Description

Potential for multiple plantings per year. Grain crop reaches maturity in 70 to 90 days. Very competitive with tough-to-control perennial and annual weeds like giant ragweed and Canada thistle. Easy to control and residue breaks down rapidly making this an ideal choice for small-scale producers. Excellent scavenger of P and other nutrients. Attracts beneficial insects and pollinators with its abundant flowers

 

Quick Facts

  • Excellent full-summer cover crop & pollinator-forage crop

  • Thrives on nutrient poor and varying soil types, but not on compacted, droughty, or wet soils

  • Sensitive to frost, drought, excessive heat, and any carryover herbicides

  • Terminate crop at first sign of flowering to avoid volunteer weeds

 

Buying details

Price (per lb)
contact for price

Seeds (per lb)
15,000

Seeding rate (lbs per acre)
40 - 55 (alone)
5 - 20 (in mixture)

Planting depth
1/2" - 1”

Seeding date
June - July

Emergence Time
7 days