Cover Crops
The Cover Crop POWER2GRO Program increases water holding capacity, improves water infiltration, reduces herbicide use and soil compaction, and attracts beneficial insects and microbes to increase soil and biology.
POWER2GRO PERFORMANCE
Cover Crops introduce new and diverse microbes to the soil that make nutrients more available and easier for plant uptake.
Microbes from Cover Crops help aggregate soil to improve overall health.
Cover Crops increase organic matter in the soil. The higher the organic matter, the greater the holding capacity becomes. Thus conserving moisture, and helping avoid run off.
Cover Crop root systems create pathways for faster water infiltration to avoid excess surface water and can relieve compaction, improving overall soil structure.
Having your soil covered at all times helps to reduce wind and water erosion of the top layer.
Cover Crops can suppress weeds by creating a canopy to block light interception, greatly reducing weed chlorophyll production.
Attracting beneficial insects with Cover Crops can reduce pest pressure.
Research shows having a highly diverse mix of actively growing cover crop species maximizes their potential benefits. We recommend including at least 2 species from each of the 4 functional groups for best results.
BROADLEAVES
Broadleaves attract a wide variety of pollinating insects and have quick and vigorous growth.
GRASSES
Grasses are great scavengers, effective in utilizing nutrients left over from the previous crops, establishing rapidly and tend to have an extensive root system.
LEGUMES
Legumes aid in nitrate fixation from the atmosphere thereby adding N to the soil.
BRASSICAS
Brassicas scavenge and store nutrients and can act as a biofumigant, aiding in suppressing soil pests, pathogens, and root parasites.
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