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Pasture Blends
and Ground Cover Mixes
Irrigated & Non-irrigated
45% Annual ryegrass
10% Crimson Clover
Emergence: 4-8 days
Establishment: 30 days
(E—an invasive exotic)
25% California Oats
20% Zorro Fescue
10% Crimson Clover
10% Common Vetch
5% Low Profile Wildflower Mix
Emergence: 8 days
Establishment: 30 days
Santa Monica Mountain Cover Mix
Use when native grassland/chaparral restoration is desired. It is a balanced blend of erosion controlling grasses and forbs with shrubs and flowers for revegetation of disturbed soil and slopes in the Santa Monica Mountains. There is quick start annual grass to protect soil yet allow slower perennials to do their permanent cover in years to come.
This cover mix includes only plants that belong here.
Designed as a non-irrigated mix, to be hydroseeded at any time. It will establish cover in the Fall. It can be irrigated to establish and to prolong the blooming period. The mix contains native annual and rapid establishing perennial grasses.
Artemisia californicaBromus carinatus
Bromus arizonicus
Calochortus weedii
Camissonia cheiranthifolia
Dichelostemma pulchella
Encelia californica
Eriogonum cinereum
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Eschscholzia californica
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Isomeris arborea
Lupinus hirsutissimus
Lupinus succulentus
Melica imperfecta
Mimulus longiflorus
Nassela cernua
Nassela lepida FOOTHILL NEEDLEGRASS 1'-2' P GRS
Nassela pulchra
Penstemon spectabilis
Salvia leucophylla
Sambucus mexicana
Sisyrinchium bellum
BIOMASS Mix 1
For maximum organic biomass production - green manure plow down cover crop. Rapid low temperature establishment will stabilize the soil surface. Disking or plowing has the down side of exposing the soil to erosion, oxidation of organics and disruption of soil mycology. It is in the long run more expensive than reseeding or Perennial covers but tradition, lower initial cost and ease of establishment makes this mix a popular choice. Mowing can be used leaving the biomass to naturally incorporate from surface decomposition this can reduce summer weed establishment and is less costly and less destructive to soil. This mix saves and conditions valuable topsoil. It should be planted before the first rains. Does not reseed well, but plant residuals will protect soil surface the second year and add organics to pre-amend for subsequent crops.A soil-building mixture.
40% Bell Bean (Vicia faba minor)40% Tritiacle (Tritico x Secale)
20% Lana Woolypod Vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. dasycarpa)
Height: 35-60 inches
Emergence: 4-8 days
Establishment: 30 days
Bio Legume Mix 1
A low cost, green manure, plow down cover crop, for maximum nitrogen formation. Once up, it will stabilize the soil at the surface. This saves valuable topsoil, costly repair and clean up from runoff. It should be planted before the first rains. Does not reseed well, but plant residuals will protect soil surface the second year and add organics to pre-amend for subsequent crops.| 50% Bell Bean (Vicia faba minor) 30% Winter Field Pea (Pisum sativa) 10% Lana Woolypod Vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. dasycarpa) Height: 35-60 inches Emergence: 4-8 days Establishment: 30 days |
$.75/lb. |
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Low legume Mix 1 A low growing, reseeding, nitrogen fixing cover crop. Controls soil erosion, increases water infiltration rates and holding capacity. This type of mix when properly managed produces almost as much biomass as the larger legumes - up to 200 lb N and 4 ton of dry matter per acre. It should be planted before the first rains into a fine soil particle seedbed. May be used to add the N fixing benefits of legumes to existing grass stand or to get maximum N cover crop with less mowing and no tilling. |
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| Low Growing Low Fuel
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| 50% Hycon Rose Clover (Trifolium hirtum, Hykon) 35 % Blando Brome (Bromus hordeaceus) 15 % Zorro Annual Fescue (Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta) |
3.75/lb. | |||||||
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| GP Pasture Mix | ||||||||
| This mix provides a general purpose
high-yielding palatable pasture. It gives uniform production throughout the
seasons, stands heavy grazing, and maintains good nutritional balance.
25% Fawn Tall Fescue 10% California Brome 25% Deborah California Brome 05% Nungarin Sub Clover 15% Linn Perennial Ryegrass 05% Birdsfoot Trefoil 10% Potomac Orchardgrass 05% Strawberry Clover |
Height: 24-50 inches Emergence: 14 days Establishment: 55 days |
2.50/lb. | ||||||
| Neat & Low | ||||||||
| A colorful ground cover, this mix provides
a broad genetic spread with perennial legumes. Perennial flowering plants have
been added so that some plants will be in flower throughout the year. Best
results are obtained with irrigation. Slow to cover in winter, annual
legumes and flowers can be added for faster winter cover at the expense of
cleanup in early summer.
26% White Dutch Clover 21% Salina Strawberry Clover 16% ALBRIGHT'S GARDEN FLOWERS 21% O'Connors Strawberry Clover 21% Salina Strawberry Clover 16% Birdsfoot Trefoil |
Height: 5-24 inches Emergence: 14-21 days Establishment: 50 days |
8.00/lb | ||||||
| Meadow
View Mix |
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| A low, slow-growing mix of grass, legumes and flowers
for that suburban meadow look. Provides low growth and color splashes for areas
where the low, unmown look is preferred. May be used as turf replacing low
input ground cover or ECO-Lawn.
92% Hard Fescue 03% New Zealand White Clover 05% ALBRIGHT'S GARDEN FLOWERS |
Height: 18-24 inches Emergence: 12-21 days Establishment: 80 days |
6.00/lb. | ||||||
| Insecta-Flora
Mix |
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| Wildflower cover crop mix for commercial orchards. Creates a beautiful natural habitat for beneficial insects to reduce pesticide use. | 26.00/lb. | |||||||
| Also available | 29.95 per 1.25 lb. bag | |||||||
| Also available to commercial growers | 100.00 per 10# bag | |||||||
Native Perennial Grass & Low Legume
Mix |
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45% Dwarf California Barley 14% Idaho Fescue 4% Coast Melic 37% "Low Legume Mix" |
Height: 10-15 inches Establishment: 60 days |
18.00/lb. | ||||||
| Cover crops enhance the beauty of vineyard or orchard while attracting beneficial insects, keeping dust down, reducing need for pesticides, cultivation, fertilizer and water. Both our non-irrigated and irrigated mixes can be custom blended for specific sites and farm practices. | ||||||||
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See Irrigated Mixtures |
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