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Cover Crops and Intercrops

Mixes (Cover Crops and Intercrops)

Our specific blends improve soil structure by reducing its compaction. These green manures are a more than appreciable contribution for farms without chemical fertilizers, solid and liquid manures.

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Vitali-T Mixes

Our wide selection of Vitali-T mixes are designed to meet specific, personalized needs.

Cover Crops and Intercrops Mixes (Cover Crops and Intercrops)

All-Terrain

Vitali-T

Features

  • Well suited to a wide range of soil types
  • Rapid growth of oats and buckwheat ensures good weed control
  • Buckwheat is very efficient at extracting phosphorus from the soil

Composition

  • Forage pea
  • Oats
  • Buckwheat

Seeding rate

  • 67 lb/acre or 75 kg/ha

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Balanced

Vitali-T

Features

  • Rapid soil coverage
  • Good predecessor to crops requiring nitrogen
  • Good balance among species

Composition

  • Forage pea
  • Oats
  • Crimson clover

Seeding rate

  • 67 lb/acre or 75 kg/ha

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Balanced Radish

Vitali-T

Features

  • Identical to the Balanced Vitali-T Mixe above, with the addition of Daikon forage radish
  • Terminate before radish seeds mature

Composition

  • Forage pea
  • Oats
  • Daikon forage radish
  • Crimson clover

Seeding rate

  • 58 lb/acre or 65 kg/ha

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Belgian

Vitali-T

Features

  • Named in honor of its creator, this Mixe combines three species, each with distinct attributes
  • Phacelia readily pumps potassium from the soil and sunflower does the same with phosphorus
  • Phacelia and oats make excellent use of nitrogen from fall fertilizer applications

Composition

  • Oats
  • Sunflower
  • Phacelia

Seeding rate

  • 22 lb/acre or 25 kg/ha

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Bi-Annual

Vitali-T

Features

  • This Mixe is designed to overwinter
  • An excellent option for no-till seeding
  • Provides good ground cover, controls weeds and nourishes the microbial population late into the fall and early in spring
  • Spring growth can be terminated with herbicides or rolling; when roll killing is used without herbicides in rye, wait until the flowering/pollination stage to avoid regrowth

Composition

  • Fall rye
  • Hairy vetch
  • Tillage radish
  • Brassica

Seeding rate

  • 89 lb/acre or 100 kg/ha

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Combined

Vitali-T

Features

  • Inclusion of drought-resistant phacelia ensures good biomass production even in dry conditions

Composition

  • Annual ryegrass
  • Crimson clover
  • Daikon forage radish
  • Phacelia

Seeding rate

  • 13 lb/acre or 15 kg/ha

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Complete

Vitali-T

Features

  • Simple but complete Mixe comprising grass, legume and broadleaf species
  • Makes excellent use of solid and liquid manures
  • High biomass production
  • Brassicas recycle sulfur
  • Crucifers may survive the winter

Composition

  • Oats
  • Forage pea
  • Daikon forage radish
  • Brassica
  • Forage turnip

Seeding rate

  • 51 lb/acre or 57 kg/ha

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Late

Vitali-T

Features

  • Very rapid growth; Mixe can be seeded very late
  • Makes excellent use of nitrogen and sulfur from solid and liquid manures
  • Economical and a small number of bags to manage
  • Crucifers may survive winter

Composition

  • Daikon forage radish
  • Brassica
  • Forage turnip

Seeding rate

  • 7 lb/acre or 8 kg/ha

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Multi-Purpose

Vitali-T

Features

  • Grass-free Mixe that takes threshing residues into account
  • Terminate before radish seeds mature

Composition

  • Forage pea
  • Common vetch
  • Crimson clover
  • Daikon forage radish

Seeding rate

  • 45 lb/acre or 50 kg/ha

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Multi-Purpose Oat

Vitali-T

Features

  • Versatile
  • Mixe intended for producers without acces to solid and/or liquid manures
  • Excellent predecessor to crops with high nitrogen requirements

Composition

  • Forage pea
  • Oats
  • Common vetch
  • Crimson clover
  • Daikon forage radish

Seeding rate

  • 62 lb/acre or 70 kg/ha

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Multi-Use

Vitali-T

Features

  • Legumes predominate in this Mixe
  • Brassicas recover surplus nitrogen in the soil
  • Crop residues decompose quickly in spring
  • Excellent Mixe to precede a cereal crop

Composition

  • Forage pea
  • Faba bean
  • Daikon forage radish

Seeding rate

  • 56 lb/acre or 63 kg/ha

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Nitrogen

Vitali-T

Features

  • High proportion of legumes in the Mixe
  • Excellent choice when fall fertilizer application are not possible

Composition

  • Forage pea
  • Faba bean
  • Common vetch
  • Austrian pea
  • Oats
  • Crimson clover

Seeding rate

  • 13 lb/acre or 15 kg/ha

Whole Season Vitali-T Mixes

Our full season Vitali-T mixes are perfect for re-cultivation and regenerate the soil.

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Full Season

Vitali-T

Features

  • Designed for potato or horticultural crops in cooler regions
  • Good balance of warm- and cold-season plants
  • Provides a good supply of biomass to enrich the soil
  • No need to terminate quickly as none of these plants sets seed early
  • Plan to cut once or twice during the season

Composition

  • Forage pea
  • Oats
  • Hairy vetch
  • Sudangrass
  • Japanese millet

Seeding rate

  • 58 lb/acre or 65 kg/ha

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Full Season Multi-Species

Vitali-T

Features

  • Well-balanced, complex, multifunctional Mixe
  • Excellent choice for potato and horticultural producers
  • Provides a good supply of biomass to enrich the soil
  • Plan to cut once or twice during the season

Composition

  • Oats
  • Fall rye
  • Forage pea
  • Japanese millet
  • Sorgum-sudangrass
  • Hairy vetch
  • Crimson clover
  • Forage turnip
  • Daikon forage radish
  • Kale

Seeding rate

  • 67 lb/acre or 75 kg/ha

Cover Crops and Intercrops Mixes (Cover Crops and Intercrops)

Structuring

Vitali-T

Features

  • All species with powerful root systems to enhance soil structure
  • Extremely drought-resistant Mixe
  • Provides an exceptional amount of biomass to enrich the soil
  • Forage soybeans release nitrogen for the following crop

Composition

  • Forage soybean
  • Sorghum-sudangrass
  • Sunflower
  • Pearl millet

Seeding rate

  • 31 lb/acre or 35 kg/ha

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