Cover Crop Seed Blend by Eretz (8oz) - Choose Size! Willamette Valley, Oregon Grown, Non-GMO, No Fillers, No Weed Seeds.

The media could not be loaded.  I have used this mix as my cover crop for several years and it never disappoints! The red clover is my favorite and it's the prevalent plant in the spring and is so beautiful. It's full of bees right now and I love it.In mid to late October I throw it out by the handful and just leave it. I don't rake or cover it at all. Couldn't get much easier.I definitely recommend this seed mix.

I got my idea for a cover crop pretty late last fall. The company said to order and plant it anyway, and if it failed they’d reimburse the cost. I planted Oct. 27th and sprouts appeared Nov. 7th. Not all varieties sprouted, and those that did grew only a few inches before day length and temperatures weren’t palatable. But they didn’t die. Over the winter they seemed dormant. There was no hard freeze, and in late February into March they began growing again. More sprouts also appeared.By April the garden was a tangled mass of green - the vetch and pea runners tied it together, and the clover provided an old familiar purple/red hue. I grew up on a filbert farm that Dad planted in crimson clover each spring. What a sight... the mass of red spread across the orchard floor, swaying in a spring breeze. In this instance, though, The companion plants kinda hid the clover heads somewhat, so the impression wasn’t quite as glorious. I determined that when the clover heads were just beyond prime, I’d till it all under, like we did the orchard. In early May I think.But that was disking with a tractor. A Troybilt Pony is a different animal. The plants had a wondrous time winding their way around the tiller tines. And I spent an hour removing them. But the duff mixed into the soil well, and broke down so I could run the tiller again a week later to finish prepping the garden. Green manure is an apt name. Our garden is doing better than usual this season, and beyond some new plant care techniques, I have to give some award to the cover crop for some of the success.The 1 pound bag was just adequate for our ~ 12’ X 26’ garden spot. This year if our harvest winds up in time, I hope to till the garden and get the cover crop down in time for it to grow and provide more decent soil protection this winter. October 1st would be my target, but we are often taking tomatoes, peppers, peas, corn, and squash then. At least I know I can plant pretty late, and though the soil will be exposed all winter, it will produce great green manure in spring, without me having to try tilling March mud to plant the cover crop in.

This product sprouted well and grew throughout the winter. I have raised rows and it covered them well. However when I weedwacked the growth down everything died like it was suppose to except for the oats. They don’t seem to want to die and since I don’t till I’m having a difficult time clearing a space to grow seeds. I think plants will go in okay, though I’ll have to pull some oats out to do that. I think it’s a good product, just not for my purposes. If you till you shouldn’t have an issue.

I put this down in October to fix nitrogen in my garden beds. Now it is April and I hate to take it out because the peas have flowers and fruit and are attracting bees. I will get perhaps a let start on those beds this year, but I will also get some peas and be a friend to the bees. I expect the soil will be healthier by a lot after this.It came up really well with beautiful flowers in the sunny beds. The more shady beds got a little and I think the oats are doing better over there.

I am a few weeks into the fall grow of cover crop. The seed mix looked in great shape and a good mix of green manure plants.As instructed I mixed the topsoil then cast a fairly thin spread of seeds, and then mixed the seeds into the top inch or two of soil.The first seeds sprouted in two days, the others like the peas took a little longer. All in all it looks like I got a good mix of plants in good ratios sprouted.I’m going to wait a few more weeks to turn it over and compost is straight into the soil.The amount of seeds you get is plenty to cover any large to extra large regular home garden and even up to a small homestead farm. I would continue to use the seeds until they are no longer sprouting in a good ratio, no need to buy for each planting.

We spread this all over our barren clay field filled with star thistle and now we have thousands of bees, butterflies and it’s filled with life!

Used these for a winter cover crop and they germinated very quickly. And are still growing strong. Expect good soil results from this cover crop.

Using it as a cover crop, germinates well and grows strong. My local bird population loves this blend however, If I uncover the shade cloth on the plots they pick all the sprouts and eat all the leafy vegetation.