Oilseed Radish:
White Mustard:
Blue Phacelia:
Red Clover:
Spring Vetch:
Winter Vetch:
Crimson Clover:
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Cover Crop Seeds
Here you will find a comprehensive list of carefully selected varieties that are crucial for improving soil structure, increasing fertility, and supporting biodiversity. We offer diverse varieties such as oilseed radish, white mustard, blue phacelia, spring and winter vetch, as well as clover. Each variety has been thoroughly described to facilitate your selection of the best seeds for your farm. Explore our offerings and choose the cover crop seeds that will contribute to enhancing the quality of your crops.
List of Oilseed Radish Varieties:
Owner: Feldsaaten Freudenberger
MOHIKAN is one of the late-flowering varieties of oilseed radish, characterized by rapid soil greening combined with low growth. This makes the variety very stable and uniformly frost-resistant. Thanks to above-average rooting, MOHIKAN effectively loosens the soil and helps improve its structure.
Owner: Eliard SPCP
Sirius is a variety of oilseed radish that effectively contributes to soil regeneration. This variety is resistant to cold and has antibacterial properties.
List of White Mustard Varieties:
Owner: Granum
- A variety of white mustard with plants of medium height,
- It has a mid-early flowering period,
- It is characterized by properties that limit the amount of clubroot in the soil,
- A type of white mustard that significantly reduces the quantity of cysts,
- Widely used in sowing as a cover crop.
Owner: Smolice
- A variety suitable for seed cultivation,
- It can also be grown as a cover crop for fodder or green manure,
- The variety has lower soil requirements,
- Confirmed clubroot-suppressing properties,
- Low tolerance to soil acidification, oil from the seeds characterized by a high content of oleic acid (above 63%), which regulates cholesterol levels in the blood.
List of Blue Phacelia Varieties:
Owner: Poznańska Hodowla Roślin
- A variety ideally suited for cover crops,
- Provides very high yields of green mass, up to 40 t/ha,
- Serves as an excellent and useful predecessor for beets, potatoes, or maize,
- Has very good honey values,
- Tolerates periodic water shortages and autumn frosts well (even down to -10 °C),
- Continuously cultivated since 1977.
Owner: Poznańska Hodowla Roślin
- A new variety of phacelia, particularly useful for cultivation in cover crops – has a very favorable impact on the phytosanitary condition and soil culture. It reduces the nematode population by 15–20%.
- A highly valuable honey plant – Anabela is the “queen” of honey plants; over 400 kg of honey per hectare can be obtained.
- High yield of fresh and dry mass, and a very large seed yield.
- Rapid growth dynamics – quickly shades the soil and suppresses weeds.
- A moderately early variety, plant height around 70-80 cm.
- Relatively low soil requirements, a short vegetation period, and good tolerance to periodic water shortages and frost down to -8°C.
- Suitable for cultivation in organic farming for sowing temporarily excluded arable land from production.
- Ripens unevenly – desiccation is recommended before harvesting. Harvested seeds should be quickly dried.
- Small seeds with low thousand seed weight (MTN).
List of Red Clover Varieties:
Owner: MHR
Red clover is a valuable leguminous plant with high protein content, rich in mineral components (calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium), particularly valuable in combination with energy-rich feeds (grasses) for dairy cows. When cultivated for seeds, it allows for a double profit (the first harvest for seed collection and the second harvest of valuable green mass). It improves soil fertility and structure, enriches it with organic matter. Due to the large amount of post-harvest residues, it enriches the soil with nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium. Also, through symbiosis with nodular bacteria, red clover assimilates atmospheric nitrogen (up to 170 kg/ha/year), so it does not require nitrogen fertilization. By interrupting monocultures, it contributes to improving the health and yield of subsequent plants (excellent predecessor for cereals), making it a significant plant in greening programs.
Diploid variety,
Good winter hardiness,
High seed yield,
Quickly regrows after mowing,
High resistance to diseases,
High nutritional value.
List of Spring Vetch Varieties:
Owner: Granum
Meadow vetchling is a valuable forage legume from the legume plant group. It is cultivated for seeds and green mass in the main crop, as well as for green manure in cover crops. Like other legume plants, its roots form a symbiosis with nodular bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, which fix nitrogen from the air. As a result, this variety does not require nitrogen fertilization. An exception is sowing vetch in a mixture with cereal plants, where it is recommended to apply approximately 40-60 kg N/ha.
Spring vetch with flexible stems,
Has pinnate leaf arrangement,
Characterized by purple-red flowers that produce seeds of a darker gray-brown color.
List of Winter Vetch Varieties:
Owner: Poznańska Hodowla Roślin
Fitch is a species that can be cultivated in all types of soils. Its low soil requirements allow it to be grown on light sandy soils, as long as they are not too acidic or waterlogged. Hairy vetch is a plant that winters fairly well, and with snow cover, it can withstand frosts down to -20°C. In the initial period of its growth, it requires good moisture conditions. Vetch prefers fertile soils (with alkaline or neutral pH) and sunny locations with moderate humidity.
- Very high protein content in seeds – around 30%.
- When sown with winter rye or winter wheat, it does not require separate cultivation and fertilization.
- Prefers fertile soils (with alkaline or neutral pH) and sunny locations with moderate humidity.
- Eventually grows to a height of 1 to 1.5 meters.
- The deep root system of vetch prevents soil erosion.
- In the initial period of its growth, it requires good moisture conditions – it is quite sensitive to drought, especially when at the stage of bud formation and flowering.
- Very good frost resistance – it winters well, and with snow cover, it can withstand frosts down to -20 °C.
- High health profile – very resistant to fungal diseases.
- Also used as a honey plant.
- The only registered variety of hairy vetch in Poland.
Owner: Feldsaaten Freudenberger
Winter vetch is an excellent partner for mixing in intercrop cultivation during the winter season. PAULA is a frost-resistant variety and the main component of the Gorzowska mixture. It is characterized by rapid rooting and good biomass formation in the initial stage of development. PAULA also exhibits good winter hardiness. The dark blue-violet color of its flowers attracts many pollinating insects, making two-year pastures for bees another potential use for PAULA.
List of Crimson Clover Varieties:
Owner: Feldsaaten Freudenberger
HEUSERS OSTSAAT is an excellent green manure characterized by outstanding pre-crop effects due to its roots reaching up to 90 cm in depth. Additionally, nitrogen-fixing bacteria provide free nitrogen for the next crop. Its soil requirements are minimal, allowing cultivation on light and medium soils. However, a prerequisite is a sufficient lime content. Crimson clover should be widely incorporated into crop rotation, with recommended fallow periods of 5-6 years.
