Organic Hairy Vetch - High Protein Nitrogen Fixer
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• A large seeded legume which grows quickly and is used for soil building, plow down or feed
• Can be planted as a winter-annual-like rye.
• Well nodulated Vetch can enrich the soil with 60-120# N per acre.
• It provides good grazing through May and June.
• It can be grown following any crop harvested before mid-August.
• Seed without plowing into a uniform seedbed.
• Drill 20# per acre 1/4"-1/2" deep from mid-July to the end of August.
• Winter rye is often seeded with Hairy Vetch to improve standability and winter survival.
• When overseeded into conventional hay and forage, it can add a large amount of protein to the feed.
• Mow before the stems become too tough. It can really get wrapped around the shaft of the mowers and teds