"Summer" Alfalfa
(Medicago sativa)
Product ID: 2808
Cover Crops/Farm Seeds > Legumes & Grasses
Fast-growing, annual alfalfa with high forage and biomass yield.
Nondormant type is only marginally winter hardy, but grows more rapidly than normal alfalfa. As an annual green manure, "Summer" alfalfa can produce up to 10 tons of organic matter per acre. Long taproots break up compacted soil and bring up subsurface minerals. High nitrogen fixation and great bee forage. Sow early to midspring or in late summer (best time for weed competition), 1/2 lb./1,000 sq. ft. (15-20 lb./acre) alone. Use half this rate mixed with grain/grass. Pre-inoculated with OMRI listed Nitragin Gold. Avg. 175,000 seeds/lb. Avg. 175,000 seeds/lb.
Plant Cycle: (A)
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Note: Additional shipping charges apply to the sizes listed below, and will be added to your final total.
| Product Size | Zone A | Zone B | Zone C |
| 25 Pounds | $15.00 | $23.00 | $54.00 |
| 50 Pounds | $21.00 | $37.00 | $88.00 |
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Legumes & Grasses
CULTURE: Sow the seeds at the time and rate specified for each variety listed. Cover seeds about 1/4" to 1/2". For GREEN MANURE: till in at any growth stage. For ORNAMENTAL use or GRAIN harvest: cut the plants near the base when most of the green color has turned brown and the seeds are hardening (no longer milky). SEED SPECS: Planting rates are listed with the variety copy.
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