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Season To Sow |
Legumes |
1000 sq ft |
Acre |
Depth |
When To Sow |
When To Till |
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SPRING |
White Clover |
8 oz to 1 lb |
15 lb |
1/2" |
April through May |
Fall or Spring |
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SPRING |
Alsike Clover |
8 oz to 1 lb |
15 lb |
1/2" |
February through May |
Fall or Spring |
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SPRING |
Crimson Clover |
8 oz to 1 lb |
15 lb |
1/2" |
Mid-April through May |
Fall or Spring |
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SPRING |
Fava Beans |
5 lb |
200 lb |
1" |
February through March |
May |
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SUMMER |
White Clover |
8 oz to 1 lb |
15 lb |
1/2" |
May through Mid-June |
The following spring |
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Other |
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SUMMER |
Buckwheat |
18 oz |
60 lb |
3/4" |
May through Mid-July |
Cut or till at 12" |
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FALL |
Crimson Clover |
8 oz to 1 lb |
15 lb |
1/2" |
Sept through Oct |
Soon after 1st flower appears |
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FALL |
Fava Beans |
5 lb |
200 lb |
1" |
Sept through Oct |
May |
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FALL |
Common Vetch |
18 oz |
60 lb |
3/4" |
Mid-Sept through Oct |
April |
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FALL |
Aus. Field Peas |
3 lb |
100 lb |
1 1/2" |
September |
April to early May |
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Other |
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FALL |
Rye Grass |
1 lb |
35 lb |
3/4" |
Needs early start |
Spring |
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FALL |
Winter Rye |
2 1/2 lb |
100 lb |
3/4" |
Can be planted late |
Spring; good mulch material |
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CROP |
Soil Preference |
Remarks |
Price per Pound |
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White Clover |
Moist; fertile; well limed soil |
Good for interplanting |
$5.00 |
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Alsike Clover |
Wet, fertile, acid soil tolerated; prefers lime |
Perennial; good bee plant |
$5.00 |
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Crimson Clover |
Wet, well drained; limed and fertile soil |
Seedling is frost sensitive |
$4.00 |
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Fava Beans |
Excellent Green Manure; high organic matter, etc. |
High nitrogen fixer&Hardy |
$1.50 |
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Buckwheat |
Needs warm soil, tolerates low fertility |
Quick weed crowder |
$2.50 |
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Common Vetch |
Tolerates low fertility and well drained; acid soils |
Hardy nitrogen fixer |
$2.50 |
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Aus Field Peas |
Tolerates low fertility and well drained; acid soils |
Good forage or hay crop |
$1.50 |
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Winter Rye |
Moderately fertile; limed soil. Very hardy. |
Cut back at 12" or till in |
$1.00 |
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Rye Grass |
Tolerates acid soil. Germinates & grows rapidly. |
Follow with early crops |
$1.50 |
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Shade Grass Seed |
$4/LB |
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7#/1000sqft for new lawns |
Blended for the Maritime Northwest |
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Sun Grass Seed |
$4/LB |
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5#/1000sqft for renovations |
(less than four hours sunlight) |
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Note: Prices fluctuate seasonally 10% off on 50 lb bags | ||||||