Farmer D Fall/ Winter Cover Crop Blend

Our signature blend, mixed by hand in our Atlanta store, is the perfect cover crop blend for your raised bed or in-ground garden! Sold by the pound.

Guaranteed analysis:
47.5% Annual Winter Rye
23.72% Austrian Winter Peas
23.72% Hairy Vetch
4.75% Dixie Crimson Clover
0.11% Purple Top Turnip
0.11% Rape (Canola)
0.11% Daikon Radish
by weight

Packed for 2011/ 2012

At the end of the growing season you may be ready to rest, but your garden is not. One final effort can make a big difference: cover cropping. Even small gardens will benefit from the use of cover crops, or "green manures". Tilling, weeding, harvesting and foot traffic of most home gardens tends to destroy soil structure. Planting cover crops is an easy way to revitalize the soil, and help soil tilth and subsequent plant growth. Cover crops are planted in vacant space and worked into the soil after they grow instead of being eaten. They provide a number of advantages to the otherwise wasteful use of space during your garden's off-season.

Cover crops help to retain the soil, lessen erosion, and decrease the impact of precipitation on the garden by slowing the runoff of water. They also reduce mineral leaching and compaction, and suppress perennial and winter annual weed growth. The top growth adds organic matter when it is tilled into the garden soil. The cover crop's root system also provides organic matter and opens passageways that help improve air and water movement in the soil.

Item #	Size	Price	Qty:
FWCCB	1 lbs

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