Summer Solar
A diverse legume-forb cover crop mix of aggressively growing summer annuals, with possible dual use as a wildlife food plot. The mix includes four very different components—buckwheat, cowpeas, sunflower, and sunn hemp. These species work together to perform several functions during their brief growth period:
- Nitrogen fixation and recycling
- Organic phosphorus liberation and recycling
- Soil organic matter building/carbon sequestration
- Other nutrient cycling and soil health building
- Summer pollinator and beneficial insect attraction
- Summer weed smother crop
- Disease and nematode break crop
*Formula is subject to change based on product availability
Planting Instructions
Due to the size of the seeds, it is recommended to drill this mix. Calibrate the drill for best results.
| Seeding rate | 35-60 lbs/A |
|---|---|
| Planting depth (in) | 0.5-0.75" |
| Soil Temperature | Late spring to early summer, when soil temp. is 65°F and rising, |
Testimonials
- Gurley, Alabama | 06/2021
We used this mix on a new area we were turning into a garden that was just grass before.
We tilled the area and formed beds and then planted some radish before this. Our compaction depth, we use a compaction reader, in this area was only 2". After our harvest we used this mix and let it grow to just flowering stage. We crimped it down and put a tarp over it for about 3 weeks. Raked the dried debris from the rows we had formed before seeding to use as mulch in aisles and the soil came out with a 6" depth before we hit compaction. Soil crumb was amazing after just one cropping. It also was beautiful while growing and visitors to our farm loved it.