Cover Crop Desk: sow and terminate planner

Plan cover-crop last sow dates from your first hard freeze and spring terminate windows from last frost. Winter rye, oats, clover, vetch, and winter peas with Seeds Now.

How it works

  • Pick a catalog cover crop and your zone or My Garden frost dates.
  • Last useful sow equals first hard freeze minus establish days (rye about 14, oats about 28, legumes about 35-42).
  • Spring terminate uses last frost for living covers; oats usually winter-kill in cold zones.

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