Common Vetch Seeds
Enhance your soil and provide top-quality forage with Common Vetch Seeds. This hardy, nitrogen-fixing legume is ideal for farmers, gardeners, and livestock owners looking to improve soil fertility, suppress weeds, and create a sustainable, nutrient-rich environment. Common vetch thrives in a variety of climates and soil types, making it an excellent choice for cover cropping, erosion control, and green manure applications.
Key Benefits:
Soil Enrichment: Fixes atmospheric nitrogen, reducing the need for synthetic fertilisers.
Weed Suppression: Forms a dense canopy that prevents unwanted weed growth.
Livestock & Wildlife Forage: A high-protein, palatable feed option for cattle, sheep, goats, and deer.
Erosion Control: Strong root system stabilizes soil and prevents nutrient runoff.
Versatile & Adaptable: Grows well in different soil types and climates, from temperate to semi-arid regions.
Ideal for Organic Farming: Naturally replenishes soil nutrients without chemicals.
Perfect for gardeners, homesteaders, and commercial farmers looking to enhance soil health and forage quality.
Vetch produces a large amount of forage for pollinators, which is great for bringing bees and butterflies into your garden.
Ideal for use as a winter cover crop and soil improver. Vetch survives winter well as it has a good frost tolerance.
Type: Annual
Height when fully grown: 50- 75cm
Flowers during: May- September (Can also be planted in Autumn to be used over winter)
Sowing rate: 1g per metre 2
What's in the Packet?
100% Vetch
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