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| Cover Crops
at a Glance |
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Seeding Rate* |
Organic
Matter produced/acre |
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Cat # |
Description |
Planting Time** |
#/1000ft2 |
#/acre |
Best Uses*** |
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| Grasses
and Grains |
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| 8001-3 | Kentucky Bluegrass | LSp or LSu | 1-11/2# |
45-65# |
lawn | |
1/4# |
12-14# |
pasture | ||||
| 8006-8 | Barolex Tall Fescue | Sp or F | 3/4# |
30# |
pasture | 8,000-12,000# |
| 8011-3 | Red Fescue | LSu | 2-3# |
100-130# |
lawn, pasture | |
| 8016-8 | Festulolium | Sp | 1# |
35-45# |
pasture, hay | 6,000# |
| 8021-8 | Orchard Grass | ESp, LS or W | 1/4# |
10-14# |
pasture, hay | 2,000-5,000# |
| 8031-3 | Annual Ryegrass | ESp, LS | 1/2 -1# |
14-35# |
pasture, soil builder, weed control, erosion control, N trap crop | 3,300-4,000# |
| 8036-43 | Perennial Ryegrass | ES | 1/2 -1# |
14-35# |
pasture, weed control, N trap crop | 3,300-4,000# |
| 8051-3 | CR Lawn Mix | Sp or F | 3# |
140# |
lawn | |
| 8056-8 | Sorghum/Sudangrass | ESu | 1/4 -1# |
10-36# |
pasture, soil builder, weed control, pest control, N trap crop, erosion control | 4,000-5,000# |
| 8061-3 | Wapsie Valley Corn | LSp or ESu | 1/2# |
15# |
feedcorn | |
| 8071-8 | Timothy | Sp or F | 1/2# |
12-15# |
hay, pasture | 4,400# |
| 8101-3 | Barley | Sp | 1-2# |
60-90# |
hay, weed control, edible, N trap crop | 8,800# |
| 8111-3 | Japanese Buckwheat | LSp or Su | 1-3# |
35-134# |
weed control, P and Ca trap crop, edible | |
| 8116-8 | Tartary Buckwheat | Sp | 1-3# |
35-134# |
soil builder, edible | |
| 8121-3 | Japanese Millet | Sp | 3/4# |
30# |
weed control, soil builder | |
| 8126-8 | Oilseed Radish | Sp | 1/2# |
14-18# |
weed control, pest control | |
| 8136-8 | Wabasha Oats | ESp, LSu, EF | 21/2# |
110# |
soil builder, grain, weed control, erosion control | 6,000-8,000# spring 2,000-4,000# fall |
| 8141 | Buff Oats | ESp, F | 2# |
80# |
soil builder, weed control, edible | |
| 8146-8 | Winter Rye | LSu, F | 1-5# |
60-200# |
soil builder, weed control, trap crop, edible, erosion control | 3,000-4,000# |
| 8156-8 | Spelt | F | 2# |
80-100# |
edible | 100-125 bales of straw |
| 8161-3 | Spring Wheat | ESp | 2-3# |
100-120# |
soil builder, edible | |
| 8166-8 | Winter Wheat | LSu or F | 2# |
75# |
soil builder, control weeds, edible | |
| Legumes &
Clovers |
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| 8201-4 | Alfalfa | Sp or F | 1/2# |
15-20# |
hay, pasture, N-fixer, soil builder | 2,000-4,000# |
| 8216-8 | Austrian Winter Pea | Esp or F | 1-3# |
70-120# |
N-fixer, soil builder, weed control | 3,000-4,000# |
| 8221-3 | Field Pea | ESp | 2-5# |
100-220# |
pasture, hay, N-fixer, soil builder, weed control | 5,100# |
| 8231-3 | Hairy Vetch | F | 1/2 -1# |
20-40# |
N-fixer, soil builder | 3,000-4,000# |
| 8251-3 | PVO Mix | ESp | 5# |
212# |
soil builder | 8,000# |
| 8261-3 | Vetch/Rye Mix | F | 2# |
90# |
N-fixer, soil builder, weed control | 3,000-4,000# |
| 8276-8 | Soybeans | LSp or ESu | 11/2# |
60-70# |
N-fixer, soil builder, feed, weed control | |
| 8301-9 | Crimson Clover | Sp | 1/4-1# |
9-40# |
pasture, hay, N-fixer, soil builder, weed control | 2,500-3,000# |
| 8316-9 | Mammoth Red Clover | Sp, F or W | 1/4-1/2# |
7-18# |
N-fixer, hay, pasture, soil builder | 4,500# |
| 8321-4 | Medium Red Clover | Sp, F or W | 1/4-1/2# |
7-18# |
N-fixer, hay, pasture, soil builder | 4,000-6,000# |
| 8331-4 | Dutch White Clover | Sp or F | 1/4-1/2# |
6-14# |
lawn, N-fixer, soil builder | little |
| 8336-9 | Alice White Clover | F or W | 1/4# |
2-4# |
pasture, N-fixer, soil builder | |
| 8341-4 | NZ White Clover | Sp or F | 1/4-1/2# |
6-14# |
N-fixer, soil builder | little |
| 8351-4 | Yellow Sweet Clover | Sp | 1/4-1/2# |
9-20# |
pasture, N-fixer, soil builder | 7,500# |
| *Seeding rates vary depending on use and method of seeding. | ||||||
| **Sp=Spring; ESp=Early spring; LSp=late spring; Su=summer; ESu=early summer; LSu=late summer; EF=early fall; F=fall; W=frost seeding in winter. | ||||||
| ***edible=produces a grain or bean
suitable for human consumption erosion control=roots hold soil well hay=maintains nutritional quality when dried lawn=suitable for heavy traffic areas, withstands mowing N-fixer=green manure legume makes nitrogen available to subsequent crops when tilled into soil pasture=superior nutrition and yield, withstands grazing pest control=reduces insect, disease, or nematode pressure soil builder=green manure, produces high levels of organic matter and improves soil structure trap crop=scavenges nutrients from soil, making them available to subsequent crops weed control=physically out-competes or chemically inhibits weeds |
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Fedco Seeds, PO Box 520, Waterville, ME 04903
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Fedco Seeds Inc.
November 13, 2007
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