borders, and as a component of forage mixes for livestock and wildlife. It is easy to grow and prefers full sun and moderate to dry soils.
  • Seeds Per Pound: 159,200
  • Sub Type: Oats
  • Breed: Open-pollinated
  • Life Cycle: Annual
  • categories: Cover Crop
  • Days To Maturity: 100
Georgia
Atlanta
Lacy Phacelia
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 oz

Recommended seeding rate: 3 ounces per 1,000 square feet or 7 pounds per acre. If you are interested in attracting pollinating insects to your garden or just supporting your current bee population, this is the plant for you.
  • ✓ Annual
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
Georgia
Atlanta
Groundhog Daikon Radish Cover Crop
Prices start at : 4.15 USD / 4 oz

As part of a long-term rotation plan, cover crops can provide a stable habitat within your garden for beneficial insects and microorganisms. The extra long, 10-20 inch roots of Groundhog allows it to drill down and pull huge amounts of nutrients from...
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
  • ✓ Annual
Georgia
Atlanta
Black Crowder, Cowpea Seeds
Prices start at : 8.00 USD / 1/2 Pound

Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. The green pods are easy to shell. The peas themselves have a deep purple color when first shelled which then turn black when dried. Black Crowder cowpea is a high yielding variety of long pods.
  • Days To Maturity: 75
  • Broadcast Rate per Acre: 70-120 lbs.
  • Best Time to Sow: May-August
  • Seeds Per Ounce: 150
  • categories: Cowpeas
  • Size: 1/2 Pound
Georgia
Atlanta
Jackhammer Radish, Brassicas
Prices start at : 400.00 USD / 100 Pounds

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.
  • Seeds Per Ounce: 1969
  • Dimensions: N/A
  • Life Cycle: Annual
  • Days To Maturity: 28
  • categories: Cover Crop
  • Size: 100 Pounds
Georgia
Atlanta
Mississippi Silver, Cowpea Seeds
Prices start at : 8.00 USD / 1/2 Pound

Easy to grow and shell. Does well in most climates. If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant. Adapted to hot humid climates. Pods average 6-7 ” long, and are silver colored, occasionally streaked with rose.
  • Broadcast Rate per Acre: 70-120 lbs.
  • Size: 1/2 Pound
  • Seeds Per Ounce: 150
  • Seeds Per Pound: 2400
  • Germination: 3
  • Days To Maturity: 85
Georgia
Atlanta
Indiangrass, Grass Seed
Prices start at : 180.00 USD / 5 Pounds

It can reach up to seven feet tall and is a common species of the Tallgrass Prairie. Excellent for prairie and conservation mixtures. Provides cover and food for wildlife. The beautiful, plume-like seed heads are very ornamental.
  • Size: 5 Pounds
  • Broadcast Rate per Acre: 8-14 lbs.
  • Weight: N/A
  • Life Cycle: Annual
  • Best Time to Sow: April-June
  • Botanical Name: Sorghastrum nutans
Georgia
Atlanta
Common Buckwheat, Grains
Prices start at : 135.00 USD / 100 Pounds

Accumulates phosphorus and and potassium for following crops. Establishes quickly. Frost sensitive. Improves top soil and an effective choke weed! Plant late spring to early summer.
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  • ? Weight
  • Life Cycle: Annual
  • categories: Cover Crop
  • Sub Type: Buckwheat
  • Days To Maturity: 35-70
Georgia
Atlanta
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover Cover Crop
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 lb

The rapid growth of brassicas supplies a thick ground cover that protects the soil from erosion and helps suppress weeds with a dense amount of biomass. Legume cover crops are an essential component of good soil management.
  • ✓ Biennial
  • ✓ Open Pollinated
Georgia
Atlanta
Elite, Cowpea Seeds
Prices start at : 8.00 USD / 1/2 Pound

This is one of the most productive of all the cream peas. Elite is a bush type cream southern pea that produces heavy yields of 7″ pods. If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant.

Cowpeas

    • Botanical Name: Vigna unguiculata L.
    • Dimensions: N/A
    • Packet: 1 Ounce
    • Sub Type: Cowpeas
    • Plant Height: 15-18" inches
    • categories: Cowpeas
    Georgia
    Atlanta
    Annual Ryegrass, Grasses
    Prices start at : 135.00 USD / 100 Pounds

    Over seeds well at higher rates. Ryegrass (Lolium sp.) Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression When used as a spring cover crop the grass should be killed before reaching seed formation...
    • Weight: N/A
    • Best Time to Sow: March-October
    • Form: Seed
    • Days To Maturity: 50-70
    • Seeds Per Ounce: 9606
    • Broadcast Rate per Acre: 20-30 lbs.
    Georgia
    Atlanta
    Elbon Rye, Grains
    Prices start at : 60.00 USD / 100 Pounds

    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,...
    • ? Dimensions
    • ? Weight
    • Size: 100 Pounds
    • Botanical Name: Secale cereale
    • Days To Maturity: 75
    • Life Cycle: Annual
    Georgia
    Atlanta
    Konza Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica Konza
    Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

    The mixture should not be boiled since this will release tannic acids and make the drink astringent. The fruit can also be dried and ground into a powder then mixed with corn meal and used in cakes, porridges etc.
    • Species: aromatica
    • Family: Anacardiaceae
    • Cultivar: Konza
    • Germination Test Type: cut
    • Botanical Name: Rhus aromatica Konza
    • Germination: 99%
    Georgia
    Atlanta
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