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About Alfalfa Cover Crop Garden Seeds

Non-GMO alfalfa is a hardy, cool-season cover crop that thrives in difficult and depleted soils, with no serious pests or diseases. Broadcast the seed in early fall and till it under in spring, or sow it in spring as a companion plant for your summer garden. Plant 2-3 seeds ½" deep and 2-3" apart in average, loamy, well-drained soil in full sun. Seeds germinate in 7-14 days with no thinning needed. To use it as green manure, mow the alfalfa when about 50% of the crop has bloomed, before it goes to seed, then mulch it back into the soil before planting your main crop. Reseeding in spring also helps minimize weeds. This open-pollinated heirloom (Medicago sativa) is also popular as an interseeded companion plant, an insectary, and a nutritious source of animal fodder.

Alfalfa Benefits

Alfalfa is one of the oldest foraging livestock crops cultivated, having been domesticated throughout most of the world for more than 2,000 years. Like other cover crop legumes, non-GMO heirloom alfalfa is populaly grown for its ability to repair damaged soils, prepare uncultivated spaces, loosen soil, minimize weeds, and convert nitrogen from the atmosphere back into the soil. Alfalfa is foremost grown foraging crop used to sustain commercial dairy cows, steer, horses, goats, sheep, and rabbits for its boosted protein content, digestible fibers, and reliable yields. Non-GMO alfalfa is currently in its renaissance as a popular grow for human food as a culinary microgreen and sprout used in salads, sandwiches, soups, and juices. Dehydrated alfalfa has also become a popular dietary supplement often sold in the form of pills, capsules, powders, and teas.

Wholesale Alfalfa Cover Crop Seeds Per Package:

• 4 g packet - Approximately 1,750 Seeds
• 4 oz - Wholesale - Approximately 50,000 Seeds
• 1 lb - Wholesale - Approximately 200,000 Seeds
• 5 lb - Bulk Seeds - Approximately 1,000,000 Seeds
• 25 lb - Bulk Seeds - Approximately 5,000,000 Seeds

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