Cover Crop Seed Cool Season Soil Building Mix Growing a cover crop (aka Green Manure) is a wonderful way to build soil organic matter, protect the soil against erosion, fix nitrogen, provide habitat for beneficial insects & pollinators and so much more! We typically plant cool season cover crops after harvesting the last of the summer garden which is typically in October here in Oregon.  Alternately, they can be planted as early in late winter or early spring as possible.   This mixture of cool season varieties is a proven mix that we use here on our farm and in gardens. The cereal grain Oats sprout quickly and provide a vertical scaffold for the peas and vetch to climb. The 2 peas sprout quickly and provides fast growth and coverage and abundant nitrogen fixation.  A cereal grain and legume mix can grow from 2 to 5 tons (!!!) of biomass per acre, that's 40-100 pounds for a 100 square foot area. * We regret that we are unable to ship this product internationally in amounts larger than 1 pound * Seeding rates:   75-150 pounds per acre  1/4-1/2 pound per 100 sq.ft., 5-6# for 1000 sq.ft.  A cereal grain and legume mix can grow from 2 to 5 tons (!!!) of biomass per acre, that's 40-100 pounds for a 100 square foot area. * Cool Season Soil Building Mix contains: (Cayuse Oats, Lana Vetch, Magnus Peas, Dundale Peas, Barley, Bunker Triticale) 1/5th each. Roughly 60% legume and 40% grain.  CSCCS1: 1 Pound: $7 CSCCS2: 3 pounds: $19 CSCCS3: 5 pounds: $30 At present we Also have the following seeds and hope to be adding more soon. Click the Variety to go to it's page and read more, or to buy some. * Lana Vetch * Magnus Peas - Also works for growing delicious Pea shoots as microgreens * Dunedale Peas - Also works for growing delicious Pea shoots as microgreens * Bunker Triticale (a fast growing hybrid of wheat and Rye - can be used for growing wheat grass too) * Barley, UC 937 - provides quick growth in fall and winter and supports other climbing legumes like peas and vetch. If you are interested in technical data, then here is a great research report done in Western Oregon by the USDA-NRCS: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_PLANTMATERIALS/publications/orpmcsr13282.pdf...

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Oats, Cayuse - Avena sativa A cool season annual cereal grain.  Cayuse Oats are used primarily for cover crop, green chop, hay and forage production.  It is common to mix them with legumes and other cereals.  Cayuse Oats are larger, mature later and have a larger stem than Montezuma Oats.  Cayuse oats should be planted in the Fall/Winter in California and mild climates.  In colder area they should be planted in the spring. Oats can also be grown and harvested in the green, "milk" stage for use as a medicinal tea which has benefits as a nervous system tonic. Milky oats are the oat tops harvested when they are in their milky stage, during which the oat tops release a white, milky sap when squeezed. This stage, which lasts approximately one week, occurs after the oat begins flowering and before the seed hardens and becomes the oat grain we eat as oatmeal. Tincturing the milky oats while fresh preserves their bioactive potency. Alternatively, milky oats can be dried and used as a nutritive tonic, and are a beautiful addition to tea blends. Organically Grown at Pacific Botanicals in Wilderville, Oregon  ...

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Magnus Peas  Pisum sativum These are an annual legume used to produce organic matter & nitrogen, or as forage.  They do best when mixed with cereal grains and/or legumes which they use for support to climb on with thier upward growth.  As a cover crop they break down quickly after incorperation and can produce high amounts of nitrogen, this nitrogen can be available to the subsequent crop.  Magnus Peas are not winter dormant and grow rapidly through the winter producing more biomass earlier than winter dormant type peas.  Can grow to 3-5' depending on fertility. They can get winter killed in very cold climates. Also Make Great pea shoots / microgreens for winter salads!! (See photos)  Plant at 100 pounds per acre. Or 3 pounds per 1000 sq. ft. 1 pound 3 pounds 5 pounds...

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Dunedale Peas Pisum sativum Dunedale peas are an annual legume used in cover crops to produce organic matter & nitrogen, or as forage.  They do best when mixed with cereal grains and/or legumes; they use the other plants for support to climb on with their upward growth.  As a cover crop they break down quickly after incorporation and can produce high amounts of nitrogen, this nitrogen can be available to the subsequent cash crop.  Also Make Great pea shoots / microgreens for winter salads!! (See photos) Plant at 100 pounds per acre. Or 3 pounds per 1000 sq. ft. 1/2 pound (for microgreens and shoots!): 1 pound: 3 pounds: 5 pounds: * We regret that we are unable to ship this product internationally in amounts larger than 1 pound * ...

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Vetch, Lana (Vicia villosa)  Lana woollypod Vetch is vigorous variety used for forage and hay or in cover crops to build organic matter and add high amounts of nitrogen.  Lana vetch is a winter active and early maturing vetch.  When planted in the fall it will produce most of its biomass in the winter and the early spring.  In cold climates Lana vetch should be planted in the spring. Works well with a cereal grain such as oats, barley, wheat, triticale or rye.* We regret that we are unable to ship this product internationally in amounts larger than 1 pound *  Plant at 4-=60 pounds per acre or 3-5 pounds per 1000 sq.ft....

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