Origin: Albert Lea, Minnesota
Improvement status: Cover crop cultivars
Seeds per packet: ~3/4 pound
Germination tested 3/2024: 93% (average)
Life cycle: Annuals
When to sow: June through mid-August
Coverage: 500-700 square feet
This is a vigorous growing warm-season cover crop mix of summer annual grasses, broadleaves, and legumes blended for maximum summer growth, weed suppression, and soil building via "green manure". It consists of:
25% Blue River Soybeans
20% Buckwheat
20% Cover Crop Oats
15% DS Admiral Peas
10% Japanese Millet
10% Blue River Blackguard 12 Sorghum-Sudangrass
Our seed comes from Albert Lea Seeds, of Albert Lea, MN.
GROWING TIPS: Broadcast seed evenly over desired area. Tamp down to ensure good seed to soil contact. Water it in. Or try to sow before a big rain.
