Other Straights
Choose from a wide range of other cover crops seed to sow as straights or in mixtures with other species. From borage to buckwheat and lupins to linseed, Farm Seeds supplies the largest range of cover crops in the UK but if you can't find what you're looking for or just need a bit of a hand, don't hesitate to get in touch.
Buying from Farm Seeds is simple - choose your items and checkout immediately online with a debit or credit card or apply for a credit account today. We process all account requests within one working day and once approved (we only need to do this once), orders can be placed online in just a couple of clicks. Your goods will be delivered promptly and we'll send an invoice for settlement within 28 days.
Buying from Farm Seeds is simple - choose your items and checkout immediately online with a debit or credit card or apply for a credit account today. We process all account requests within one working day and once approved (we only need to do this once), orders can be placed online in just a couple of clicks. Your goods will be delivered promptly and we'll send an invoice for settlement within 28 days.
If you can't find what you're looking for or just need a bit of a hand, don't hesitate to get in touch by emailing info@farmseeds.co.uk or calling us on 01205 281906.
LIFAGO Buckwheat Seed (Fagopyrum tataricum)
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Faster and more vigorous growth than other Buckwheat varieties
- Provides a larger leaf canopy
- Dense canopy to provide physical shelter from flea beetle
- Rapid establishment and vigour
- Scavenges phosphates from the soil for future crops
Sowing rate: 10kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £62.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £58.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £55.00 |
APALACHE Winter Linseed
Description

August Delivery
Description
- Bred by prominent winter linseed breeder Laboulet Semences in France
- Highest yield in France trial
- Brown seeded with early maturity
- High resistance to Fusarium Wilt and Mycosphaerella
- Medium height with high levels of Omega-3 oil
Sowing rate: 450 seeds per sq/m, to achieve 350 plants per sq/m going into Winter
Pack quantity
1ha (30kg)
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £120.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £114.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £108.00 |
Birdsfoot Trefoil Seed (Agricultural)
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Yellow-flowered perennial legume
- Persists for 2-4 years
- Sow spring or autumn
- Useful addition to herbal leys
Sowing rate: 12.5kg/ha
Pack quantity
5kg
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £84.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £79.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £75.00 |
Black Medick/Yellow Trefoil Seed (Medicago lupulina)
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Low growing cover crop that suppresses weeds and fixes nitrogen
- Can be sown amongst brassica crops
- Suitable for sheep grazing
- Main use is as a green manure undersown in cereals
- Low growth habit makes it useful in vegetable intercropping systems
Sowing rate: 10kg/ha
Pack quantity
5kg
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £84.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £79.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £75.00 |
Borage Seed (Agricultural)
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Borage is a nectar-rich, annual flower
- Grows up to 1m with bright blue flowers
- Abundant source of easily digestible material
- Deep taproots to improve soil compaction
Sowing rate: 12.5kg/ha
Pack quantity
5kg
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £71.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £67.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £63.00 |
Buckwheat Seed (Fagopyrum esculentum)
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Thick, bushy seed-producing plant
- Very fast establishment, effective weed suppressor
- Scavenges phosphates
- Can be used as a companion to oilseed rape to create a protective canopy
Sowing rate: 50kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £50.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £47.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £45.00 |
Linseed Seed (Linum usitatissimum)
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Very fast establishment
- Tolerates a wide range of soil types
- Effective soil conditioner
- Broken canopy is very attractive to partridges
Sowing rate: 50kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £55.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £52.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £49.00 |
Lucerne Seed (Medicago sativa)
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Lucerne is a longer term perennial clover which fixes large amounts of nitrogen from the air to enrich the soil
- Widely used for green manure and has a large tap root
- Ideally suited to light and chalky soils as well as dry climates
- Supplied innoculated
Sowing rate: 25kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £190.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £180.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £171.00 |
Phacelia Seed (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Extremely fast-growing catch crop
- Blue flowers attract huge numbers of insects
- Competes well with weeds, very tender to frost
- Large root mass to condition the soil
- Inoculated with rhizobia
Sowing rate: 5kg/ha
Pack quantity
5kg
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £40.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £38.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £36.00 |
Sainfoin Seed (Agricultural)
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Long term, nitrogen fixing perennial specie
- Suits low nutrient soils with strong drought resistance
- Can last up to four years or more
- High protein legume and very palatable
Sowing rate: 50kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £73.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £69.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £65.00 |
Sunflower Seed (Helianthus annuus)
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Standard, tall variety
- Popular game cover species
- Attractive to both game and song birds
- Useful species for environmental schemes and green cover
Sowing rate: 5kg/ac
Pack quantity
10kg
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £55.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £52.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £49.00 |
Blue Lupin Seed (Lupinus angustifolius)
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Deep rooting crop which helps fix Nitrogen
- Hardy annual suitable for planting from March-July
- Can grow in soils up to pH 8
- Cut for hay and quality silage
Sowing rate: 25kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £50.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £47.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £45.00 |
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SIDERAL Winter Linseed
Description

2-3 Day Delivery
Description
- Bred by prominent winter linseed breeder Laboulet Semences in France
- Brown seeded with good resistance to fusrium wilt
- Very good resistance to lodging at harvest
- Medium height with high yield
- High levels of Omega-3 oil
Sowing rate: 450 seeds per sq/m, to achieve 350 plants per sq/m going into winter
Pack quantity
1ha (28kg)
Pack | Pack Price | |
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1-4 | £120.00 | |
5-20 | Save 5% | £114.00 |
21+ | Save 10% | £108.00 |