Germination Details

• Germination: 67%
• State (Utah) Requirements: 80%
• Suggested Use/s: Gardening, Cover Crops
• Special Directions: This seed is -13% below standard. Increase the number of seeds you plant accordingly to make sure you get the growth you envision.

What is "Below Standard Seed"?

Simply put, it is seed that doesn't meet our state's (Utah) germination standard, a standard that varies slightly from seed to seed. Any seed intended for gardening that has a below standard germination rate cannot be sold alongside those that meet the state requirements (which often reflect the national requirements for germination).

We send samples of all our seed to the Utah Department of Agriculture, where they perform several tests to assess the quality of the seed. These state-wide and national seed standards are in line with Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA), which exist to ensure consumers that they are getting the highest quality seed, as advertised. Since this seed doesn't meet the state standard, we mark it as "Below Standard Seed".

Below standard seeds are non-refundable.

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Using Organic Speckled Pea (Arivka Pea) as a Cover Crop

As a cover crop it is high yielding with long, light purple flowered vines, that are great for forage and biomass production. Biomass production is strong both above and below ground as these peas have fast growing root systems. Legumes such as pea, fava, and clover replenish depleted soils of nitrogen during the winter to develop and Organic and compost-free garden bed. They offer good ground cover, weed suppression and are very good nitrogen fixers.

• 25 g - Approximately 130 seeds
• 1 lb - Approximately 2,300 seeds
• 5 lb - Approximately 11,500 seeds
• 25 lb - Approximately 57,600 seeds