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Garden Summer Rest

    Description

    Under intensive production, garden soils can quickly become depleted of nutrients that help grow the delicious, nutrient dense foods we crave. The Garden Summer Rest mix is designed for this exact scenario. Plant this mix during a summer rest period to capitalize on the best growing days of the year and boost soil fertility and suppress weeds. 

    This diverse mix of summer legumes, grasses, and broadleaves builds soil health and structure while putting fertility back into intensively managed gardens. The mix includes several nitrogen-fixing legumes such as cowpeas, sunn hemp, mung beans, and balady berseem. A diverse array of flowering species like buckwheat, phacelia, and sunflower create a diversity hotspot that’s perfect for pollinators. Pearl millet, sesame, flax, and okra round out this excellent green manure mix. 

    Your garden will thrive after chopping and dropping or incorporating this mix into the soil.

    Use this mix to...

    • build soil health and structure
    • suppress weeds during summer rest
    • fix nitrogen and add fertility
    • support pollinators and diversity

    Ideal for...

    • market gardeners
    • homesteaders

    These seeds are non-GMO and not treated with pesticides.

    This product is pre-inoculated with Elevate'd Fungi, RhizoBac X-Tend and MycoGreen NPK to increase the biological activity in your soil. All products are OMRI approved. 

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      Drilled Seeding Rate:N/A lbs/acre
      Broadcast Seeding Rate:5 lbs / 5,000 sq ft lbs/acre
      Min Germ Temp:60 °F
      Cold Kill Temp:32 °F

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        Description

        Under intensive production, garden soils can quickly become depleted of nutrients that help grow the delicious, nutrient dense foods we crave. The Garden Summer Rest mix is designed for this exact scenario. Plant this mix during a summer rest period to capitalize on the best growing days of the year and boost soil fertility and suppress weeds. 

        This diverse mix of summer legumes, grasses, and broadleaves builds soil health and structure while putting fertility back into intensively managed gardens. The mix includes several nitrogen-fixing legumes such as cowpeas, sunn hemp, mung beans, and balady berseem. A diverse array of flowering species like buckwheat, phacelia, and sunflower create a diversity hotspot that’s perfect for pollinators. Pearl millet, sesame, flax, and okra round out this excellent green manure mix. 

        Your garden will thrive after chopping and dropping or incorporating this mix into the soil.

        Use this mix to...

        • build soil health and structure
        • suppress weeds during summer rest
        • fix nitrogen and add fertility
        • support pollinators and diversity

        Ideal for...

        • market gardeners
        • homesteaders

        These seeds are non-GMO and not treated with pesticides.

        This product is pre-inoculated with Elevate'd Fungi, RhizoBac X-Tend and MycoGreen NPK to increase the biological activity in your soil. All products are OMRI approved. 

        Ingredients

        Cowpeas, Sunn Hemp, Mung Beans, Berseem Clover, Pearl Millet, Sesame, Buckwheat, Flax, Phacelia, Okra, Sunflower, Dill, RhizoBac X-Tend, Elevate'd Fungi Inoculant, and Mycogreen NPK

        What's in the Mix

        Planting Instructions

        Broadcast and lightly incorporate into a clean garden bed.

        Timing

        Wait to plant until after the last frost and soil temperatures are above 60 degrees and rising. Planting of these mixes should be completed by midsummer.

        When is the right time to plant?

        Garden Summer Rest has a minimum germination temp of 60 °F. Reference your average soil temperature to determine ideal planting time.
        Read this article for more info: When Can I Start Planting?

        Seeding Rate

        5 pounds will cover 5,000 square feet.

        Use & Characteristics

        Lasting Residue Very Good
        Palatability Very Good
        Hay Harvest Fair
        Regrowth Good
        Deep Compaction Very Good
        Surface Compaction Very Good
        Weed Suppression Very Good
        Crimp Kill Moderate
        Cold Kill 32 °F

        Planting

        Plant Depth broadcast and lightly incorporate
        Min Germ Temp 60 °F
        Drilled Seed Rate N/A lbs/acre
        Broadcast Seed Rate 5 lbs / 5,000 sq ft lbs/acre

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        • Clean seed? Check.
        • Excellent germination? Check.
        • Evenly mixed ratios? Check.
        • Pre-added biology with helpful microbes? Check.

        When you’re ready to amp up the diversity in your cover crops look no further than Green Cover. We specialize in designing custom cover crop mixes to meet your specific needs. These expertly designed pre-made mixes are some of the most common mixes we create, designed to work in a multitude of situations. 

        We walk with you

        Cover crops can be tricky, even scary at times, but we provide you the support you need for every step of this journey.

        Drawing upon our team’s expertise and experience, we collaborate with farmers, ranchers and soil health researchers to produce a bounty of free, educational resources. Each year, we release the Soil Health Resource Guide, webinar series, conferences, field days and more in order to help you to make informed decisions about your soils.

        Faith Based, Farmer Built, Family Owned

        Like many farmers, faith and family go hand in hand with the day to day operations. We built our company to help people regenerate God’s creation to be enjoyed for many generations after us. Together with our family and employees, we’ve built this dream, and we’re all here to serve you and watch your soil health dreams become a reality.

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