Legumes
Legume cover crop seed is your main Nitrogen scavenger. Understanding the best time to use legumes in your cover crop rotation is crucial. View our extensive option of legumes below.
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Keystone Winter Peas
Elk Mound Seed
$23.99Keystone Winter Peas are are a newer green-seeded winter pea with enhanced winter hardiness. Keystone winter peas are a white flowered pea which will result in no presence of anthocyanin. Anthocyanins are bitter and plants that don't exhibit...$23.99 -
Hairy Vetch
Elk Mound Seed
$15.99 - $124.00An excellent legume when trying to build nitrogen as well as biomass. Great for weed suppression and as a soil conditioner. Cool season legume Earn up to 100 lbs/acre of nitrogen Seed at 15-20 lbs/acre$15.99 - $124.00 -
Crimson Clover Seed
Elk Mound Seed
$189.00This annual summer clover provides rapid robust growth along with approximately 50-60 lbs/acre of nitrogen per acre by mid-November. Crimson clover is a winter annual and will commonly over-winter except for in the Upper-Midwest. Being a...$189.00 -
Berseem Clover Seed
Elk Mound Seed
$145.00Berseem clover is recognized by many as the “King of Cover Crops.” Berseem clover produce as much as 3 ton/acre of biomass and as much as 200# of nitrogen/acre. Cool season legume Unmatched biomass to nitrogen fixing yields A non-bloating clover Seed at...$145.00 -
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover Seed
Elk Mound Seed
$123.99Biennial legume. Produces abundant biomass. Biennial legume Produces abundant biomass The most drought tolerant of forage legumes Best at extracting potassium, phosphorus and other soil nutrients Deep root growth in 2nd year of crop Works well with oats...$123.99 -
Sunn Hemp Seed
Elk Mound Seed
$119.00A tropical legume,sunn hemp can produce more than 5,000 lb. dry matter/A and 120 lb. N/A. Sunn hemp is not winter hardy and a hard freeze easily kills it Sow sunn hemp a minimum of nine weeks before the average date of the first fall freeze. It can fill...$119.00 -
Cow Pea Seed
Elk Mound Seed
A warm season legume, builds N Good weed-smothering capabilities Attracts beneficial insects (ie honeybees) A good protein source if used for feed Seed at 30-90 lbs/acre -
Mammoth Red Clover Seed
Elk Mound Seed
$179.99Best suited for plowdown situations or emergency silage. Can produce as much N as medium red clover. Single cut clover is susceptible to winterkill Produces significant biomass Inoculated with Nitragen Gold$179.99 -
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Frosty Berseem Clover Seed
Elk Mound Seed
$180.00Frosty berseem clover is much more frost tolerant than regular berseem clover, allowing more green later into the fall. Quickly produces significant forage Cool season, annual legume Protein levels of 20 to 30 percent Can thrive in wet conditions,...$180.00