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Green Cover's diverse Cool Season Pollinator mix is sure to have the pollinators buzzing around your garden. This mix of cool season plants is perfect for anyone wanting to attract pollinators in the spring and fall. With over 15 different species from a wide variety of plant families, this mix will host a multitude of different pollinator species as well as feed the diverse biology underground. 

This mix will cold kill when winter temperatures reach 10 °F.

Not sure where to start? Check out our Quick Start Guide on Cover Crops in the Garden.

Ingredients

Crimson Clover, Sweet Clover, Berseem Clover, Persian Clover, Fenugreek, Spring Forage Peas, Common Vetch, Korean Lespedeza, Spring Oats, Radish, African Cabbage, Arugula, White Gold Mustard, Brown Mustard, Flax, Phacelia, Sunflower, Elevate'd Fungi Inoculant, and RhizoBac X-Tend Inoculant

Although these seeds are not certified organic, our seeds are non-GMO and not treated with pesticides. All inoculants are manufactured to organic standards.

Planting 

Broadcast Seeding Rate: 1 lb/1000 square feet (50 lbs per acre)

Broadcast and lightly incorporate when soil temperatures are 45 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. If planting in the fall, plant 4-6 weeks before the first average frost date.

Termination

When planted and terminated properly, cover crops can act as an excellent mulch, preventing weed seeds from germinating. 

In climates that reach 10 °F lows in the winter, Cool Season Pollinator will normally cold kill. At this point, you may choose to remove the biomass or crimp the terminated cover crop to act as mulch for your following crop.

For no-till applications, we recommend terminating Cool Season Pollinator with a flail mower followed by a tarp for 2 weeks before your next planting. 

Cool Season Pollinator can also be terminated by tilling and incorporating as a green manure.

Where the context allows, grazing can be effective at terminating if it is followed by a silage tarp.

On a very small scale, cutting with a hand sickle or turning the soil over with a shovel and following with a tarp can also be effective.

Inoculants

This product is pre-inoculated with Elevate'd Fungi and RhizoBac X-Tend to increase the biological activity in your soil. 

• Elevate'd Fungi is a seed applied inoculant derived from natural products designed to stimulate seed germination, increase root and biological biomass in the soil, and improve soil structure. OMRI status has been applied for and is pending. 
• Rhizo-Bac X-Tend features high concentrations of multi-species nitrogen fixing rhizobia for peas, vetch, cowpeas, sunn hemp and soybeans, Additionally, free living nitrogen fixing and phosphorus solubilizing bacteria combine for a robust broad spectrum seed treatment for your cover crops. We use Elevate'd Fungi as the liquid carrier for this dry inoculant to ensure proper coating on every seed for every mix. This product is OMRI approved.*

*OMRI Certificates: OMRI Certificate for Elevate'd Fungi; OMRI Certificate for RhizoBac X-Tend

The Six Principles of Soil Health

Cover crops are most effective at building your soil when you follow the principles of soil health:

• Keep the Soil Covered

• Maximize Biodiversity

• Integrate Livestock

• Maintain Living Roots

• Minimize Disturbance

• Know Your Context

About Green Cover

Not all seed is created equal

• 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 believe that the same soil health principles that work in large-scale farming apply to the home garden. Our expertly designed pre-made mixes are some of the most common mixes we create, designed to improve soil health, no matter the size of your field (or garden bed!).

Regenerative Resources

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.