Other Seed Products
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Reeds Canarygrass
- Less palatable due to higher alkaloid content. Also the common variety has less vigorous growth.
Emerald Crown Vetch
- A legume used to control erosion and stabilize road banks and terraces
- Can be used for pasture but will not tolerate close grazing
- A perennial that needs little topsoil or mowing
- Dense, complex root system chokes out weeds and builds topsoil
- Produces lush, green, fire-resistant foliage and colorful blossoms that persist from early summer to fall
- Planting rate per acre: Alone 10-15 lbs
- Planting rate per acre: In a Mix 5-10 lbs
- Planting depth: ½”
Hairy Vetch
- A vigorous growing legume that is used mostly as a plow-down for green manure
- Sometimes seeded in corn at the last cultivation or planted with fall rye grain in the fall
- Planting rate per acre: Alone 25-40 lbs
- Planting rate per acre: In a Mix 15-20 lbs
- Planting depth: ½”-1”
Marathon Reeds Canarygrass
- A highly palatable variety (low alkaloid) of Reed Canarygrass
- A tall-growing, perennial grass
- Well adapted to wet soils and also productive on upland sites
- Spreads by underground stems (rhizomes) and forms a solid sod
- Can be harvested as pasture, silage, or hay, whether sown in pure stands or in mixtures with legumes
- Used most extensively in waterways to control erosion
- Planting rate per acre: Alone 10-12 lbs
- Planting rate per acre: In a Mix 4-8 lbs
- Planting depth: ¼” to ½”
Birdsfoot Trefoil
- A newer variety of trefoil that shows an intermediate growth habit with rapid regrowth after cutting
- Yields substantially more than other trefoils
- Trefoils don’t yield as well as alfalfa for hay or silage but have several advantages: don’t cause bloat, can be grown in poorly-drained or low pH soils, provide late summer feeding in pastures, and persist longer due to the plants reseeding characteristics
- Trefoils should always be inoculated
- Planting rate per acre: Alone 5-8 lbs
- Planting rate per acre: In a Mix 3-5 lbs
- Planting depth: ¼” to ½”