Organic Cover Crop Seeds

Plant Organic Cover Crop to Enrich and Protect Your Soil

Patchwork of green and purple cover-crop seedlings

Protect, feed, and improve your soil naturally

Shop cover crop seed identified as certified organic. This collection includes individual species and mixes for cool-season, warm-season, annual, and longer-term planting. Use the product page to confirm certification, seed composition, planting window, seeding rate, and whether the seed is raw or coated.

What Certified Organic Means Here

Products in this collection are included through the Certified Organic Product and Cover Crop tags. Organic certification describes the seed or product as identified in the product record. It is separate from whether seed is raw, coated, Nitrocoated, or treated with an inoculant approved for organic production. A permitted coating or inoculant does not by itself make conventional seed certified organic.

Choose Organic Cover Crops by Type

  • Organic legumes: Peas, vetches, clovers, beans, and related crops can fix atmospheric nitrogen when compatible rhizobia are present and the crop establishes successfully.
  • Organic grasses and grains: Oats, rye, barley, triticale, ryegrass, and similar crops are commonly selected for roots, biomass, nutrient capture, forage, and soil cover.
  • Organic broadleaf crops: Buckwheat, flax, brassicas, and other species add different growth habits and seasonal uses.
  • Organic mixes: Blends combine species for particular seasons, climates, or goals. Review the complete ingredient list before choosing.

Choose by Planting Window and Goal

Match the seed to climate, season, available water, soil conditions, and the time available before the next crop. Compare options for biomass, nitrogen contribution, erosion protection, weed competition, forage, orchard or vineyard use, and other specific goals. Organic status does not make every crop appropriate for every site or management plan.

Raw Seed and Inoculation

Raw organic legume seed may require a compatible seed inoculant. Confirm that the inoculant matches the crop group and is acceptable for your production requirements. Follow the selected product’s label for application and storage instructions.

Use the Cover Crop Solution Chart to compare uses, or browse all Cover Crop Seeds for certified-organic and conventional alternatives.