Albert Lea Seed House 2018 Organic Seed Guide

ORGANIC COVER CROP MIXES Organic NitroMax CC1 Organic Oats + Organic Peas + Organic Radish • Designed for maximum green manure production in the fall following early harvested crops like small grains, sweet corn, vegetables, corn silage or early soybeans • Mix will winterkill in the Upper Midwest • Will succeed on variety of soils and provide numerous benefits both above and below ground • Excellent choice for fall forage or grazing • Plant Aug. 1 – Sept. 15 • Seed 75-125 lbs/A Organic ValueMax CC2 Organic SummerMax CC6 Organic Buckwheat + Organic Proso Millet + Organic Soybeans + Organic Corn • Warm-season cover crop mix blended for maximum summer growth, weed suppression and soil building • Vigorous growing combination of summer annual grasses, broadleaves and legumes will compete with any weed and put on tremendous growth and biomass • Suitable for all soil types and field situations • Provides good summer grazing/forage • Control mixture when proso millet heads out to prevent volunteer seed set • Plant May 30 – Aug. 15 • Seed 50-75 lbs/A Organic Annual Ryegrass + Organic Alsike Clover + Organic Radish • Diverse combination of small-seeded cover crops that builds healthy soils, fixes nitrogen and sequesters nutrients • Designed for quick coverage, good biomass accumulation and overwintering (if clover is planted on time) • If mix is applied from Aug. 1 – Aug. 15, the clover should get adequate growth for winter survival and spring plowdown • Good fit for seeding at last cultivation (V6 in corn) and interseeded into standing fall crops • Plant Aug. 1 – Sept. 15 • Seed 15-20 lbs/A Organic CultivationMax CC8 Organic WinterMax CC3 Organic Plowdown Blend CC9 Organic Annual Ryegrass + Organic Radish + Organic Medium Red Clover + Organic Alsike Clover + Organic Hardy Alfalfa • Mixture of shade-tolerant species designed to be broadcast into standing corn at last cultivation (~V6 stage) • With adequate moisture, cover crops will emerge and remain semi-dormant until the corn starts dying back • Will not impede growth or harvest of corn • We don’t recommend seeding this mixture into soybeans (canopy is just too shady) • Plant June 1 – July 5; V6/last cultivation will depend on planting date and corn maturity • Seed 15-20 lbs/A Call for current prices and availability 35 Organic Hardy Alfalfa + Organic Yellow Blossom Sweet Organic Winter Rye + Organic Hairy Vetch + Clover + Organic Alsike Clover Organic Radish • Our most popular cover crop legume • Our most winter-hardy blend specifically formulated mixture for nitrogen plowdown for growers in northern climates • Winter Rye and Hairy Vetch survive the winter providing • Well-adapted to varying soil types • Positions your fields well for corn the following year excellent soil coverage both in the fall and spring • Excellent companion with spring-planted small grains • Protects the soil during periods of maximum or frost seeded into winter grains. Should not interfere precipitation and soil loss with small grain growth or harvest • Mix can be grazed in the spring or fall • Best planted after small grains, vegetables, corn silage • Potentially a good fit for seeding at last cultivation (V6 in corn) or early soybeans. Planting after corn grain will minimize • Legumes will be at peak N-fixation potential at vetch and radish growth flowering • Plant Aug. 1 – Sept. 15 • Plant February to May, Aug. 1 – Aug. 15 • Seed 50-75 lbs/A • Seed 12-15 lbs/A

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