Cover Crop

Cover Crop Description:
Our cover crop is a 100% organic Soil building blend that contains a mix of Biomaster Peas,
Common Vetch, Purple Vetch, Dunsdale Peas, Cayuse Oats and Lana Woolypod Vetch.
Cover crop will fix atmospheric nitrogen into the soil, help with weed competition and erosion
control and provides green manure to incorporate back into your soil.
Application Rates:
3lbs per 1,000 sq. ft.
*One 50lb bag @ 2.5lb app rate, covers roughly 1/2 acre OR 20,000 sq ft.*
Germination: 5-10 Days
Estimated Cover Crop Height: 3-5ft.
Chop and Drop Information:
The biology in the Chop and Drop Protocol will help speed up the decomposition process of the
biomass produced by the cover crop. You will want to chop down you cover crop and drop it in
Chop and Drop Formula:
Tainio Biodigester – 0.035 mL per gallon
Pac Grow Oceanic Hydrolysate- 10 mL per gallon (Shake prior to measuring!)
Rhizothrive BioStimulant- 5 mL per gallon
Yucca – 2 mL per gallon
Tainio Pepzyme Clear- 1mL per gallon
Chop and Drop Protocol:
Add mixture to your water storage.
Allow mixture to activate ideally with aeration for about 5-10 minutes prior to applying to your
chopped and dropped cover crop. Once mixture has been activated, spray down your dropped
cover crop. We recommend 600 gallons of solution to treat 10K sq ft
Optional and recommend*:
Apply a layer of organic rice straw to insulate your microbes.