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Soil Builder Peas and Oats Cover Crop Seeds

Soil Builder Peas and Oats Cover Crop Seeds

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This hardworking combination of field peas and oats quickly improves the soil with nutrients and organic material, while helping supress weeds. The mix is also perfect for conditioning areas being turned into gardens, such as lawns and vacant lots. Pea plants fix nitrogen and condition the topsoil, while the flowers and bees and other beneficial insects. Oats hold nitrogen, provide organic material, and suppress weeds. When sown in the fall, peas and oats grow heartily in the cool weather but are killed by the cold temperatures of winter (USDA zones 7 and colder) and won't regrow in the spring. The dead plant material provides a wonderful winter mulch that helps prevent soil erosion and is ready to be tilled into the garden as soon as soil can be worked in the spring.

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Variety Info

Days to Maturity: 50–70 days

Family: PEAS: Fabaceae; OATS: Poaceae

Native: PEAS: Africa, Asia, Europe. OATS: Unknown

Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annuals

Exposure: Full sun

Plant Dimensions: PEAS: 3'–5' vines OATS: 4' tall

Variety Info: Field peas are climbing vines. Oats produce tall grass-like plants. The peas and oats in this mix are best used as a cover crop and are not good as edible varieties.

Attributes: Frost Tolerant

Sowing Info

When to Sow Outside: Spring: As soon as soil can be worked, and soil temperature is at least 40°F. Fall: 6 to 8 weeks before first fall frost date, and when temperatures are below 80°F. Mild Climates: Sow in fall or winter for growth during the cool season.

When to Start Inside: Not applicable.

Days to Emerge: 7–14 days

Seed Depth: 1"

Seed Spacing: Scatter seeds about 3" apart

Thinning: Not required

Growing Info

Harvesting: To harvest pea shoots for eating, snip off the top growth including a set of leaves after plants reach 6"-8" tall. Plants will continue to grow and branch out. The thin, stringy tendrils can be harvested as desired.

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  • Tracy ..
    Verified Buyer
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Mar 24, 2025
    4 Stars

    Maybe some further instructions on the packet for zones that don't get a hard frost? I'm not even sure what to do with all this at this point. Keep the roots or try to extricate?

  • Hayley L.
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Feb 23, 2025
    5 Stars

    Fast delivery and seeds grew well even with my 4 year old’s “help”

  • Anne M.
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Dec 8, 2023
    5 Stars

    This is the first time I planted a cover crop. The seeds germinated quickly and are thriving despite some overnight freezes. The coverage seems sparse, though, and I wonder if it will work as well as mulch in preventing weeds from appearing in the spring.

    Which best describes you as a gardener? Intermediate
  • Dianna M.
    Verified Buyer
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Nov 23, 2023
    5 Stars

    Great germination and growth. This weekend we will flatten the plants (they're almost 2 feet high after only 6 weeks or so) and cover with mulched leaves so they decay over the winter and ready to plant in spring. Z8a Georgia

  • Hema
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Apr 19, 2025
    5 Stars

    Neatly packed and secure box