Diverse annual cover crop mix to be seeded in late summer that can double as high energy forage. For forage most of yield will be fall productions.
This is a versatile cool season mix made up of grasses, legumes, and brassicas that can be used a short-term cover crop, a soil-building transition crop to renovate depleted soils, a grazing mix, and a wildlife food plot. It also contains several blooming species that, if left to grow and flower, will attract beneficial species. The mix is beneficial for both no-till and conventional-till soils and consists of all Non-GMO seeds.
Grasses:
Oats are very fast starting and will give survival until about 20 degrees. Triticale and annual ryegrass will typically survive the winter to give a good spring cover.
Legumes:
Spring peas, hairy vetch and crimson clover typically survive the winter and fix nitrogen. N production will be maximized if the hairy vetch and clover are left to grow to bloom in the spring.
Forbes:
Daikon radish like oats are very fast starting and will survive until about 20 degrees. Turnip can survive colder temperature and quite often over winter.
Note:
Ray’s Crazy Fall Mix as a cover crop and forage improves soil health however, as with most crops it must be terminiated to prevent self seeding. If the seeding occurs, the crop maybe a weed for future crops.
