This is a 10 lb bag of Winter Rye Seed or Cereal Rye that has many uses including deer food plots, garden cover crops or pasture forage for horses, cattle, or goats. It is the most hardy of the cereal grains and will grow on a broad range of different soils. It should be planted in the early or even late Fall and germinates very quickly. It has rapid growth and is excellent for wildlife plantings either by itself of in a seed mix. Plant at the rate of 100-150 lbs per acre. It is an excellent soil builder and will make tons of organic matter in the soil. Each plant makes a tremendous amount of root system and greatly enhances the soil.
Winter Rye Seeds
Rye (Secale cereale) is an all-purpose crop: more frost and drought tolerant than wheat or oats, and capable of surviving in poor soils. Its role as a cover crop is to serve as a nutrient catch for unused soil nitrogen, build organic matter for soils and suppress weeds. When properly fertilized, and allowed to seed, it becomes a highly nutritious, filling and digestible grain flour. Plantings in the late summer for a late winter harvest or late winter for late fall harvest are most common. 330-345 days from seed to grain. Annual. Seeds are certified organic.