{"product_id":"all-purpose-garden-cover-crop-mix","title":"All-Purpose Garden Cover Crop Mix","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAll-Purpose Garden Cover Crop Mix, Heirloom Seeds — The Complete Soil-Rebuilding Blend for Raised Beds, Boxes, and Garden Plots\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best all-purpose cover crop mix for any home garden. Why choose one cover crop when you can grow them all? This carefully assembled 9-variety blend of legumes, grains, radishes, and mustards gives your exhausted soil everything it needs to recover, rebuild, and thrive. Four nitrogen-fixing legumes replenish depleted nutrients, three fast-growing grains provide quick cover and biomass, a deep-rooted daikon radish breaks up compacted soil, and yellow mustard adds natural insecticidal properties. Broadcast sow in fall or spring, then till or cut down before seed set. Works for backyard raised beds, large farm plots, and no-till container gardens alike. 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Performance remains the same.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy Use All-Purpose Garden Cover Crop Mix?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e4 nitrogen-fixing legumes\u003c\/strong\u003e — replenish depleted soil nutrients naturally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e3 fast-growing grains\u003c\/strong\u003e — rapid cover and biomass for soil protection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeep-rooted daikon radish\u003c\/strong\u003e — breaks up compaction and aerates subsoil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYellow mustard\u003c\/strong\u003e — natural insecticidal properties suppress soil pests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWorks for raised beds, farm plots, and no-till containers\u003c\/strong\u003e — versatile at any scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator-friendly bloom\u003c\/strong\u003e — clovers and mustards attract beneficial insects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo known insects or pests\u003c\/strong\u003e — thrives in poor, depleted soils\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to Plant\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreparation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Clear debris and weeds. 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