Green manures

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

Green manure plant that cleanses soil of nematodes. Very vigorous, strong roots. Sowing depth: 3-4 cm.

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...

Good ground covering, profusely flowering marigold mixture. Good for field border strips and bare ground. Improves soil structure, dies off in frost. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.

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...

Perennial, very frost hardy and undemanding green manure plant. Tillers strongly and forms a thick root mass, good as winter catch crop, grows quickly even during drought. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.

Produces good soil structure and is a first class food plant for honey bees, bumble bees etc. March sowings come into flower by July, later sowings to the beginning of September produce good green manure and are killed off by the frost. October sowin...

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.