Green manures

The Bumblebee Mix from Visselhövede is an annual mixed summer flower seeds without cruciferous plants. High proportion of legumes and therefore a good preceding crop effect for the following crop. Attracts lots of insects. Ingredients: buckwheat (17,...Annual mixed summer flower seeds without cruciferous plants. High proportion of legumes and therefore a good preceding crop effect for the following crop. Attracts lots of insects. Ingredients: buckwheat, phacelia, linseed, sunflowers, pot marigold, ...

Mixture contains 25 % red clover, 40 % perennial rye grass, 35 % Italian rye grass (the mix may vary). Sowing depth: ca. 1 cm.

A one or two year clover variety with low demands on the soil. Fast growing with a very ramified root complex. Grows up to 50 cm high. Good nectar plant. Excellent winter cover crop when sown in August and September. Only one cut is generally possibl...

Several cuts possible, suitable for one year clover grass ley, quick early development, rapid soil coverage, nitrogen fixer. Sow till end of July. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.

Healthy, frost hardy large legume with good and fast growth. Because it can be sown early, it is excellent as a preceding crop especially to heavy feeders when sown early - from end of February. If well supplied with calcium (pH should be kept above ...

The Lauenauer Active Humus is a tried and tested, legume-rich mixed summer flower seeds to boost soil health and nitrogen fixation. Small legumes and phacelia help to ensure weed suppression, while larger legumes help to create an optimal tilth. Attr...Tried and tested, legume-rich mixed summer flower seeds to boost soil health and nitrogen fixation. Small legumes and phacelia help to ensure weed suppression, while larger legumes help to create an optimal tilth. Attracts lots of insects. Ingredient...

Perrennial mixture. Since lucerne (65 %) is frequently slow to establish, some red clover (15 %) is included. The grasses (perennial ryegrass 15 %, red fescue 5 %) help to repress weeds. From the second year on the deep and powerful lucerne roots wil...

Slow growing when young. Grows well in light to medium soil (18-60 ground points). Deep root penetration, good nitrogen fixer, improves soil structure. This variety of blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) also produces white flowers. Not recommended fo...

Quick growing summer clover, not winter hardy. With its high protein content and good regenerative power, it can be cut several times well into the autumn. The intense honey scented flowers make excellent bee pasture. Sow mid April to mid August. Thr...

A mix of vigorous varieties that germinate quickly and rapidly cover the ground. The "Rapid Ground Cover mix" consists of buckwheat (50 %), fodd radish (25 %), mustard (15 %) and phacelia (10 %). Suitable for all situations. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm....A mix of vigorous varieties that germinate quickly and rapidly cover the ground. The "Rapid Ground Cover mix" consists of buckwheat, phacelia, fodd radish and mustard. Suitable for all situations. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.

Winter hardy green manure/fodder mixture of rye and vetch. Stops winter soil leaching, strongly surpresses weeds. Sowing depth: 2-3 cm.

Specially good on dry, shallow soils not lacking in lime. Perennial, winter hardy legume. Can withstand drought due to deep network of roots. Much cultivated as a protein rich fodder plant and nitrogen fixing soil improver. Rich pink flowers, with a ...

Serradella is a robust, white-pink flowering legume often grown before a heavy feeding crop. It is slow to start growing, sensitive to lime and prefers sour, loamy sandy soils. It is not winter hardy but does grow at low temperatures and can resist u...

Small seeded, rapid growing green manure and protein rich fodder plant. Strong weed suppression with its large amount of green mass, strong root penetration, good soil structure, high level of nitrogen fixing. Not winter hardy. Sowing depth: 2-5 cm....

A low growing white clover variety, well suited for undersowing. Bulks up well and has a rapid regrowth. Minimal winter dieback. Up to 15 cm of fine root growth. For grass leys down for more than one year. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.

An annual, inexpensive mix for flowering strips with plants to attract and specially designed with the market gardener in mind. Contains: Buckwheat, phazelie, sunflower, borage, lupin, Egyptian Clover, Persian clover, summer vetch, serradella, mother...

Winter hardy catch-crop mixture for turning under in spring. Mix consists of winter peas, rye grass and winter vetch. Sowing depth: 4-5 cm.

The winter vetch with its deep rooting habit, counts as one of the best winter catch crops for enriching the soil and imbuing it with readily available organic materials. Excellent as a preceeding crop especially to heavy feeders. Sowing depth: 2-5 c...