Cover Crop Price List

Season To Sow

Legumes

1000 sq ft

Acre

Depth

When To Sow

When To Till

SPRING

White Clover

8 oz to 1 lb

15 lb

1/2"

April through May

Fall or Spring

SPRING

Alsike Clover

8 oz to 1 lb

15 lb

1/2"

February through May

Fall or Spring

SPRING

Crimson Clover

8 oz to 1 lb

15 lb

1/2"

Mid-April through May

Fall or Spring

SPRING

Fava Beans

5 lb

200 lb

1"

February through March

May

Legumes

SUMMER

White Clover

8 oz to 1 lb

15 lb

1/2"

May through Mid-June

The following spring

Other

SUMMER

Buckwheat

18 oz

60 lb

3/4"

May through Mid-July

Cut or till at 12"

Legumes

FALL

Crimson Clover

8 oz to 1 lb

15 lb

1/2"

Sept through Oct

Soon after 1st flower appears

FALL

 Fava Beans

5 lb

200 lb

1"

Sept through Oct

May

FALL

Common Vetch

18 oz

60 lb

3/4"

Mid-Sept through Oct

April

FALL

Aus. Field Peas

3 lb

100 lb

1 1/2"

September

April to early May

Other

FALL

Rye Grass

1 lb

35 lb

3/4"

Needs early start

Spring

FALL

Winter Rye

2 1/2 lb

100 lb

3/4"

Can be planted late

Spring; good mulch material

CROP

Soil Preference

Remarks

White Clover

Moist fertile well limed soil

Good for interplanting

Alsike Clover

Wet fertile acid soil tolerated prefers lime

Perennial good bee plant

Crimson Clover

Wet well drained limed and fertile soil

Seedling is frost sensitive

Fava Beans

Excellent Green Manure high organic matter etc.

High nitrogen fixer & Hardy

Buckwheat

Needs warm soil tolerates low fertility

Quick weed crowder

Common Vetch

Tolerates low fertility and well drained acid soils

Hardy nitrogen fixer

Aus Field Peas

Tolerates low fertility and well drained acid soils

Good forage or hay crop

Rye Grass