Alfalfa Cover Crop Seeds - Flower, 20 seeds

Quantity: 20 Seeds / pack

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is a deep-rooted legume widely grown as a living mulch and green-manure cover crop. Sown between plantings, it shades out weeds, loosens the soil with its deep roots and adds nitrogen when turned under before flowering.

Why choose our seeds?

• Fast-establishing cover crop that outcompetes weeds
• Deep roots break up compacted soil layers
• A legume — turned into the soil before flowering, it enriches the bed for the next crop

How to grow Alfalfa Cover Crop seeds

Choose Your Planting Method

• Indoors: Not started indoors — alfalfa is always direct-sown where it will grow.
• Outdoors: Sow in spring once the soil can be worked, or in late summer to early fall for an overwintering cover.

Prepare Your Materials

• Seed-starting trays or pots (if indoors)
• Well-draining potting mix
• Spray bottle for misting

Sowing the Seeds

• Sow 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep in a prepared, weed-free seedbed; do not plant deeper than 1 inch.
• Rake lightly to cover and firm the seedbed for good seed-to-soil contact.

Provide the Right Conditions

• Light: Full sun.
• Temperature: Best germination at soil temperatures of 65-85°F (18-29°C).

Germination

• Seedlings typically emerge in 7-12 days under good moisture and warmth.
• Keep the seedbed evenly moist until seedlings are well established.

Transplanting

• Not transplanted — alfalfa is grown in place and cut or turned under.
• Sow thickly as a cover crop; no thinning needed.

Care Tips

• Sun: Full sun.
• Water: Keep evenly moist during establishment; thereafter water moderately.
• Fertilizer: No fertilizer needed for cover-crop use.
• Mow or cut plants before they flower, then turn the foliage into the soil as green manure.

Bloom Time:

Small purple flower spikes in summer if left to bloom — for cover-crop use, cut before flowering.